Vertex coloring / hiding units for one player only

[WAHH]

I have created some Buildings, now i want the roof (single flying locust unit) to be vertex colored to 70% when some unit enters the area under it.

It works, but i wan't to vertex color/hide the unit for one person only.

So if red enters it, all see the roof but red.
If blue joins. all see the roof but red and blue.
How to achieve this?

I hope you get what i mean.

 

[-Berz-]

Good idea. But i think its not possible (with GUI) mby Jass, but I'm not sure.

 

[MeKC]

if (GetLocalPlayer() == Player(0) then
    call ShowUnit(roof,false)
endif

Try this script. Im not sure if it works in multiplayer. Maybe it couse desync.

 

[WAHH]

causes desync, any way of a workaround?

 

[MeKC]

How you know? Have you tested it?

Then you can set the unit to be transparent. That wont desync

 

[WAHH]

well, i have a some sort similar trigger:

• Enter House
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters House <gen>
  • Conditions
    • (Owner of (Entering unit)) equal LocalPlayer
  • Actions
    • Animation - Change Roof big 0013 <gen>'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 70.00% transparency

Causes a desync

 

[Rui]

MeKC, it's obvious that it causes a desync. The GetLocalPlayer() returns the player in the computer.
Your function (and WAHH's) hide (or change) the unit for player Red, but not for any other player. Problem is, you're messing with an in-game object, and having a unit hidden for Red and not for other players causes those two players to literally not be in the same game anymore, thus the desync.

You could always use the camera instead, or create an indoor space in the map specifically for that house.

 

[Eleandor]

Vertex coloring shouldn't desync I think...

 

[MeKC]

Im 90% sure that that vertex color dosent cause desync:
If anyone are able to test please do it. Heres the script:

    if GetLocalPlayer() == Player(0) then
        call SetUnitVertexColorBJ( udg_u, 100, 100, 100, 100.00 )
    endif

 

[WAHH]

I fixed it, with the help of some others, actually its really weird.

If you put it this way it doesn't cause a desync:

• Enter House
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters House <gen>
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • 'IF'-Conditions
        • (Owner of (Entering unit)) equal LocalPlayer
      • 'THEN'-Actions
        • Animation - Change Roof big 0013 <gen>'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 70.00% transparency
        • Animation - Change Roof big 0014 <gen>'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 70.00% transparency
        • Animation - Change Roof 0015 <gen>'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 70.00% transparency
        • Animation - Change Roof 0016 <gen>'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 70.00% transparency
        • Animation - Change Roof 0017 <gen>'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 70.00% transparency
        • Animation - Change Roof 0018 <gen>'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 70.00% transparency
        • Animation - Change Roof 0019 <gen>'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 70.00% transparency
        • Animation - Change Roof 0020 <gen>'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 70.00% transparency
      • 'ELSE'-Actions
        • Do nothing

 

[MeKC]

Thats the same trigger as I posted above. Just in JASS. Have you tested if it desync?

 

[WAHH]

I tried a very similar trigger which caused a desync. I didn't test yours though, i had no clue how to use it.

 

[Eleandor]

hmm, thinking of it: It's possible that the first trigger you posted does desync, because the conditions of a trigger (rather than conditions used as an action) are added to a trigger when the trigger is created, which could cause a desync.

 

[NET-RUN]

If your map doesn't include invisibility or the like you could use true sight. You could have all units have truesight and remove truesight when you enter the building. Have the roof have permanent invis and that should work without desync. (hopefully)

If the map has invisibility, I don't think theres an alternative that I know of, except changing a players camera angle to show inside the building, yet that limits the player.

I could make a map to explain this if your interested.

 

[Murmeli]

Well, I got a weird idea, but you could make every player have their own roof unit there, and the roofs are invisible so only you can see it(unless you have sharevision with the others) and when you enter the structure it removes your roof unit/doodad and voila it disappears, and when you leave it creates it back there.

 

[Big Dub]

So did anyone ever figure this out? Because I am having similar problems, however it is a unit, so I cant have a bunch of em.

 

[Rui]

For the vertex colors, yeah, it seems they did. Read post #10.