when items are dropped on ground they can be seen

[hunglikeahuman]

need help with when items are dropped on ground they can be seen instead of being hidden in the dark of the fog when you walk away. need it so that if an item is dropped you can come back later to get it without having to search again for it in the dark.

 

[millzy]

Create a dummy unit with vision when items are placed on the ground?

 

[Dr Super Good]

One could also create a vision modifier at the item location. There are GUI actions to create them.

 

[hunglikeahuman]

i tried dummy and it didnt work everytime but did work like 90% so i will try vision modifier at item location instead. thanks to both of you

 

[Dr Super Good]

Be aware that vision has a minimum granularity. Vision radius that are too small might potentially not generate any vision.

 

[hunglikeahuman]

vision modifier at item location worked thanks a lot

 

[Dr Super Good]

Do remember to destroy it when the item is picked up otherwise it will persist indefinitely and can be considered as leaking.

 

[hunglikeahuman]

thanks dr super good for all your help. its a single player rpg so the leaking might not be that big of a deal. though im not sure. input?

 

[Dr Super Good]

its a single player rpg so the leaking might not be that big of a deal. though im not sure. input?

Letting it leak will mean that dropping the items could be used as a way of permanently revealing the map. Additionally if players were to pickup and drop the item repeatedly there may be a decrease in game performance.

I would suggest a simple system that keeps track of key items and creates visibility modifiers when the item is dropped and removes them when it is picked up. This could consist of an item array, a visibility modifier (I forget the type name) array and an integer to keep track of item count. When you create a key item you add it to the item array at the count index and increment count index by 1. When an item is dropped you iterate through the item array up to count index and if it matches the manipulated item then create a visibility modifier and assign it to the same index in the visibility modifier array. When an item is picked up iterate through the item array up to count index and if it matches the manipulated item then destroy the accompanying visibility modifier.

Remember to make the items invulnerable. It would be silly making such a system just to have the player accidently kill the item.

 

[hunglikeahuman]

its so weird that i cant just use show item when a unit loses an item.
can see items
Events
Unit - A unit Loses an item
Conditions
Actions
Item - Show (Last dropped item)

it should be that simple lol but nooooooooooooooo

 

[BritneySpears2016]

"show" stands for differnt thing there

 

[Dr Super Good]

its so weird that i cant just use show item when a unit loses an item.

But the item is not hidden... Sure it is not visible but it still is not hidden. Show item goes with hide item which function similar to show/hide unit. Hiding an object deregisters it with the actor system and the spatial systems. An object that is not visible to a player is still registered with both.

In StarCraft II items are units so you could just make the unit owned by the dropping player and give it a line of sight and get exactly the mechanics you want.

 

[hunglikeahuman]

thanks you are super helpful dr super good