Simple Questions/Answers - Page 91

On July 22 2012 10:52 Tuer wrote:
Stupid question: why don't maps include spawn information on the loading screen? For example, a cross-only version of Antiga could have text on the loading screen that states that the spawns are cross-only. This could clear up confusion that players face about different versions of the same map with varying spawn rules.

On July 20 2012 15:45 Aunvilgod wrote:

Buildings flatten ground beneath them. And you can see that through the fog of war as far as I know. More importantly, it looks ugly. You should only use it for making small lakes in my opinion.

On July 22 2012 11:18 EatThePath wrote:


Depending on the type of map -- natural vs man made -- it can be nice to use the feature in the map creation dialogue to add in random bumpiness. A little bit of z-axis variability goes a long way to liven up natural textures in broad areas.

Alternatively you can use the random variability "spray paint" brush in the raise/lower terrain tab. Use a large brush on a low setting.

The small variations in height won't cause any discernible unsightly terrain deformations when buildings are placed.

On July 23 2012 05:27 IronManSC wrote:


Yep, shakuras is as good example.

On July 23 2012 06:22 NewSunshine wrote:

Actually, Entombed Valley and Arid Plateau are both better examples I think. They both have textures that tailor to the bumps in terrain, and look a lot better than they otherwise would.

On July 23 2012 14:23 Spave wrote:
I'm new to the Editor, so apologies if this is a silly question, or if my reasoning is horribly flawed.

I want to make a variation of the Medic's heal ability, however I also want to keep the original ability as well. I've tried 3 different approaches but none work correctly.

First I went to the Medic's Heal ability under the Abilities Tab, right clicked and went Duplicate Ability. I checked the Buttons and Effects (since I wanted to change those) but left Actors/Models/Sounds/Validators unchecked. This resulted in a spell that would heal injured units but without ever showing any sign of a spell being activated. Go figure.

Secondly I went to the Medic's Heal ability, went Duplicate Ability and checked off everything. This resulted in a spell that was almost correct, except the heal beam animation thingy never displayed, and once the target was fully healed it would still show the healing aura around it and continue to play the healing sound effect.

Thirdly I simply went to the Medic under the Unit Tab and went Duplicate Unit, checking off everything. The spell generated through this method was seemingly identical to my second attempt.

Can anyone provide any assistance? Much appreciated!

On July 24 2012 02:56 ltssc2 wrote:
Super simple question: given a geyser, how do I get a group of all probes on that geyser?

Thanks

On July 24 2012 04:36 Kosko wrote:
How Do i make a spanwer that spawns hydras?

What are you asking?? Do you want to make a trigger (or something) that grabs the workers at a geyser if a player is mining there? If so, why not create a region between every geyser and CC spot, then when the group is required, add the workers in that region to the group, wait 2 second for the one inside to pop out, do it again (should have 3 now), and then do whatever you want with them. This isn't exactly what you want but its functionally the same in most cases.

On July 24 2012 14:22 ltssc2 wrote:


Unfortunately, I don't think this will work for my needs. Probes that cross that region who may not be harvesting will be falsely added. This also does not account for strangely placed command centers or nexuses, or long distance mining. It's also a lot more work to have to put down regions and put a lot of specialized logic in for each.

A better solution seems to be to select all workers in a 10 meter or w/e circle around the geyser, then check to make sure their current order is to mine the geyser in question. However, this still doesn't account for long distance mining. It's also a kinda convoluted way of getting something that probably has a simple solution.

It's strange because the functionality exists in the UI (clicking on a geyser shows the worker count in the geyser), so it would make sense that there's a way to get that, but I haven't found it.

Thanks

On July 26 2012 06:55 PauseBreak wrote:
[Q] Bel'Shir Beach Winter.

I have done a little research on the Liquidpedia and have come to no conclusion.

I have seen these winter title-sets but where and how did they come to be? This is obviously before the expansion pack, so, I'm confused. Is it some ashworld title set? Or some good modding? Or did Blizzard release something to the mapping community?
Thanks

On July 26 2012 23:23 grigorin wrote:
[Q] what maps in the current (season 8) ladder mappool have special spawn locations? Liquipedia says no close spawns on shakuras. Anything else?