box around an area with doodads

[D.K.]

How do you create doodads or units in a region that fills it in in a boxy shape? I believe uther party 2 had this in the motar mini game where rocks are created around a region over time, making the field smaller and smaller until it fills up.

 

[CungPowCow]

The only way I can think of is that you have (4)four regions, each creating the same doodads/units. All four regions are very narrow & line-like, connected at their ends by other line-like regions.

The end result creates the illusion of a box of units/doodads.

Example:


Then use triggers to create doodads/units in Rect 1, Rect 2, Rect 3, & Rect 4.

Either this way, or doing the pain-stakingly harder method of creating each individual doodad/unit at specified coordinates.

 

[Conal]

I'll post a map if needed.

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