buildable, walkable, destroyable bridge unit.

[crazedcougar]

How could this be done? You can make it walkable is with a doodad...selectable or buildable with a unit with the bridge model. How can i have both? As i write this i think there might be a way to replace it after construction or somthing? (Possibly then you would not be able to destroy it.) Also shipish units would want to go underneath, possibly with unit is in range, unit = ship, and move unit instantly functions? My main problem is the former...

 

[maerlyn]

How could this be done? You can make it walkable is with a doodad...selectable or buildable with a unit with the bridge model. How can i have both? As i write this i think there might be a way to replace it after construction or somthing? (Possibly then you would not be able to destroy it.) Also shipish units would want to go underneath, possibly with unit is in range, unit = ship, and move unit instantly functions? My main problem is the former...

Well... assuming you can only build the bridge in certain areas, you could just have a trigger to unhide/create a doodad when you build a dock-based unit in the area.

Or, go simple and have the bridges already set out. Then give control to a player when he builds a certain building nearby.

 

[Sil.Guardian]

Hi

 

[Sil.Guardian]

Hi

(Dang it, why arent you answering me :banghead: ) aw well see ya later

 

[crazedcougar]

Well... assuming you can only build the bridge in certain areas, you could just have a trigger to unhide/create a doodad when you build a dock-based unit in the area.

Or, go simple and have the bridges already set out. Then give control to a player when he builds a certain building nearby.

It would be best if bridges could be built and destroyed anywhere, possibly even in chains. So they could not be set out at map initialization.

Good idea about the dock! Maybe build an abutment on each side, and then have it connect them somehow with the bridge doodad. Destroy an abutment to kill the bridge.. only how would you make abutments spaced exactly? Or mak the model fit correctly?

 

[Heptameron]

Well... only thing you can do that does exactly what you want is making a building that you can build which is swapped for a destructible on completion. Of course, you would have a major migraine and need a minor miracle to get the pathing working correctly (forcing the player to only build where a bridge could be made, making the destructible in exactly the right spot, etc.).

 

[crazedcougar]

heres my plan:

make a unit called abutment. This unit is buildable, and looks like a stone peir or somthing.

Either with or without triggers, make it buildable in shallow water or cliffside.

Then give it an ability "create bridge." This ability targets another bridge, and with triggers makes a doodad between two abutments (limited range)

I can use triggers to make the abutments face eachother, attack one abutment and you destroy the bridge.