From one map to the other...

[randomblink]

Alrighty...

To HOPEFULLY make sense with my question, let me explain WHERE it is coming from.

I used to play Neverwinter Nights. I love the idea of building maps that are interconnected. You walk off the edge of map001 and you auto-jump to map002.

Is there ANY way that you could do something similar in WC3?

I am looking for a multiplayer capable option here. A way that several players could not only have huge maps... BUT there could be several maps tied together to give the players SEVERAL areas to spread out in.

I am looking for something where the maps stay loaded in memory and the AI still runs for that map even when there are no players there... this way, the computer-run units/forces would continue doing what they were doing even when there are no players on that map.

Did I make sense?
Is it possible?
Just curious in case someone else has already done this...

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Of course!

The campaigns do it all the time, right?

Store the characters and stuff in the GAME CACHE. Jump to the new map, and reload the charater from the cache.

See the triggers starting in Game and Game cache.

 

[randomblink]

Game Cache...

BUT does the AI still run whenever there are no players on a specific map?

AND if I have four players in map001... and player number 1 jumps to map003, but the other players don't... will it still work?

What if I have four players in map001. Then player 2 jumps SOME of his units to map002 and a couple others to map003, what happens? How does he switch between units that are spread out over several maps?

 

[SD_Ryoko]

I dont think you can send different players in different directions.

Not an expert on that one

In fact, I don't know if you can send multiple people to the next map, and keep the link between them...

 

[sATARa]

... I dont think you can even make a few linked maps in multiplayer