Need an Idea for Terrain

[Mindless]

Hi everyone,

I'm making a warcraft chess kind of thing, but with upgraded units and abilities attached etc. However, I'm having trouble making the black and white squares interlaced thing, you know the classical chessboard. Do I do it using terrain? or put models of black and white squares alternating on the ground?

Or and other way to achieve this?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[death_knight]

You could do it by changing the tileset to Dalaran and using the "Black Marble" and "White Marble" tiles to create the black and white squares.

 

[Vibon]

Or you cloud make a custom tileset, thats easy.

 

[Mindless]

People! Please, more details! I'm new to terraining!

You could do it by changing the tileset to Dalaran and using the "Black Marble" and "White Marble" tiles to create the black and white squares.

I tried that, the effect wasn't really good though. Can do a small example for me? Thanks a lot.

Or you cloud make a custom tileset, thats easy.

How do I make a custom tileset? And actually, what is a custom tileset?

 

[Vibon]

I Will explain further when i get off work.

 

[Inflicted]

Custom tilesets are tileset's that arent defaultly in the warcraft game, like everything else that is 'custom', it is user-made.

What is suggested is just black and white squares made using one of the model/terrain editing programmes and then just inserting it into your game.
I wouldn't suggest adding them as unit models as that could cause many problems like selection and health bars etc.


-Hate to dissapoint you but this type of game has been done.

 

[Vibon]

I Can help you creates The custom tileset, if you still want it?

 

[death_knight]

I tried that, the effect wasn't really good though. Can do a small example for me? Thanks a lot.

See the attached for my mock chess board.

And Inflicted is right, this game type has been done. But if you can put your own spin on the game, then I'd bee keen to see the finished product. Maybe you can do a 4 player version where there are two boards, each with two players; and there would be teams of two, each playing as a different colour (i.e one plays black and the other plays white), and each time someone takes an opponent's piece, the other team member can place it on their board at any time for their advantage. But it's just a suggestion.

 

[Mindless]

-Hate to dissapoint you but this type of game has been done.

I know, the map is just for fun though. I'm mainly seeing if I can use what I know about the world editor to create a mini-game of some sort. I don't really have an original idea right now but still itching to programme a bit of WE!

I Can help you creates The custom tileset, if you still want it?

Thank would be great, much appreciated. +rep definitely!

@death_knight

erm... the grids are a bit large... I tried scaling them down but the effects are not that good. But I really appreciate all the trouble you went into to do this. (+rep) I'll see how the custom tileset turns out.

 

[Vibon]

Heres a tutorial how to make custom tilesets: http://world-editor-tutorials.thehelper.net/tilesets.php

 

[Mindless]

Thanks. However, I've just noticed a problem, the unit's positions are a bit off of the terrain grids. So the black and white squares ends up in the middle of the units... So I guess I'll have to resort to creating models on the ground at centres of my square regions. Anyone know any good models to be used for this?