Permanent Invisibility doesn't like Fog of War >.<

[CYBER_Aeon]

So I have several structures with permanent invisibility. If I move a unit into visible range of it, I still can't actually see it (which is what it's supposed to do), but as soon as I move the unit away and the fog covers it again, it becomes visible under the fog... even though nobody has actually 'seen' it yet.

Is this because it's a structure, or what? Anybody have any ideas on how to fix this? (+Rep)

 

[TheDamien]

Yeah, it's because it's a structure. I don't know how you could fix it.

If you add structure specific options, like upgrades, items sold, etc, then you can take away its structure status and it retains the structure specific data (haven't tested with all fields though). You could then try to make the unit resemble a structure as much as possible by taking away its movement speed etc.

There may also be a value under game constants which stops structures from appearing in fog - I think I've seen it before.

 

[Rheias]

I believe in the object editor there is a field to each unit that determines if it is considered a building or not. Set it to false and you are good to go.

 

[CYBER_Aeon]

Can buildings upgrade to units? Will that cause any trouble?

 

[CYBER_Aeon]

Yeah, it's because it's a structure. I don't know how you could fix it.

If you add structure specific options, like upgrades, items sold, etc, then you can take away its structure status and it retains the structure specific data (haven't tested with all fields though). You could then try to make the unit resemble a structure as much as possible by taking away its movement speed etc.

There may also be a value under game constants which stops structures from appearing in fog - I think I've seen it before.

Hmm. I'll probably have to give that a shot. Assuming it doesn't crash on upgrade or something.

I didn't have any luck finding that setting under game constants, but i'll read through it one more time.

 

[TheDamien]

Hmm. I'll probably have to give that a shot. Assuming it doesn't crash on upgrade or something.

If you've ever played bug evolution, they used that trick to allow the bugs to evolve.

 

[CYBER_Aeon]

Well, it has some funny side effects, like not displaying an upgrade progress while it upgrades, traps displaying in green while they upgrade and such. But, it seems to work. So it'll do. ^.^

Big thanks to both of you! +Rep!