Shared upgrade bldg for team upgrades

[ThySpektre]

In a version of battleships I played recently there is a shared upgrade building. By that I mean anyone from the team can research an upgrade at it. How do you do that?

It was not a fake item purchase as it clearly shows the upgrade research queue, and anyone from the team can access it.

ThySpektre

 

[AgentPaper]

Just have triggers to set the upgrade avalibility and upgradedness (for lack of a word) to whatever it is for the other players.

 

[ThySpektre]

OK, but how do all the players see the upgrade. My understanding is, you can only see and purchase an upgrade form a building you own, yet in this battleships game, everyone allied player can purchase upgrades form the same building.

ThySpektre

 

[und34d-rul3]

I think you can use upgrades from an ally building.

 

[ThySpektre]

I don't think so.

I think you can use upgrades from an ally building.

 

[ADNORM]

I believe you have to set the players to share units with the trigger action: make (player) treat (player) as an ally with shared units.

 

[WastedSavior]

if an ally goes afk and gives you control, you can move his units and use spells, but you can't build units or upgrade.. but if your ally leaves, you gain entire control over his units..

 

[ThySpektre]

None of these ideas is what he is doing.

How about this idea.

1. Make a building with collision turned off for each player at the same point, such that they sit on top of each other. Maybe then it would LOOK like one bldg.

2. Make the upgrades learned dummies (all level 1) and trigger the actual upgrades off of that.

3. "unlearn" the dummy ability as soon as you learn it so its available again

Sound like a plan?

ThySpektre

edit: No Good. Even with collison set to 0, I could not place 2 bldgs on top of each other.

 

[ThySpektre]

Bump.

Any ideas?

 

[AceHart]

> Even with collison set to 0, I could not place 2 bldgs on top of each other.

Pathing...
But, even if it worked, you still would only be able to select one of those buildings, the "top-most".

 

[ThySpektre]

That is what I have been finding in testing...

However, someone knows how to do it. It is in a Battleships map.

ThySpektre

> Even with collison set to 0, I could not place 2 bldgs on top of each other.

Pathing...
But, even if it worked, you still would only be able to select one of those buildings, the "top-most".