Terrain Changing

[ImmortalMatt]

Is there a way to have a random water table underneath my map that can be "dug" down into. I tried using the crator distortion but it didn't work. I also want to add some kind of spiked pit trap that changes the terrain when you walk over it.

 

[Rad]

I dont see what you mean with an underwater table that can be dug into, but for changing terrain what do you mean? Adding a tile over it? Making a crater/ripple? I hate when people dont describe what they want :banghead:

 

[ImmortalMatt]

Survival Map

I'm making a desert survival map with limited water. I want the players to be able to dig down into the terrain to find water. I also want the water to vary each time you play the game. So I want the terrain to be able to be changed into water when the players dig into it. I have also considered using some kind of dodade or special effect for the water.

 

[zaqer50]

Im guessing what you could do is make it so whenever the unit uses a the Dig abilty it takes a random number from 1 to 10(or whatever you want) and if its 1 create your water doodad at the person using it. It's not exactly what you want, but I'm not sure what you want is possible.

 

[Sargon]

When making the terrain for your map, start with shallow water as the default tileset, then raise all the land above the water level. Then, if you can somehow make the ground go down (terrain deformations, I guess), you will get to water.

 

[ImmortalMatt]

Tried but failed

I don't know, I tried that but it just made a deep hole that was dry. I only tried the crator though, so I'll keep testing it. But the water table would always be the same that way :banghead:

 

[skinny77]

You do have "Enforce Water Height Limits" OFF, right?

 

[ImmortalMatt]

I don't know

I was just playing around with it, I'll check that out. Did you get it to work?

 

[skinny77]

I didn't try it in the first place. Here's something for future referance:
Nearly all problems to do with water can be solved by messing around with "Enforce Water Height Limits"

 

[ImmortalMatt]

Where?

Where is enforce water height limits? And what about turing water deformations on/off?

Nevermind, found the enforce water height limits, thx.

 

[the Lumpy]

I also want to add some kind of spiked pit trap that changes the terrain when you walk over it.

Environment - Change Terrain Type

 

[Heptameron]

Enforce Water Height Limits only applies to changing terrain in the editor, not in-game.

You can't change terrain to add or remove water using the standard trigger actions.

Sargon suggested the only viable thing, but even it may not work.

 

[ImmortalMatt]

99% sure I did it

I have my "desert" completely submerged under water. Then I have a trigger that creats a negative crator, a hill, and makes the water into ground. With a lot of random triggers like this, I can make areas that are above water all over the map. Some of these areas are going to be too high to be able to be dug back to water and some will be low enough to hide the water but able to be dug back to water. Dispite a very possible lag problem, it will make my survival map different everytime, except for the major geographic features.