Spring RTS Engine

Posted: **16 Jun 2007, 21:38**

I'd like a new kind of yardmap type, something that allows you to designate areas that cannot be built in, but are not actually occupied.

So for instance, I could do something like the petronas towers, where a certain area is passable.

Something like, for instance:

ooxxoo
ooxxoo

Where "x" means passable, but not buildable. I could build a whole column of these:

ooxxoo
ooxxoo
ooxxoo
ooxxoo
ooxxoo
ooxxoo
ooxxoo
ooxxoo
ooxxoo
ooxxoo
ooxxoo
ooxxoo

and, in effect, make a shielded tunnel, for instance.

Or, I could make something like this

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          ooooxxoooo
ooooooooooooooxxoooooooooooooo
ooooooooooooooxxoooooooooooooo
          ooooxxoooo

by laying DT all around it.

Just strictly hypothedical... I'm not thinking about a shielded tunnel unit or something.

The reason why I cannot use "c" or whatever it is, and just have the unit's script say that its construction zone was always open (as in, a factory) is because I might want to use this "x" zone at the same time as the "c" zone on a factory.

Posted: **17 Jun 2007, 00:10**

In factories, this is very similair to how it should work, units can walk through but the difference is that its flawed, you can build things like turrets in the openings.

Posted: **17 Jun 2007, 10:25**

already possible. the y yardmap tag is for areas that units can walk over, but as part of the building it cannot be built on. A tag for an area of a building that *can* be built on would be good though

Posted: **17 Jun 2007, 10:47**

Too baed Spring ignores y on anything except mines.

Posted: **17 Jun 2007, 11:55**

I've been wishing forever that Spring supports not new yardmap type but merely old TA ones.

Posted: **17 Jun 2007, 20:21**

KDR_11k wrote:Too baed Spring ignores y on anything except mines.

Amen

Posted: **17 Jun 2007, 21:30**

KDR_11k wrote:Too baed Spring ignores y on anything except mines.

Can this be changed?

Posted: **17 Jun 2007, 22:45**

You can make everything a mine, and just set the value to nearly zero.

Posted: **17 Jun 2007, 22:52**

not true, it doesnt useit for mines, you can build 100 mines ontop of eachother if they're not set as blocking.

Posted: **17 Jun 2007, 23:07**

AF wrote:not true, it doesnt useit for mines, you can build 100 mines ontop of eachother if they're not set as blocking.

Well, it evidently works then, no?

Posted: **17 Jun 2007, 23:40**

If ti worked then youd be able to build 1 mine and have allied units walk through it but the same mine would block a second mine built ontop.

Instead the second mine is not blocked and gets built and a 3rd and a 4th etc.

Posted: **18 Jun 2007, 04:21**

zwzsg wrote:I've been wishing forever that Spring supports not new yardmap type but merely old TA ones.

+One
Particularly for my new gates.
http://spring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=10589
VonGratz

Posted: **07 Sep 2007, 01:33**

nudgewhine

Spring RTS Engine

New yardmap type

New yardmap type