Palladium - Dymanic Heightmap

[zwzsg]

So I made a map that use those Lua command to tweak the heightmap.

http://jobjol.nl/1965 <- download link

1) The .smf & .smt contain a flat map. The heightmap is lua generated during gadget:Initialize

2) Every time you build a structure larger than a wall on those cross thing, the ramps toward which it is facing is raised and the 3 other ramps are lowered.

Here's a pic to show what I mean:

http://jobjol.nl/1965 <- download link

Known bugs (that jK and Argh refuse to acknowledge ):
- UnitCreated would not be called from LuaGaia, so I had to use LuaRules
- The rendered use the original heightmap instead of current heightmap when deciding which part of the ground cannot be seen

Now that it's done, I feel the concept is much less interesting than I hoped it would be. But there has to be better uses of map changing their heightmaps than this, I'll just have to think of a better one next time.

http://jobjol.nl/1965 <- download link

[1v0ry_k1ng]

that is awesome!

[Beherith]

Sweet, whats the performance penalty for this?

[Jazcash]

Wow. Do want.

[zwzsg]

Sweet, whats the performance penalty for this?

Since I change only the 4 ramps, and not the whole map, I don't even feel a hiccup on my PC.

[hunterw]

oh man i never even though about this! that is awesome.

a pertinent gameplay-altering application would be the creation of a bridge between two areas.

[zwzsg]

Under which condition? Timer? Unit Presence?

[Beherith]

Like a timer, yes, with some warning previously to get units off it.

[TheFatController]

You could have something like a pair of on/off control boxes that needed energy to keep the bridge open and if both sides failed to make it up it would close killing all on top of it

[BaNa]

Sweet, whats the performance penalty for this?

Since I change only the 4 ramps, and not the whole map, I don't even feel a hiccup on my PC.

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[Pxtl]

I think it'd be fun to just make maps that have heightmap-tweaks working on fixed intervals. Like a chokepoint map where the chokepoints open and close on fixed intervals (anything in the chokes when it switches is destroyed).

[IllvilJa]

Only complaint I have regarding bridges is that this does not really allow bridges, not in the sense that you can simultaneously have units going both under and over the bridge.

But very, very, very cool stuff nevertheless. Heck, could turn the game into a sick platform game! You build something at position X to open up passage Y, so you get to some new area with gizmoid amounts of whatever fantastic resource you want! You could even open up a passage way that let loose some gaia controlled nastiness (CRABS! THE CRABS!) that swarm out and cause issues for your enemies :).

As someone else said:

foreach (1 .. 1000) {
print "WIN";
}



(Lua is highly potent in the hands of a skilled magician!)

[Wisse]

Volcanoes and earthquake cracks zomg!

[Saktoth]

Random map plz.

[lurker]

Random map plz.

We already have random.smf

[CarRepairer]

oh man i never even though about this! that is awesome.

a pertinent gameplay-altering application would be the creation of a bridge between two areas.

Heard of Complete Annihilation? http://www.caspring.org

[Otherside]

[BaNa]

Heard of Complete Annihilation? http://www.caspring.org

while i like CA and the features it has, for me this has more potential (i guess cause im a map maker and not a hardcore CA player).

[hunterw]

hehe reminds me of lemmings' builders

[Beherith]

Does this map only work with kernel panic or does it also work with other mods? Because I had some trouble launching it in a ba game.