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Thread: Custom Bridges28 May 2016, 02:31 AM It's a lot of work for a video tutorial. You can use Janne252's map extractor and unpack my maps from the workshop to see how things are done. I have another example of this in the screenshot below. A custom "bridge".... and by bridge I mean gangplanks for ships. This tutorial could be updated since there is a better object for pathing than the small wooden bridges. The Designer_walkmesh (EBPS > gameplay > designer_objects > objects > walkmeshes > designer_walkmesh) appears as an ugly checkerboard in the map editor, but is invisible in game. It doesn't need scar scripting to set it to indestructable either. All you need to do is use the objects found in the 'visuals' tree to create a bridge. The visuals tree is filled with tons of indestructable objects perfect for bridge building. And building other things such as the ship below. Example with the windows, turrets, and various other objects. If Relic manages to squeeze one more expansion out then I will do a tutorial. Honestly the best part about this game for me has been the World Builder. I'm always more excited to see what new assets they have for maps. With WFA it was waterfalls... which made my waterfall tutorial obsolete. And with British forces it was the new bridges and canal walls and industrial objects. In: Mapping Discussion
Thread: camera settings and smoke6 Nov 2015, 02:16 AM Camera zoom can only be accomplished by mods I think. You can't make a map that has the built in functionality to zoom out further. You might be able to find more info somewhere in the youtube comments here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ2LU07HazI It's a cool replay where the caster is using a zoom mod, but I don't think it can be used during regular gameplay. And for smoke are you sure you're using the proper action marker? How are you placing it on the map and what fx are you using? In: Mapping Discussion
Thread: world builder (bug splats)6 Nov 2015, 02:09 AM Bugsplat reports aren't supposed to be a means to resolve your issue. It's not a helpdesk tool. It's more like providing the developers with a note to help them fix or prevent the problem in the future with a patch... and even then they would probably only fix it if they see enough people with the same problem or if its serious enough issue to address. You can't expect any help at all from submitting them. In: Mapping Discussion
Thread: Walkable terrain objects5 Nov 2015, 02:05 AM Jump back to quoted post4 Nov 2015, 11:49 AMMr. Someguy How did you get the coal in the gondolas? Or the grey containers? Railway cranes? Catwalks? Clever trickery. 1. Coal in gondolas (I assume you mean the train cars). Achieved by putting a mud object ( Visuals > environment > objects > rubble_debris> > rubble_mud > rubble_mud ) inside of it. Since it is an object from the Visuals tree it is indestructible and doesn't block pathing. This mud object doesn't have a texture on it and instead the texture of the terrain beneath it is applied. So if it was ontop of a grass texture it would look like grass in the train. But I covered the terrain with another visual object that looks like concrete to hide the coal textured terrain. 2. Grey containers and railway cranes need to be stamped from the existing Relic maps. Some objects have different variations or animation states. Containers come in black or brown (default brown). Other objects like this are cranes that are rotated at an angle, cranes with wheels to run on tracks instead of stationary, and there are some fences and fence post splines that behave similarly. Also there are some objects with attached fx like burning trees or smoking civilian vehicles. 3. Catwalks are pretty much the same as item 1. They are visual objects that can be found in the Visuals object tree. I was working on making an aircraft carrier that units can fight on using some of those tricks, but abandoned the map cause I lost interest. Again it uses a different object instead of mud to allow "terrain" (just a visual object that inherits terrain, spline, and splat textures) to "float" above the water which lets me make the flight deck hang out over the water but still let units walk and fight on it. Used the visual objects for the catwalks for decoration, and stamped the P47_thunderbird object because the one that you can place doesn't include the propeller. But there is a relic map that does have it, but as I mentioned as far as I know you need to copy/stamp it. Hope those tricks help. You should be able to make walkable catwalks using some of those tricks. Just be aware the catwalks won't be able to be crossed under or destroyed. Better view of what I mean by the deck overhang: In: Mapping Discussion
Thread: Walkable terrain objects28 Oct 2015, 02:42 AM I think there are only two walkable stairs (harbour_stairs_walkable, cement_staircase). The pipe objects with "walkable" in the name aren't actually walkable, they're just normal objects. The only way I've found around this is to use the designer_walkmesh_3x5 object in "ebps > gameplay > designer objects > objects > walkmeshes" which will appear invisible ingame. You can place it ontop of an indestructible object that allows units to pass through it (anything found in the visuals directory). This gives the illusion the units are walking on it. You will need to use movement blocker objects to stop the units from walking off the edges since impass editor won't work for that. You can unpack my map from the workshop and open it in the world builder and take a look (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=524721873). If you look at the gangplanks onto the ships you will see I used my method I mentioned. In: Mapping Discussion
Thread: help me test - world builder crash.27 Sep 2015, 02:24 AM industrial_rubble_01_diff and 02_diff? Didn't crash for me. In: Mapping Discussion
Thread: Negative cover on half the map+house that cant be entered.18 Sep 2015, 00:45 AM Try process of elimination. Delete all your splines and recheck the cover. If it's removed then you'll know one of them is causing it. Then undo the deletion and try deleting all the splines in 1 of the 4 corners, and do it for each corner. It will help narrow down which one is causing the problem. AFAIK the only things that add negative cover to terrain are splines. Maybe a splat even? In: Mapping Discussion
Thread: How yo use object "cooling tower?"12 Sep 2015, 21:03 PM I'm pretty sure that IS the object. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I think it's a placeholer for a future update. There is also a submarine and battleship that are hot pink (no textures). Makes me wonder what Relic has up their sleeve for the future. In: Mapping Discussion
Thread: What do you focus on first? 12 Sep 2015, 15:23 PM My approach is a bit of a planned chaos. 1. Start with an idea/theme. Place objects splines and splats I plan to use (industrial / urban / nature) in a corner of the map. 2. Sculpt the map for mountains, rivers, lakes 3. Place some of the large objects on the map to get a feel for the pathing and how it will flow. 4. Place the victory, fuel, and munitions points 5. Start detailing areas in small chunks in the order of objects, then splines, then splats 6. After I have a good portion of those small chunks completed I'll place the remaining 10 strategic points. 7. Last details. This is mostly splats and small objects for detail to make the world appear more unique. 8. Drawing territories. I don't plan my maps very well and I think they suffer because of it. In: Mapping Discussion
Thread: Water level is lower after british update7 Sep 2015, 20:51 PM I noticed this aswell. It seems they took out precision water levels and they're rounded to the closest .5 level. But I noticed it had been like that since Ardennes Assault. In: Mapping Discussion