"mirringale has but one weakness..." - Multiplayer scripting woes

William Wallet · Post by **William Wallet** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:54 am

I've made this two-team level where there's a drain (from Creep) on the outside of the wall, and a tunnel leading out of a fountain on the inside of the castle.

This is all very imperious thinking, but I have a problem. I'm not sure how to script it so that troops can go on a return journey after they've snuck into the city. Same problem with the baddies.

Should I just make the tunnel a one way ticket for whoever goes in? Or should I try to find a way to make it two-way-able?

Once more, for clarity. (I'm worried I'm being indecipherable here).
DUDE > walks into drain > pops up on other side.
I'm worried that if I script it so that he can walk back through, he'll get caught in an endless chain of back and forward between tunnels.

Unkfolt · Post by **Unkfolt** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 3:58 pm

I don't remember who did it, but somebody made a map where you walk into a tunnel in a dwarven cave, stand there for a few seconds, then you disappear and reappear at the other end. I don't remember who made it or what the name of the map was though.

You can do that, or have the unit teleport farther out of the tunnel. Like I put below, the x is where you have to stand in order to teleport, and the o is where you teleport to. The lines just represent the space between tunnels.

ox ||||||||||||||||| xo

Â¤Â¤ Unkfolt

Sublime · Post by **Sublime** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:08 pm

Or....you could always make the unit have to taunt in order to pass through the tunnel...that would keep it from doing a chain reaction, but having to taunt could cost delicate time.

William Wallet · Post by **William Wallet** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:38 pm

I had considered taunts actually... I'll work at it.

Also, I believe it was Ephor of Myrgard by Iron that had the tunnel you speak of?

mauglir · Post by **mauglir** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:23 am

Datax's Myth Clue also had a secret passage feature that would effectively teleport you to opposite corners of the map.

Website · Post by **iron** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:37 am

yes, Ephor had it but occasionally units would be frozen in place when they reached the other end. Ibis Crown moved units in a similar way, though all in one group.

William Wallet · Post by **William Wallet** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:12 am

Funny... sometimes my units get stuck too. Hmmm. Am I landing them too close to the impassable area around the exit?

Website · Post by **iron** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 6:31 pm

that'd be one thing to check. I never solved it in Ephor, and it only seemed to happen once in 20 games.

The Tain

"mirringale has but one weakness..." - Multiplayer scripting woes