Welcome to the Designer's Tavern! After switching owners once before, the tavern is now in my, Lord Basse's hands. Established by
Have a new discovery you want to share with the world? A design trick, a good way to design a waterfall? Perhaps you feel the need to address what you think is a problem with designing? Contact me via email or post a reply with the article! It doesn't have to be something brand new, but it shouldn't be something of common knowledge. Like "A Tutorial on the Issue of Placing Trees on your Map". Write a paragraph or three, add a screenshot and send it off, and I'll make sure it gets up here.
For all vanilla designers, I have an almost perfect cave design (there is one flaw - it's only workable in cutscenes.)
First you put a bunch of rocks in a "U" shape, facing you.
Second use triggers (as this is a test, there are no conditions) to create map revealers 4 tiles from the farthest inside layer of rock.
Third add a unit of yours (or another map revealer) some distance in front of the U of rocks, (or if a map revealer, 3-4 tiles in front)
Fourth - add eye candy. (terrain mixing, trees, plants, objects, whatever, but they cannot influence the line of sight.
I was lazy with the eyecandy as it doesn't matter, and if you see this before there are links to the photos, hold it. they'll be up in about 30 minutes. I'll edit it.
Now to explain the flaw - as I'm sure some of you have noticed by now, The effect obtained only works if you haven't cheated, (marco polo) or if you don't move. (This is because it relies on you not being able to see the inside of the cave - which is the unexplored part.) I am including this in my first (finished) campaign, which should be out sometime around... christmas? don't hold me to that.
Feel free to ask here, I will add your request to the topic post if it doesn't get fulfilled quickly.
Owner - Lord Basse
Head of the Board - rofl
Janitor - Scud
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[This message has been edited by Lord Basse (edited 08-20-2011 @ 05:59 PM).]