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1) Ok now for the first part place land down close together.

2) Then place a jail wall down.

3) Then make a spot of terrain where you want your jail guard(s) or any other unit that you want to open the jail walls with.

Now for the fun part(lol this is the worst part)

X ACTIVE
X LOOP
RUN

Condition

distance to point
source unit: Jail guard
area: where you want the jail guard to go
operator: <=
Distance: 2

Timer: 2

Effects

Change unit type
unit: jail wall
protounit: cinematic block

X ACTIVE
X LOOP
RUN

Condition

distance to point
source unit: jail guard
area: where you want your jail gaurd to go
operator: <=
distance: 2

Timer: 2

Effects

change unit type
unit: jail wall
protounit: jail wall

As I said before you can use this with jail walls to look at my finished project.

I hoped this helped because this is my first guide that I have ever made I hope this helped a little for the noobs that have just started designing, but most of the experienced designers know what I have just talked about!

Best Regards

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Thats better. I hope this improves your first guide.

[This message has been edited by Titan602 (edited 02-04-2006 @ 03:55 AM).]

Oh and Loki you forgot to add the second jail wall in your screenies ( open gate status)

so one is place like this : __ (closed) and the other is placed on top of the first one like this: / (open)

The result will be this: __/

Well then simply change the "open" status wall into a cinematic block when the game starts.....and change it back into a jailwall whenever the action is performed to "open" the gate.....ofcourse you will then also change the "closed" status wall into a cinematic block

Ofcourse its not needed but it gives a nice suggestion of an open and closed jaildoor action

Oh and about the rain thingy...you asked that in another thread.... I used it like this: just changing cinematic blocks into rain objects.....i placed the blocks/rainobjects on parts which i knew would become visible to the player or on certain keypoints....that way I did not have rain all over the map but just gave the "illusion" or "Feel" of raining during the scenario.....and just like JML says...it helps also preventing lag...to see it in action check the "Walsungen" scenario...in that scenario the rain is part of a lightning storm which starts and ends somewhere during the scenario

Well keep up the good spirit with writing guides and ofcourse constructing your aom webbie

Best regards,
The Vandhaal

[This message has been edited by The Vandhaal (edited 02-04-2006 @ 08:42 PM).]