self rebuildable terrain items

Nikademis Von Hisson

Just looking for a yes or no answer, not how to. Maybe someone has any clue if this is possible.

Here is my thought.....its pretty much a thought for eye candy on a map. I would like to be able to put a farm area on a map. and after some time it looks like it is growing, then 2 more stages. Then if you run it over with a vehicle it would be crushed....troops could walk through it just like trees, but then it could grow back.

I am thinking it could be done like ore and it would be a special overlay......possible? If it is I will seek the how to on my own.

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Scorched Earth · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 3:43 am Post subject:

That's an interesting idea. Maybe not for trees, but for tall grass that gets flattened when stepped on.

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m7 · Commander **Joined**: 17 Apr 2009

I doubt it. Seems like a waste of engine resources on such an unoptimized game.

Mig Eater · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 2:25 pm Post subject:

Only way I can see it working is with spawning dummy infantry that look like grass. Other infantry can then walk though them but tanks would crush them etc.

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Nikademis Von Hisson · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 3:44 pm Post subject: crops

My thought was a cross between prison fence overlay being crushable and ore regrow. I don't know if my thoughts are valid, but it was just a thought. I am gonna have to look into this later down the road.

The crops terrain item would be the 'tree' to regrow while having crops over lay...

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Mig Eater · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 4:46 pm Post subject:

I don't see how you could get it working with either of them TBH :/ Walls can't be randomly spawned & ore is a mainly hardcoded logic that isn't compatible with anything else.

The game doesn't have anything like this so you'll have to think "outside the box" to get it working.

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Team Black · Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 5:22 pm Post subject:

I'd say it would be more feasable to have crushable overlay and forget about having it regrow.
In practicality, a field would take a whole year to regrow anyhow (and after much farming no less)

I once had the idea of making all trees into crushable overlay, but no one seemed to like that idea

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