how do you make un-clickable beacons?

[-fo0l-]

yea.

[I)arkI)ragoon_]

u make a trig like this

make a location over the beacon im going to call it "disable"

Conditions-
Always(or whatever u want)

Actions-
Disable doodad state for all whatever beacon at "disable"

I think thats it

correct me someone else if im wrong or go to one of the stciky's im sure on of them tell u

[Lwek]

After countless hours of trying to get people to not post stuff that is already answered in the faq thread, somebody does.
Why doesn't it work!

[-fo0l-]

that is wrong. i tried that. disabling doodad state makes the beacon cloaked. and it says disabled in red. just like bunkers. you can still select them.

[Lwek]

In the faq, right under the disable unit, it shows cloaked unit.

[-fo0l-]

yea that doesnt solve my problem. that just tells you how to make a beacon cloacked, disable the doodad state, which i knew how to do. you can still click and select the beacons. i want to know how to make then beacons un clickable, like in toads turret defense. i searched the FAQ its not thereand i made this. dont flame me please, you just read my question wrong.

how do i make un clickable beacons.

[Lwek]

Ok, I'm not in a good mood right now, but read this from the faq:(and no I did not read the question wrong because this q has been asked a million times in the past)

CLOAKED UNITS

CONDITIONS:
-always
ACTIONS:
-disable doodad state for :UNIT: at :LOCATION:
-create 1 :detector: for :PLAYER: at :LOCATION:
-wait 500 millieseconds
-remove 1 :DETECTOR: for :PLAYER: at :LOCATION:

The unit should be a computer unit and you should not be shared vision with it. The detector should be yours.

[Heimdal]

You can also use StarForge and place them as a sprite. To do this, open your map, go to the "sprites" layer, and find the sprite you would like to place, and place it like you would a unit.

Click the picture in my signature to get StarForge.

[-fo0l-]

i got it, its cool, but i cant select the beacons to change the color or owner. i know you can go to a properties menu and change the owner, but it is all one color. and that is good for some beacons, but i also have mass attack beacons and they need to be color coded =(

[InsaneWallaby]

Uhhhh....Don't all beacons flash the same color?
Outta luck there, buddy. Either make them all invisible and live with it, or make some invisible and some color coded but normal. And if you're wondering how to change the colors, use SCM Toolkit and make sure that your scenario is in .scx format.

I hope thats good enough information for you, cause I'm no "fool" that stays up all night, yarrharrharr. And did you ever figure out the AI? Or are you still "fooling" around with it! Harrharr. Just kidding. PM me later if you're still having troubles with the AI and give up and want me to fix it on your map and I'll try my best if you want me to.

[-fo0l-]

my bad wallaby, i was talking about using starforge.

but yes i did get the beacons to work fine. you can check it out in my finished map here

[InsaneWallaby]

Might want to relink that. It's taking me to a nice Yahoo! Geocities site that says that the page I was looking for is missing. Try attaching it if its small enough.

[Golden Fox]

if i do disable em in scxe they become un-clickable!

[Lwek]

Yeah, thanks for noticing the point I was trying to make.

Man just realized something, when SF comes out, I'm going to have to put up like a ton of stuff in the faq that explains how to do it. Or I could bribe heimdal into doing it...

[-fo0l-]

Originally posted by Master Virus
Yeah, thanks for noticing the point I was trying to make.

Man just realized something, when SF comes out, I'm going to have to put up like a ton of stuff in the faq that explains how to do it. Or I could bribe heimdal into doing it...

its easy to do un clickable beacons with starforge. just use the sprite layer. you can place the sprite of the beacon. (of course it doesnt blink, you only place one sprite)

[Morisune]

ummm

y dont u just do this:

Conditions:
always

Action:
create 1 beacon at location disable
Wait 1 millisecond
remove all beacon at location disable
preserve trigger

wouldnt that work?
cant touch it but u c it?

ill jus go back to sleep now :wasted :sleepy

[-fo0l-]

you would need to disable it and have a detector see it before you remove it.

[Lwek]

Originally posted by -fo0l-
its easy to do un clickable beacons with starforge. just use the sprite layer. you can place the sprite of the beacon. (of course it doesnt blink, you only place one sprite)

Ok, I've barely used SF so I don't know much about the sprites properties. And I said I would have to add all the information you need to know about sf. Not just cloaking a beacon. Please try to understand more clearly next time. I'm getting tired of restating what I say.

Morisune, no that will not work. If you were to create a beacon and then remove it, then the beacon won't be there anymore.

[Bolt Head]

I belive it is unclickable depending on who owns the beacon. (Human or Computer)