Weird map trick. Please look!

[Vanguard]

I was playing a map called Gat Bound and the map creator used a strange map trick where the zerglings are flashing right below where its name is. Check out the attachment to see what I mean. If you select the zergling and look at the bottom of the screen you'd see it. How did he do it? Is there a special utility that does that sort of thing? Thanks.

 

[Bolt Head]

I played the map and have no idea what your talking about.

 

[Vanguard]

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. Sorry for that.

This is what I meant:

 

[Bolt Head]

Interesting . . . Most likely he was set to a low percent of health (ie; 5%) and then set to invincable.

 

[FakeNameHere]

Originally posted by Bolt Head
Interesting . . . Most likely he was set to a low percent of health (ie; 5%) and then set to invincable.

Agreed, if you look closely, you can still see a faint picture of the wireframe.

 

[-MatriX-]

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[Vanguard]

Depends what you mean by good. Generic bounds are easy to make, but adding originality to them is a challenge (mostly because most bounds are unoriginal to begin with). I made a bound map recently called ChronoBound. Take a look at it if you will.

The map seems to be too big to attach. Here's a link.

 

[Lwek]

Your talking about something related to this right?

 

[NightReaper]

Interesting . . . Most likely he was set to a low percent of health (ie; 5%) and then set to invincable.

Its not, because if you look at the selected zergling, it appears that the units health is 100% ass all of the health bars are full.

 

[Pains Requiem]

hm...how do u get a perfect straight line in maps? like the Bounds and Ghost Defences and cannon/tower defences?

 

[FakeNameHere]

Originally posted by NightReaper
Its not, because if you look at the selected zergling, it appears that the unit's health is 100% as all of the health bars are full.

It must have been done using Starforge

 

[KillerMe]

Using SF is it possible to set the health to a negative %?

 

[Bolt Head]

With a trigger?

I don't know but you can set ther hp to negitive numbers via unit settings. I'll figure out how it is done after my classes are over today.

 

[Vanguard]

Well, I figured out the trick. You make the unit's HP 9/3 using StarForge. It works for Zerg units but I'm not sure about Terran and Protoss.

 

[NightReaper]

Fakename, go look at the given screen shot again, the selected zerling in the pic has a full health bar.

 

[rune_warrior]

you give the unit 300% health? wouldn't that make it glow or something? the higher the health the brighter the wireframe. so it would have to be a negative, or... you are scrweing with us and used photoshop or something to color wireframe black.

 

[Bolt Head]

You could just check the map if you think he was "screwing with us"

 

[Tuxedo Templar]

I've seen wireframes go all kinds of weirdo colors: orange, blue, gray, etc. I know you can do it with hex or Starforge, but I forget exactly what it was that does it, though I know it involves HP (was awhile ago and I didn't bother to remember... didn't seem too important to me at the time.)

 

[Vanguard]

I think when the HP is above its limit the wireframe borrows a palette from some other place in the memory... or something like that. I'm not so sure, but it could be possible. =/

 

[rune_warrior]

Originally posted by Bolt Head
You could just check the map if you think he was "screwing with us"

ok then, i'll go check the map later. i am not on my comp. but if it is protected. . i'll update later when i look at.