dead space

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im not sure if this is the right place but im trying to build a custom map what i want to do is make walls around all the major races starting positions with open ends towards the middle of the map. the idea being that all ships will then be forced to travel through the centre of the map before being able to enter another races controlled space

 

however with the map editor ive come across too many barriers to complete my map so im wondering if theres a way i can add a custom terrain for the universe map that would prevent movement  such as a dead space tile

it would need to also be able to be placed within 3 spaces of the edge of the map and be able to have more than 500 of them on the map.

 

 

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Dunno if i understood you correctly but here goes anyway...

 

I think you want to do a maze within a custom map that would allow some areas to be "harder" to move into by jamming ships path to a bottleneck center, right?

 

Indirectly, this could be achieved by using fake "invisible" ships -- but, it's quite complex.

First, you'd need a sort of neutral race which can't play and won't have a homeworld... but with the necessary amount of "ships". By dropping these elements on the tiles, everyone wouldn't be able to go through the tile without destroying the ship itself!

Thus, a hugely strong (like, maximum defense) invisible fleet deployed in the proper manner should work.

But, secondly... this way has an unforeseen side effect -- the fake race clugs the xml with it's special settings and thus, runs the risk of finding an enemy (be it an AI or you, btw) - eventually.

 

Instead of Dead Space... what you'd get is a set of tricky tiles represented by a bunch of invisible super-strong ships controlled by nobody. Sadly, just using the map features itself is not enough since the only true impassable tile is a star (or somehow, planets) and these can't be placed together close enough or freely on maps.

So, what you have is a huge mod to create rather than the easiest way -- a simple map which HAS a dead space tile feature.

My 2ยข.