(415) Adding water to maps (new and old)

Sir Salami recently informed me that there IS a way to add water to maps that you made in paint/photoshop/whatever you use. This also means that water can be added to old maps that weren't made before the update (to prevent tunneling). This is very limiting currently, but hopefully MM and Geti will add better functionality later.

Limitations
1. It doesn't work locally. Meaning Zombie Fortress and Sandbox
2. It modifies the whole map cycle, they will all be 50, or whatever

Water level from the server files :
In dedicated_autostart
You add a line below mapcycle(); in whatever mode you want it in (remember it has to be gold enabled). It says
waterLevel(Number);
The number being the height in tiles bottom of map.

Water level in game with rcon.
Log in with rcon.
Type
/rcon waterLevel(number);
The number being height above bottom of map.

I hope this helped!

Edit: I hope to add pictures soon

 

Very good information. Thanks!

 

You're welcome

 

SirSalami, You're probably on top of this, but a Premium sandbox mode for water would be A+. And a second thought would be if it doesn't cause issues maybe even let the scrubby free players have water in sandbox so that they can want it all the more.

 

I had an idea for a map that oscillates between flooded and non flooded, like you would be fighting but periodically you'd have to stop and seek high ground. Is that possible?

 

If you do this, shrines will be built in your honour.

That feel when you steal the enemy flag from tunnel only to drown because the tide came up.

 

Yeah I think there's a lot of potential for maps that can't be realized in single .png files. Customizing day/night cycles, placing zombies for adventure maps, etc.

 

It is possible to have water in sandbox mode. If you access the console and set: " sv_gold_only(1); " you can then access the rcon command listed by Awesomec, " /rcon waterLevel(); " and add water to your sandbox map for testing.

 

Just tested it. You can place water on a map and save it to .kag in sandbox mode.

As above:

• Enter Sandbox
• In your console enable /sv_gold_only 1
• Now input /rcon waterLevel(value);
• Next: /savemap name

Your map is now saved as a .kag file which will load with water and other changes.

Thanks to Awesomec & Sir Salami, as well as Downburst (respectively) for posting how to add water to a map in console and how to save the map serverside to make the water permanent.

EDIT: Do note, that you have to enable gold status on your sandbox first. If you exit and then re-enter sandbox mode and then try to load your map, it will load the map WITHOUT the water (as water is disabled due to it not being premium). You must re-enable gold every time you enter a fresh sandbox game; your map will load with the water just fine.

 

If you use an image editor to edit the .png file so that everything works properly, you can then follow those steps to have a working map with loading water. So yes.

 

Good thing i checked here. Awnsered alot of my questions.

 

I like it. :)