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Jetpack
I've been trying to think of a way to do a jetpack in my map. The thing is, I don't want to swap the unit for an air unit. The unit is a marine btw. And I don't have any available computers except forextended players. If I use the sprite, it will go through units but not over cliffs, there fore not very jet-packy. Help me SEN! Or at least someone whos genius.
I domt just want them to be able to move in a direction though. I want themto be able to stay in the air and give the illusion of flying.
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If you use the sprite it still won't be able to go through units. Other units will be able to go through it, however.
It can't be done to your specifications except through modding, where you can retrofit a wraith with a marine grp with a jetpack on him too.
It can't be done to your specifications except through modding, where you can retrofit a wraith with a marine grp with a jetpack on him too.
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If you do it right, you can use null to allow the marine to walk on any non-walkable terrain.
Then hide the null with sprites if you want.
Then hide the null with sprites if you want.
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I'm pretty sure once you walk on normal terrain, you lose the ability to walk on unpassable terrain.
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IIRC you can walk from null to normal terrain, but can't walk from normal to null; however, triggers can move you from normal to null terrain.
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Only walkable null. Also, you can walk from null to water and back. Youjust cant walk up a cliff, but I think you can walk down one.
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Use mobile/location grids to represent your unit as a constant halu/wraith explosion (flame of the jetpack). Giving orders in this state is not easy, though.
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Ultraviolet -- I suppose we'll likely never know, but my guess would be that they already saw it operating successfully and there was no monetary incentive to finish the original work. And the dev cycle in old school Blizzard was so hectic, it's possible it just got forgotten about after the original game got released. Plus there's an element of existing MPQ files that were packaged with the original discs becoming outdated if they updated it. And it's not like they remade the original MPQs, they just made new ones for BW specifically[2026-6-21. : 4:26 am]
Oh_Man -- so that makes me think maybe the theory they are unfinished is not true and its a deliberate design decision, coz why not finish them wen ur making brood war?[2026-6-21. : 4:25 am]
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Ultraviolet -- Yeah he's talked about a lot of that stuff in his casts before. It seems plausible. Especially knowing how Blizzard of yesteryear operated.[2026-6-20. : 3:47 pm]
NudeRaider -- to clarify: couldn't recall the behavior for every single Protoss building but I was aware the disparity exists.[2026-6-20. : 3:43 pm]
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