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Battleground

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When you make maps, and you want to put battleground somewhere, the help of the editor says the battleground will not work if you change the name, the face, or if you put something under.

Because of that, you can not really play with battleground... My question is "Why ?".

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Post by Azriel »

Well, it seems nobody knows... So here is my suggestion : could battleground be changeable just like other floor ?
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AFAIK, battleground is designed from the start to ONLY be used in arena. It shouldn't be used elsewhere, as it has the effect of making players unkillable.
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I agree. But there are many other ways to use battleground (i mean, with caution). It is not worst putting pattleground everrywere than having a ring of resist everything...

People have to make well balanced maps, and the restriction to battleground is not necessary i think.
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Post by Avion »

I believe it's only the type and possibly some other arch details (if I remember properly from messing with the code for friendly fire.) that you can't mess with, I am pretty sure you can change the name and image. What more would you want to do really?
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Post by Azriel »

The 'help file' of the editor says that it won't work if you change the name or the image...
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Post by Avion »

I take it from the code (see below) you have to call it a battleground but this doesn't say the image cannot be changed.
int op_on_battleground (object *op, int *x, int *y) {
object *tmp;

/* A battleground-tile needs the following attributes to be valid:
* is_floor 1 (has to be the FIRST floor beneath the player's feet),
* name="battleground", no_pick 1, type=58 (type BATTLEGROUND)
* and the exit-coordinates sp/hp must both be > 0.
* => The intention here is to prevent abuse of the battleground-
* feature (like pickable or hidden battleground tiles). */
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Post by bort »

What is a use of battle ground is a group arena:
Open to all players, no gates, or waiting.
Just pure stupidity. :P
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You can change the image.
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