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alright so I'm making an area of my map that I need hidden from a certain point of view. is it possible to have a flat region or something, that when you look directly at it it will seem like there are no objects behind it and just show terrain? (I need it to cover a BIG area)

also, is it possible to have a region or something that would allow a player with a jet pack to be able to fly higher than in other areas?

For the first you could try using portals and sectors, I know I have done something like that y accident while I was playing around with them. Check the FAQ for a better description than I can try to type here.

For the second the flyheight is global for the map I believe so don't think you can change it that way but you may try boundries and ban jet pack types

well the main reason I'm doing this is because I'm making a hidden easter egg-esque part of my map for my clan and friends to figure out how to get to, but if they glitch they can see it from anywhere on the map. That would be where that "invisibility cloak" would come in play, and to get to it you'd need to fly up in a jetpack on a certain path, which would be the player height stuff. I don't realyl care about the player height because I can get around that, but the invisibility stuff would be perfect

I was gonna surround it in death regions, and "force" you to go the right way, but once you see it it's kinda ruined

hmmm, you could always use a billboard! surround your easter egg with billboard (like fake tress and stuff like that (used in naboo and elsewhere)) it would be perfectly hidden and you could walk through the billboards to find it.

SAMofBIA wrote:hmmm, you could always use a billboard! surround your easter egg with billboard (like fake tress and stuff like that (used in naboo and elsewhere)) it would be perfectly hidden and you could walk through the billboards to find it.

The billboards(the Yavin ones atleast) look hideous and have epic collision.

yeah sam, the point is so people don't see anything - I think the billboards would make it stick out far more than just leaving it there lol.

there are more than just yavin billboards that dont have collision at all. plus you could retexture them to look just like you terrain.

(ex: legend of zelda hyrule field map, it uses a billboard to make you think that there isnt the entrance to the epic cavern in the ground there. many billboards are in the epic cavern too.

If its just one spot on your map you dont want the player to see the egg from then create a region that when entered destroys the egg before anyone can see it, then respawn it when they leave the region. Although it isnt exactaly what you want it might be good enough for a while?

Thats a good idea SW_Elite, although i kinda thought it would be better if you started the game with the easter egg destroyed, and only spawned when you enter a region, so that they can't see it until they get a specific distance from the object.

Set the map to have a short view distance and don't have an LOD model for the easter egg?

hmm, ide agree with lucasfart and SW_elite on this one now. it would be the most effective.

Another idea I have is, make the egg so it's on it's own side, give it the same cloak ability that the bothan has and make it use that ability somehow, when you enter the region where you don't want the egg to be seen from.

hah, an egg with invisibility, whats next...

SW_elite wrote:Another idea I have is, make the egg so it's on it's own side, give it the same cloak ability that the bothan has and make it use that ability somehow, when you enter the region where you don't want the egg to be seen from.

I think that would be extremely complicated when there is no need for it to be so. It would be a lot simpler to leave it as a prop that is spawned/destroyed depending on where you are in the map.

this is supposed to be multiplayer compatible, correct? if so then any functions that hide it, determined by the region you are in will not work.

see, the thing is the easter egg isn't just ONE thing, its nearly ALL the extra space of my map. I'm making a map which is fairly small, just a battle on a big bridge and the extra huge area of the map is all one big easter egg lol

and yes, the egg is only really useful in multiplayer

Well in that case destroying the egg wont work either... What happens if someone is close to the egg (trying to get inside), and someone else walks into the region and the egg gets destroyed?

For one, they person trying to enter the egg will get extremely confused and maybe annoyed.