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Hiding Mazes (Q?)

xpurpleinsanityxxpurpleinsanityx Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited July 2013 in The Foundry
When creating a maze, is there a way to hide the pathways on the minimap?
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  • fallensbanefallensbane Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 118 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    Yep a couple ways

    1. Place fade to black layers above the maze, make sure they are raised to the fade is just beyond reach of the ceiling.
    2. Place objects such as floor tiles higher than the maze wall, things such as rectangular objects work best, but anything CAN work.

    Also keep in mind most people tend to not enjoy mazes. I have a maze in my second quest (in sig) and I used an NPC that spawns 'breadcrumbs' for those who can't handle a bit of exploration. THat way people who want to explore it can and those who don't want to explore it can just finish the maze.
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  • essentiessenti Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 303 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    fallensbane wrote: »
    Yep a couple ways

    1. Place fade to black layers above the maze, make sure they are raised to the fade is just beyond reach of the ceiling.
    2. Place objects such as floor tiles higher than the maze wall, things such as rectangular objects work best, but anything CAN work.

    Also keep in mind most people tend to not enjoy mazes. I have a maze in my second quest (in sig) and I used an NPC that spawns 'breadcrumbs' for those who can't handle a bit of exploration. THat way people who want to explore it can and those who don't want to explore it can just finish the maze.

    Also, if you set the Fade to Black layers to "visible when : never", they will still be black on the minimap but the player wont see them in the 3D view.
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  • fallensbanefallensbane Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 118 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    essenti wrote: »
    Also, if you set the Fade to Black layers to "visible when : never", they will still be black on the minimap but the player wont see them in the 3D view.

    Very good tip.
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  • xpurpleinsanityxxpurpleinsanityx Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Thanks. :)
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  • magic88255magic88255 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 56
    edited July 2013
    fade to black do not work in indoor map, so I used a castle bridge in mine
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  • essentiessenti Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 303 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    magic88255 wrote: »
    fade to black do not work in indoor map, so I used a castle bridge in mine
    My appologies, I was talking about the "depthfade black," I use it in all my indoor maps, the depthfade works great for masking off areas on the minimap.
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  • raphaeldisantoraphaeldisanto Member Posts: 402 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    What about a big 1000x1000 waterplane?
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  • chokethesmurfchokethesmurf Member Posts: 9 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I used teleporters to prevent people trying to find their way through my maze by looking at the minimap. it made things sooo much easier for people to get lost. Which was the idea. if you want to see what i mean check out NW-DS23E52AT
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