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tripsofthrymr
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I have some raised platforms in an outdoor environment on which I want to spawn encounters.
It seems, though, that the encounters fall through the platform down to the ground unless I place them VERY high above the platform. Even then, they sometimes do not come to a rest on the platform.
How can I get the encounters to spawn on (and stay on) the raised platforms?
It seems, though, that the encounters fall through the platform down to the ground unless I place them VERY high above the platform. Even then, they sometimes do not come to a rest on the platform.
How can I get the encounters to spawn on (and stay on) the raised platforms?
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Sci-fi author: The Gods We Make, The Gods We Seek, and Ji-min
Sci-fi author: The Gods We Make, The Gods We Seek, and Ji-min
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I guess you mean Y-Axis for "up"? I have set them 1' above and also 10' above. There's also an invisible cube below one of them but I did not try an invisible wall yet. Figured the cube would work the same way, but who knows :-)
Sci-fi author: The Gods We Make, The Gods We Seek, and Ji-min
Yes, the Y axis! Sheesh... I've been using a stupid freebie app that has the axis swapped and I am (fearfully) getting used to it! LOL (I do mean up-and-down, not depth). ;-)
I think the cubes are volumetric space (which is usually non-opaque with zero collision a.k.a. "phantom"). Try an invisible wall, which is designed for collision, turn it on its axis to be horizontal, rather than vertical and try using it as a floor. I'd place it perhaps .1' below the top of the platform.
I'm not saying this *will* work, I'm saying it *should* work.
However, unlike in the STO Foundry, in Neverwinter when encounters spawn they "phase into being" so they start-out as phantom and "solidify" over time (where in STO they "pop" in rather than fade-in). The problem could be that they are still in the phantom state when falling through the platform, in which case any collision-based object just won;t help at all.
In that case, if I were dead-set on making that platform work, I'd try to find a way that I can rez those encounters, then "patrol" them to that spot where I want them (either with a one-way patrol or by using the special items like ambush-socket or something.
Just trying to throw ideas at you.
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In the 3D edit mode, I can see that the encounter is significantly higher than the platform. Also, the specific platform (a sewer platform) has an anchor very close to the platform itself.
Sci-fi author: The Gods We Make, The Gods We Seek, and Ji-min
If I put the encounter up very high, one of the two creatures spawned sometimes sticks to the platform so it must have collision. Also, I can physically stand on it.
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Unfortunately that did not work either. The encounter falls through the platform. Note this is in the Foundry Editor. Will the behavior be any different after published?
Sci-fi author: The Gods We Make, The Gods We Seek, and Ji-min
Could also be the y is relative to 0 if your using a map that has a lot of variation in the terrain, it tends to throw off the Y axis as well. what platform are you using? and if you spawn an NPC does it also fall through?
Ravenloft
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You also need to make sure you are not in "edit mode" and have not run the reticle over the selection box -- that will immediately remove all collision from any object you "touch" with the reticle. You don't have to select it, merely run over it.
Also, I would make sure your spawn positions are well away from the edges of the platform, as the spawns seemed to have a bit of random "drift" to them - they may spawn a couple of feet offset in different directions. I think especially if they are all bunched together.
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It sounds like the platform is collision/solid. My only suggestion to OP at this point is process of elimination: try other encounters/standard NPCs just to see if you can get any of them to rez there. In either case, there will come a time when you must decide the benefit/effort ratio has become infeasible and try something else entirely or move-on.
Ah -- I could definitely see that with encounters that "animate" into existence - such as undead that "claw their way out of the ground" for instance. It may take a couple seconds for the non-solid animation to complete.
Which encounters are you trying to spawn?
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How about trying a Slow Fall above the platform?
Even without your app I am constantly making this mistake- why oh why couldn't they just use the correct labels in the first place?
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