Wind?

[ThirdParty]

This is kind of a dumb question, but how does wind work?  (I want to have shifting winds in a custom map, so that the creeper will occasionally move in unexpected ways.)

There was no command listed in the docs for setting wind, but I took a wild guess of "SetWind(n1 n2)" and it compiled.  The function is working; if I call "SetWind(5 -3)" and then edit the map, the wind fields on the terrain tab show "R/L 5, U/D -3", exactly as one would expect.

My problem is that it doesn't seem to do anything.  Creeper flows at exactly the same speed in all directions, no matter what I set the wind to.  I tried low values like 0.25, medium values like 4, and high values like 500; I tried setting the wind via the terrain tab rather than via function; but I never got a visible effect on creeper flow patterns.

I know that wind, or something similar, must be in the game; see the Mistet map in the main sequence.  So what am I doing wrong?

[Neko187]

Those really aren't high...
Try 5000 or 50000 and you'll get better results.

[ThirdParty]

Oh.  Heh.  So many important values, like creeper flow rate, are fractions of 1 that it didn't occur to me to try gigantic numbers.  Thanks.

Someone should add SetWind to the wiki, with a note on what the strengths mean.  (I'm now thinking that when the creeper is flowing in the same direction as the wind, it has wind/10000 added to its effective altitude.  Is that right?)

[Grayzzur]

Does this SetWind wiki page work for you now?

[thepenguin]

looks great.

[ThirdParty]

Yeah, perfect.