How Do I Make Lava Flood in Layers?

[stardust0123]

Well, How do I do it? I would like this because sometimes it gets a little bit laggy with the defualt flooding style...

[HelloWorldCool]

Explain what you mean about Layers.

What you can do:

1. Navigate to ".\lava\maps.txt"
2. You probably see this somewhere:

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  <Map name="cube" phase1="0" phase2="0" author="">
    <Source block="ahl" x="39" y="62" z="39" type="" delay="0" />
  </Map>

3. Change the source block to some other lava type.
Ex: <Source block="lava_fast"

That should help you. You can also make it CALM lava state all the time if you want. If the lava state is always WILD or FURIOUS the server could get a lot of lag. Finally if lag becomes a problem try using stable settings.

Good Luck,
HelloWorldCool

[stardust0123]

I mean, instead of flooding from the top of the map down, traditionally, I want it to flood in layers going up.

[HelloWorldCool]

I mean, instead of flooding from the top of the map down, traditionally, I want it to flood in layers going up.

Very easy my friend. There are two ways to do this. Choose your way

Easy (Tedious though): /setlava up
*This is tedious because you have to do this at the beginning of the map ALL the time.

Hard (but worth it in the long run):

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  <Map name="cube" phase1="0" phase2="0" author="">
    <Source block="ahl" x="39" y="62" z="39" type="" delay="0" />
    <Command command="setlava up" delay="0" phase="1" />
  </Map>

*All you have to include is the extra <command command..> parameters to run when the map loads.

Good Luck,
HelloWorldCool

[stardust0123]

Thanks.

[dzienny]

What HelloWorldCool wrote is one way. You can also use this:

<Map name="cube" phase1="0" phase2="0" author="">
<Source block="ahl" x="39" y="30" z="39" type="crawling" delay="0" />
</Map>

Make sure that the starting point is at the bottom of the map. Also, mind that the lava that pours out in layers will lag the server more than the standard one.

[kozmik1975]

I have also found adding seperate lava timers convenient when it comes to lag.
The script below is one I use for a rather tall map and have spaced the timers out above each other at approximately the same space apart. Then I have delayed each timer (in this particular map) 60 seconds apart. I have also extended the actual lava flood time to 10 minutes (Phase2) instead of my default setting of 5 minutes.

<Map name="bigben" phase1="0" phase2="10" author="">
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="8" z="33" type="" delay="0" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="22" z="33" type="" delay="60" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="37" z="33" type="" delay="120" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="52" z="33" type="" delay="180" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="67" z="33" type="" delay="240" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="82" z="33" type="" delay="300" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="97" z="33" type="" delay="360" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="112" z="33" type="" delay="420" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="127" z="33" type="" delay="480" />
<Command command="say %aThere is a hidden %eTREASURE %ablock on this map!" delay="5" phase="1" />
</Map>

I have done this to quite a few of my LS maps now and have found I can use the larger maps as well with the extended flood time. The lag has also been minimal. Each map may need to be individually adjusted as you field test your new maps. Hope this has been of help.

kozmik1975
Owner of KOZMIK Lava Survival

[HelloWorldCool]

I have also found adding seperate lava timers convenient when it comes to lag.
The script below is one I use for a rather tall map and have spaced the timers out above each other at approximately the same space apart. Then I have delayed each timer (in this particular map) 60 seconds apart. I have also extended the actual lava flood time to 10 minutes (Phase2) instead of my default setting of 5 minutes.

<Map name="bigben" phase1="0" phase2="10" author="">
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="8" z="33" type="" delay="0" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="22" z="33" type="" delay="60" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="37" z="33" type="" delay="120" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="52" z="33" type="" delay="180" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="67" z="33" type="" delay="240" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="82" z="33" type="" delay="300" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="97" z="33" type="" delay="360" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="112" z="33" type="" delay="420" />
<Source block="ahl" x="1" y="127" z="33" type="" delay="480" />
<Command command="say %aThere is a hidden %eTREASURE %ablock on this map!" delay="5" phase="1" />
</Map>

I have done this to quite a few of my LS maps now and have found I can use the larger maps as well with the extended flood time. The lag has also been minimal. Each map may need to be individually adjusted as you field test your new maps. Hope this has been of help.

kozmik1975
Owner of KOZMIK Lava Survival

+1 Thanks for this idea kozmik1975. I may use this idea for my maps.