Attack Ground

[VictorStavre]

I am making a maze and how do u make a unit attack ground from the second i start the map? I want a meatwagon to shoot at the ground. And also. I want another meatwagon to attack ground in many places really fast. like in the first level of Escape Shroom World. The mortar there is attacking the ground in a line very fast. Then when he shoots at the very right of the road, he starts over again at the left side and goes to the right again. This might be a bit confusing but I think i explained it well. Plz help.

 

[SilverHawk]

Well, I don't really understand the second part, but to make a unit attack ground, use this action in a trigger.

Order <unit> to attack ground to <point>.

This can be found under "Unit - Issue Order Targeting a Point".

 

[VictorStavre]

When i use the trigger can i set a time so it will attack ground every 3 seconds?

 

[SilverHawk]

Yes. This is how you would do it.

Events:
     Every 3 seconds.
Actions:
     Order <unit> to attack ground to <point>.
     Wait <x> seconds.
     Order <unit> to stop.

You will have to play around with the wait time until it is enough so that it attacks once, then stops. Alternatively, you could go in the unit editor and change the "Combat - Delay Time" (or something like that) to three seconds, but keep in mind that this will affect all units. Also, if you choose this method, you can just order it once, and not repeat the trigger every 3 seconds.

 

[VictorStavre]

OK i got the meatwagon to attack ground. But theres just one problem: Whenever the meatwagon sees a unit that is going to run through the maze, it starts attacking the unit instead ofthe ground. once the unit is killed, it goes back to attacking ground. it is kinda confusing i dont know how to fix it

 

[SomeGuy333]

you dont tell it to stop, you change its attack cooldown to 3

or you could set it to look at the playing characters neutrally.

 

[VictorStavre]

or you could set it to look at the playing characters neutrally.

and how do you do make it look at the playing characters neutrally??

 

[Nareg]

Put it on a nuetral team.

 

[VictorStavre]

Put it on a nuetral team.

That is what I am asking. how do u put it on a neutral team. It always turns out to be enemy

 

[Nareg]

That is what I am asking. how do u put it on a neutral team. It always turns out to be enemy

Go into your object editor, Find the meat wagon, right click, edit properties, and change its side to nuetral passive.

Im not sure if it will keep attacking or not though... so this is just a suggestion.

 

[1cRaZyFooL]

To make it neutral just go to the object editor and change the race to other. Now you can select your unit under layer for neutral passive-neutral.

 

[Axe.killer]

problem with that is, when a unit attacks groud, it attacks ground unit ordered not too, so every 3 seconds is irrelivant. Change the cooldown and put attack ground at region..