Auto Attack

[XDogg]

Ok guys got a quick one for ya..

My hero auto attacks enemies.. yea I like that, saves from a lot of clicking.

BUT! I don't like that my hero persues the enemy chasing after them.. is there a way to turn auto follow off? (Makes you click a lot to run back and aviod mines)

If I have to turn auto attack off to keep a unit from chasing another, well then a sacrifice is in order. (but i need to know how to do this too)



Thx in advance.

 

[Summoned]

Edit: never mind. Wont' work.

 

[Necrach]

I think there should be somewhere in Gameplay Constants but i cannot find it.. anyone else?

 

[XDogg]

checking around in there ... dont think its Follow range - Units (could be)... didnt see anything in combat.

EDIT: no follow a negitive.

 

[Komaqtion]

Well, there is nothing in Gameplay Constants regarding Heroes' attack distance...
But I believe changing Acquisition Range in the Object Editor should work :S

Maybe put either 0 or 1 or something

@XDogg: That's only if you Right-Click a unit (Friendly) which you wanna follow

And there is one field for Creeps (Only ) which is called Dreeps - Guard Distance/Guard Return Distance... Which both should be changed to 0 (If it would've been for creeps you wanted XD

 

[XDogg]

tried aquisition... well i tested it with a comp... unit still chases the computer doesnt just turn but follows

remember that unit is a marine and has range.

 

[Gtam]

well then just use a dummy ability that when activated it turns a trigger on that detects when it moves and orders to stop and when ability deactivated it aslo turns off trigger

 

[JuiceBox]

Ok guys got a quick one for ya..

My hero auto attacks enemies.. yea I like that, saves from a lot of clicking.

BUT! I don't like that my hero persues the enemy chasing after them.. is there a way to turn auto follow off? (Makes you click a lot to run back and aviod mines)

If I have to turn auto attack off to keep a unit from chasing another, well then a sacrifice is in order. (but i need to know how to do this too)



Thx in advance.

Use the "Hold Position". It should auto-attack enemies within their range, but won't chase after them. Use triggers if you have to.

 

[XDogg]

i lowered the sight radius to 800 since it was 1800 ... that killed some of the annoyance of chasing targets... the maps full vision anyway..

I tried the hold unit or stop unit, it didnt work so well.. ah well I was hoping it was a little easier, maybe its better your unit auto follows puts a bit of challange in keeping your unit from getting blown up.

 

[Faust]

Try setting creep return distance / time to something low

 

[TheCrystal]

That's for creeps, not for units.
As someone else said, use Hold Position.
If you never need to have your unit use stop, you can have a periodic that picks every unit every X seconds (preferably low) and if the order is currently "stop" then set it to "hold" or "hold position", whichever one works. It'd be best if you did a VARIABLE unit group so it never leaks (don't forget to clear the variable).