Dummy Movement?

[Charapanga]

Well, i was making a spell...and i noticed that a unit can only move in 6 different directions... and if i wanted the unit to get to point a to point b, how would i do that without the unit move in directions like this clever demonstration suggests, and go straight?

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X
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         X
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[Diamondeye]

If they move, as you say, only in 6 directions (that would be weird considering we have a 360 degree rotation on the units), try making the dummy flying, it might alter it. Else, I don't know.

 

[Romek]

I don't know about you, but units only move like that if there are trees (or something else that blocks pathing) around a path shaped like that for me.

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[Darthfett]

Units can move in any direction. The reason it seems like they're moving in set directions, is because they're taking the shortest path to their destination. If you have something like this:

__ A    __
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  |    |  |
  |    |  |
  |    |  |
  |    |  |
  |    |  |
  |    |  |
  |    |  |
  |    |  |
  |    |  |
  |    |  |
--    B --

The unit is not simply going to do a curvy path to make a cool design for you. He's also not going to go straight down or to the left, and the left or down. He's going to walk straight from A to B, at the angle from A to B.