How does it detects if a unit is melee/ranged?

[Dinowc]

there is a condition that detects if the unit is a melee attacker or ranged
how does it work? what is a melee and what is a ranged attack unit?

are melee units those units with less than 200 attack range?
or ranged units are those units with missile attack type? :nuts:

 

[Firezy]

Boolean Comparison --> Unit Classification Type

Conditions
((Triggering unit) is A melee attacker) Equal to True
((Triggering unit) is A ranged attacker) Equal to True

 

[squorpion]

Boolean Comparison --> Unit Classification Type

Conditions
((Triggering unit) is A melee attacker) Equal to True
((Triggering unit) is A ranged attacker) Equal to True

i think he ment at what range does a melee unit turn into a ranged unit.

i am not 100% sure but im quite positive that it depends on its missle and not range.

 

[Builder Bob]

I'm only going to guess as I don't know the real answer.

My first guess would be
Combat - Attack # - Weapon Type:

• Normal: Melee
• Missile: Ranged

Another guess is that it has to do with range.
Most melee units have up to 100 range, so maybe that is the limit.


In any case, it'd be an interesting thing to figure out. You could create a range of different units and test for yourself.

 

[Genkora]

I don't know if the range of the attack even has anything to do with it. There should be a selection in the object editor that you can change attack type. And I don't mean normal, piercing, magic, siege. There are options like missile, instant, artillery. Those are what determine whether or not a unit will be counted as ranged. Like if you took a knight, gave it 800 range, it would not benefit from trueshot aura unless you changed it's attack type to missile or artillery. Likewise, if you changed an archers range to 150, it would not benefit from vampiric aura unless you changed its attack type from missile to normal.

 

[DrakonStar]

The max range for an attacker to be considered melee is 128, I think.

However, you need to define the attack as normal or non-normal to have an effect on stuff like Trueshot Aura or Vampiric Aura.