Losing-control-of-a-unit-for-10-sec..

[Potatisbil]

Does anyone know if it's possible to, for an example, lose control of a unit for 10 seconds and get back the control, without replacing it? thanks in advance



note : i tried adding locust but when i did they couldnt attack the unit at all, but when the 10 seconds passed (was using remove ability : Locust here )
i didnt get back control of the unit but it could be attacked so....Locust is out of the picture.

 

[martix]

what do you mean losing control??
Maybe "the player selects that unit - deselect that unit".
What do you think?

 

[Potatisbil]

Hmm lets say i still have "control" over it (still belongs to me), but i cant order it to do anything. But that thing you wrote can work

 

[the Immortal]

Umm, I haven't tested it, but try "Unit is issued an order with no point/targetting a unit/targetting a pont" as events and "Unit - issue triggering unit to stop". It may work

 

[Potatisbil]

Hmm made it work by using a trigger that activated this one for 10 sec :

 Events
    Time - Every 0.05 seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions
    Selection - Remove Deselect_Unit from selection for (Owner of Deselect_Unit)

 

[martix]

Actually no, make it with the event - "Player selects unit"
"Selected unit = whatever"
"Deselect this unit"

 

[Potatisbil]

Martix, i cannot find the condition for Selected unit equal to... where to find it?

 

[Sim]

Unit comparison - Use (Triggering unit)

((Triggering unit) Unit-type) Equal to YOUR_UNIT
10_Sec_Spell Equal to True

10_Sec_Spell is a boolean variable which you set to true when the player casts your spell.

 

[SFilip]

you can always use the pause action. it takes away control from the unit and can be easily reversed. also the unit can still take damage, be affected with spells etc. while paused.

 

[Potatisbil]

Thanks Daxtreme, but just to be a bit stubborn, i still think the one i wrote is better because when i use yer version it doesnt deselect until i try to select it again


EDIT : That was just an error in my other part of the trigger, my mistake



To SFilip : but can it still move, and act on its own will while paused?

 

[Romek]

you can always use the pause action. it takes away control from the unit and can be easily reversed. also the unit can still take damage, be affected with spells etc. while paused.

Use this idea, I was reading through and about to say it! but then i saw it here! it works.

 

[SFilip]

> To SFilip : but can it still move, and act on its own will while paused?
nope, its almost like being stunned.

 

[Potatisbil]

Darn, thanks anyway

ah well, im off to bed

 

[SFilip]

well since that's the way you want it...why don't you change ownership of the unit to neutral extra (and of course the neutral extra alliance setup)?
i know this might not be the best solution, but deselecting the unit every time sounds kind of ugly.

 

[Slapshot136]

deselecting dosent even work 90% of the time, hotkey the unit and spam the command u want and it works b4 the trigger can unselect

 

[n[u]ll]

Events - don't really know what you want your event as

Conditions - none

Actions - Disable unit control for all players




Note - Change the all players to whatever you want... basically its the "disable" action that you need.

 

[SFilip]

yep, but he wants it for one unit only

 

[martix]

deselecting dosent even work 90% of the time, hotkey the unit and spam the command u want and it works b4 the trigger can unselect

Wow, thats the only time I hear a player being faster than a computer...
Lol

 

[Potatisbil]

Hmm...tried using the one i wrote before with a little change..

 Events
    Time - Every 0.0[B]1[/B]  seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions
    Selection - Remove No_Select_Unit from selection for (Owner of No_Select_Unit)

So, it does this command a thousand times under those 10 secs but it's impossible to order the unit to do something (tried for about 5 minutes)

 

[martix]

Well this works, but if its preplaced there is a better way, and then there is "Add Event" too.