Make units ignore commands

[vaond]

1. How to make player controlled units ignore commands such as attack/move etc? Units are spawned and set to walk somewhere, but i dont want players to be able to mess with their movements. Also the units must stay under player's control,player's must be able to select them.

2. How to make building automaticly produce units? Also must stay as a player controlled building.

Regards~

 

[Dinowc]

uhm you want a player to have control of a unit but can't issue any orders? :nuts:

 

[vaond]

Yep that would be the case

 

[Dinowc]

strange trigger
    Events
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting an object
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting a point
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
    Conditions
    Actions
        Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Move To (where ever you want))

so this trigger keeps ordering the unit to do what they are supposed to do, ignoring player's commands... if that's what you want

 

[saw792]

I think giving the unit the ward classification will remove the ability to command the unit.

 

[vaond]

Actually Castle Fight for example has that.

Unit spawns, has attack move to point, ignoring all player issued orders.

That would be what i am after.

 

[vaond]

I think giving the unit the ward classification will remove the ability to command the unit.

Making it a ward still allows you to control it with mouse it seems.

 

[Diamondeye]

@Spawning:
Every (time between Spawns) Seconds, do

Pick every unit of unit-type (Spawning Grounds) and do

Create 1 Spawned Creep for (Owner of picked unit) facing (Random angle)
And
Order (last created unit) to attack move to (center of (whereever units go))​

 

[vaond]

Yeah thanks got the unit spawning to work, now only to get them ignore player commands.

 

[darkbeer]

strange trigger
    Events
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting an object
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting a point
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
    Conditions
    Actions
        Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Move To (where ever you want))

you sure aobut this, im very sure this will crash, due to an infinite loop.

better:

    Events
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting an object
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting a point
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
    Conditions
    Actions
        Trigger - Turn off (This Trigger)
        Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Move To (where ever you want))
        Trigger - Turn on (This Trigger)

 

[Dangime]

I'd like to know too.

The question posed in this thread is also what I want to know so I am going to bump it.

I would like to have units that belong to the player, but generally ignore commands issued by the player and proceed with trigger based commands only.

For example, note the behavior of castle fight's units. When I made civilization wars I had to use a dummy computer controled player control the spawned units, but would like to avoid having to do this in a new project.

If you know the method used please respond.

 

[vaond]

What darkbeer posted works for me for now, thanks. You are still able to move units with mouse, which results units basicly staying still if you click spam.

Doesnt matter for me but im still looking for better option ( incase i need it later).

 

[Genyuumaru]

I would like to know this too.

Reviving the thread (I don't want to use that trigger, it's bad ).

 

[darkbeer]

im not sure thought but i believe in castle fight, as you already know units have the ward clasification and guess the use a periodic timer to move the units:

sth. like this:

Events- Time Periodic event every 0.03 seconds
Actions - 
   set TempGroup = Units in (Playable map area)
   Unitgroup - Pick units in TempGroup and do actions
        Loop - Actions
            Unit - Issue (Picked unit) to move to TARGET
   CustomScript: call DestroyGroup(TempGroup)

TARGET has to be set at map Initor sth.

dont now if it works,but you can try it out

 

[Light Alkmst]

Here is what I believe:
You should create the units for the player, and give them whatever order.
Immediately afterwards, pause them. They'll continue their order, and not take any more. The player will still control them, but no buttons will show in the UI. If want them to take further orders from other triggers, have them unpause the unit at the beginning, and pause them again after issuing the new order.
In short, this:

Trigger 1
Create unit
Issue order
Pause unit

Trigger 2
Unpause unit
Issue order
Pause unit

 

[Genyuumaru]

They just wont move -_-

They will just stand and remember the last order given.

 

[Strilanc]

You need to give them ward classification, and know what their order should be.

When the player issues an order it will always be the "smart" order because they can only use the mouse, so you simply re-order the unit whenever it gets a "smart" order.

 

[vaond]

    Events
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting an object
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting a point
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
    Conditions
    Actions
        Trigger - Turn off (This Trigger)
        Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Move To (where ever you want))
        Trigger - Turn on (This Trigger)

Aha first problem with this trigger: I want my units to have autocast spells, but now they wont cast them (They try to cast spell but get instantly ordered to move to the location). Any ideas how to make that work? Been fighting with this quite a while now, could be that im just missing something simple.

 

[Sergej101]

You coudl try removing the issued to a point , make another triger using that to check if unit is casting a spell whit an if.

Dont have time to type it in World editor sadly , so try it , and if nobody wrote it till tomorow ill write a full one

Good luck

 

[Leazy]

    Events
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting an object
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting a point
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
    Conditions
    Actions
        Trigger - Turn off (This Trigger)
        Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Move To (where ever you want))
        Trigger - Turn on (This Trigger)

Aha first problem with this trigger: I want my units to have autocast spells, but now they wont cast them (They try to cast spell but get instantly ordered to move to the location). Any ideas how to make that work? Been fighting with this quite a while now, could be that im just missing something simple.

You could just add conditions, like:

Anti Control System
    Events
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting an object
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting a point
        Unit - A unit Is issued an order with no target
    Conditions
        (String((Issued order))) Not equal to innefire
        (String((Issued order))) Not equal to heal
        (String((Issued order))) Not equal to invisibility
        (Etc, you get the picture :))
    Actions
        Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)
        Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Attack-Move To (Center of (Playable map area)) (Or wherever you want)
        Trigger - Turn on (This trigger)

Also, unless you want the owner of the unit to be able to cast the spells on his own, add ward to your units.