Making unit selectable, uncontrollable (by triggers)

[Necrach]

Basically, what I want is to make a unit have selection enabled but control disabled, for a short period of time. Like having the Ward classification, but I cannot find a way to add that via triggers.

If there is no solution for this, what's the best way of making it totally uncontrollable for a period of time? Adding Locust ability? (and what was the line for that, again )

 

[Sevion]

Play the walk animation and pause the unit.

That will make him selectable, but unmovable.

You might also want to give him invulnerability so he doesn't die or what-have-you.

 

[Necrach]

Ah, but the unit should be able to move (to continue a move order issued by trigger right before it gets impossible to control for a while). Will that be possible if the unit is paused?

 

[Sevion]

You could make it play walk animation and "slide" towards the ordered point at the unit's current walk speed. However, that would be buggy. Otherwise, I can't think of any other way off the top of my head.

 

[HydraRancher]

Ah, but the unit should be able to move (to continue a move order issued by trigger right before it gets impossible to control for a while). Will that be possible if the unit is paused?

Wait, you said right before it becomes impossible. So why can't you just pause it like Sevion mentioned at first?

 

[Weep]

Change ownership to Neutral Passive? (This disallows group-selection of the unit and proper allocation of bounty from kills, though.)

Morph the unit to an equivalent unit-type that has the Ward classification? (Sadly you can't add/remove Ward through triggers.)

[ljass]call UnitAddAbility(whichUnit, 'Aloc')[/ljass] immediately followed by [ljass]call UnitRemoveAbility(whichUnit, 'Aloc')[/ljass] will disallow selection and leave the unit attackable, but will also allow the unit to walk over any terrain and not collide with other units, and is a pain to restore the unit fully to normal.

 

[Necrach]

Ah yes, a paused unit will continue orders its given? Of course Doesn't have my editor here, just planning ahead. Too long since I mapped wc3

Morphing/ownership change is not good in this case, because there might be a hero involved and that complicates things! You've all been helpful, I'll get to my editor later today and try to finish the trigger

 

[KaerfNomekop]

Couldn't you just have a trigger that stops the unit whenever it is given an order?

 

[HydraRancher]

Ah yes, a paused unit will continue orders its given?

(to continue a move order issued by trigger right before it gets impossible to control for a while).

These two statements/questions contradict.



@Kaerf

Would not include auto-target and would complicate matters.

 

[jig7c]

what kind of a map is it? if is single player... maybe make a cinematic... but no zooming in or anything... just keep the current view...