temporarily dissallow specific unit control

[perkeyone]

i want to make it so once a unit enters a region the player can not control it for a brief period of time. during that short time the unit will walk to a point.

i already have the trigger set up

i am curently changing ownership of the unit to neutral passive but retaining color.

but i was wondering if there are any alternative ways of doing that which dont involve ownership change.

 

[MateoSoetsu]

Maybe you could add the locust ability to the unit so that it becomes non-selectable and then remove the locust ability afterwards, this may cause permanent side affects though, but it's worth a try.

 

[perkeyone]

ty that would work,
im not sure ill use it though due to the side effects.
+rep anyways

 

[Uszi]

ty that would work,
im not sure ill use it though due to the side effects.
+rep anyways

Or, you could just use the Player Selects a unit event, and the Player -- Clear selection action.

• Events
  • Player - Player 1 (Red) Selects a unit
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Selection - Clear selection for (Player 1 (Red))

You could turn this trigger on/off when the unit enters the region you mentioned.

The plus side is there's no side effects.
The down side is that you can't click on your own unit. Which, I don't know if you mind that or not.

 

[perkeyone]

that would work too
ty

 

[Zwiebelchen]

There is another way: Give the unit the totem classification. This disables all order buttons. However, "smart" orders are still possible, so you should put an event on ordering "smart" and order your unit to "stop" or "move" in response to that.

However, this solution is probably the best, since it comes with the advantage that you can still select the unit.

 

[PrisonLove]

There is another way: Give the unit the totem classification. This disables all order buttons. However, "smart" orders are still possible, so you should put an event on ordering "smart" and order your unit to "stop" or "move" in response to that.

However, this solution is probably the best, since it comes with the advantage that you can still select the unit.

I believe "ward" is the classification you are looking for. And this would probably be the best option.

 

[ZugZugZealot]

While still applying a reorder for smart order, on top of that, you can remove selection upon selection of the unit.

 

[Avaleirra]

Another thing you could do:
events
a unit gets an order
conditions
unit is in YOURREGION
actions
pause unit
order unit to stop
unpause unit