Unit always facing north

[Manticore-X]

Hey, in a map im trying to make i want to have a unit always facing north no matter which way it is moving. My origional plan was to have a turn speed of 0, but after trying that he couldnt turn at all, he could only move forword and that was it. I think this should be pretty simple, anyone got an idea?

 

[adjl]

not as simple as you'd think
what's the point of always facing north anyways?

 

[Grundy]

yea therse an animation action that makes a unit face a certain direction, ihavent ever used it so im not sure if it will do what you want but you can give it a try

 

[adjl]

yeah, I guess u could just have a trigger running every .1 seconds or so, make unit face direction instantly

 

[Manticore-X]

the trigger wont happen if the unit is moving, and if the trigger is happening every .01 secs the unit cant move at all. I would think this should be something pretty simple, its just a unit that doesnt turn. It just needs to move left and right

 

[adjl]

move unit instantly
try using that in small increments, that's what I use in my current map

 

[Manticore-X]

wont that make movement really jerky then? like will the person be able to keep control?

 

[adjl]

if you do it very very quickly over small increments it will become fluid, just try it

 

[Grundy]

no you can lock it you dont have to constantly change it

 

[adjl]

how is locking it going to keep the animation from looking choppy?

 

[Grundy]

do you even know what locking means?

 

[Manticore-X]

I personally do not, please explain how locking will make it look better, right now its working but does look a little bit choppy.

 

[Grundy]

locking is not an editor term its a common every day english word look it up

 

[Manticore-X]

Lock what though.......the way i have it now is it moves increments of 20 each .01 seconds, it works okish, but its jerky, its suitable but i still dont get wtf you mean by lock it.

 

[adjl]

halve the amount it moves and the time interval when it moves and it'll be twice as smooth

what are you talking about locking onto?

 

[Manticore-X]

the problem is by halfing both of those, even though it will be smoother, it will also be slower, it seems ill have to choose one or the other. It seems that any number lower than .01 acts almost the same as .01 if not the same.

 

[Kershbob]

Why not make a copy of it that has a collision size of 0. Make the orginal invisible and every 0.01 seconds make the copy instantly move to the point of the invisible one.

 

[SilverHawk]

That will cause a lot of lag, just so you know.