Action: lose control of an unit?

[Zylard]

hi. How could I do if I want , for example, lose control of an unit for 2 seconds? (I mean: it keeps being in your team but you can't control it). Is it possible?

 

[Chaosy]

Not without drawbacks or flaws.

1. add locust to the unit
2. order unit to stop each time an order is given
3. deselect unit when selcted

None of these are perfect but they work. Unless you can add locust via GetLocalPlayer which I think will desync.

edit: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/spells-569/timed-mind-control-1-06-a-265025/ works fine but the unit is not owned by the same player. Though you can make the color remain so it LOOKS like the unit do.

 

[defskull]

I would prefer giving Locust to the unit rather than those 2 remaining options.

Adding Locust to a unit would simply gives no control at all for the unit (except via triggers, if you can somehow link the player control with the triggers involved).

1) Add Locust
2) Add timer (indexing) to it
3) To remove locust, use Hero Passive Transformation (Bear Form)

I do not have access to a test map, can someone confirm this ?

 

[DEE-BOO]

If you are not using all the players for you map, you can change your unit's ownership to a leftover player (make sure he is your ally first), but retain your own colour.

For example, your map is only 4 players, therefore you are not using Brown. You are playing Red. Change your Unit to Brown and make Brown your ally, but retain the Red player colour of your unit. You can't control it whatsoever, but you can still heal it, click on it and treat it as if it is on your team.

 

[LordDz]

Pretty sure locust disables pathing of ground units, allowing them moving on cliffs and such, so you should take care with giving it to a unit with movement.