How to change Creep Aggro range?

[Wietlol]

I know this has been asked a lot but I cant find any of the treads any more...

Anyway, I have a Neutral Hostile creep camp.
However I want the creeps to dont attack me until I attack them.
And even make me not auto acquire them as targets.

So the easiest way should be changing the guard distance in the global constants but that did nothing at all.
I tried 0, 0.01 and 1 as values but no results.
Also the distance to return is way higher than in the global constants.

Does anyone know how to do it?

EDIT: I have no problem with triggered creep systems if that brings me a solution.

 

[LordDz]

Use a modified Silence spell with attacks set to disabled, cast it on all creeps, set duration to 0.
Remove buff when creeps are attacked?

 

[Ceday]

Set acqusition range of all creeps to 0.

In gameplay constants, there is a field called something like "call for help range", set it to 0.

 

[Wietlol]

@LordDz
I could but then I would create a complete Creep Behavior System.

@Ceday
You do realize that acquisition range also changes the maximum attack range of all attacks right?

 

[Ceday]

No I do not realize that, makes no sense.

 

[Wietlol]

Not everything that blizzard made makes sense.

 

[Shadow Fury]

Why not simply letting them sleep instead of silencing? During the day, you could the spell of the Dreadlord. During the night, they do it naturally by themselves. If you really don't want the zzz and the sound during the day you can always remove them through the Object Editor.

 

[Wietlol]

Basically because my map runs 100% in daytime
I chose to simply create a system for it... I would have to get a "Creep returns to camp" event anyway.

 

[Ceday]

Wow that acquisition range thing blows my mind.So we can set a unit's attack range to 999999 from object editor and we can change attack range by triggers via changing acquisition range.

 

[Wietlol]

Not exactly... I have tried that already

My final conclusion is that it is better to replace the basic attack with a custom ability (invisible ofc) that would be cast when "A unit is attacked" fires.
That ability can be set on a dynamic cooldown (attack speed from -80% to 400% is history) and the unit should instead be casting another ability with an enormous casting time will add him to a group of units that will periodically check if the unit is still ordered to cast that spell and if the cooldown expired.

Basic Attack 2.0
Welcome to the world where we deny Blizzard.

Anyway, to go back to the original topic, I decided to make the system myself.
However, there is one thing that bothers me.
How can I disable ALL UNITS to not auto target the creeps?
I tried setting alliance settings but that is horrible.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Just add the "peon" unit classification to all units you don't want to auto-attack. You can even do that dynamically via triggers; it's one of those unit types you can actually access via triggers.

Then, when you attack those units, remove the classification, so they behave like normal units again.

 

[Wietlol]

That would make me have to give all units on the map that classification.
And they wouldnt auto target any other units any more.

EDIT:
I might not have been clear enough but I am looking for a way to make the player's units not attack the creeps until the creeps are in combat.

However, the peon type does indeed work smooth for the creeps themselves causing the system to not require a dummy unit, ability and buff any more.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Peon will do that. Just remove it when you want to re-enable the default behaviour (= when the units are in combat).

 

[Wietlol]

I want the player units to not auto target the creeps, but I do want them to auto target enemy players.
So Peon for player's units wont work.