Attack Fields Dilemma

[Kam]

I am trying to make a Demolisher based artillery unit do the following:

-Not auto-acquire targets. I tried setting acquisition range to 0 but that seems to negate the attack range to some degree.

-Not repeat firing when ordered to attack a unit or the ground.

-If possible only allow attacking the ground. I tried setting "Show UI" to false but that seems to disable ground attacking as well.

 

[Pharaoh_]

In order to prevent it from autoattacking, add the ability Permanent Invisibility with Duration set to -1 and "Data - Auto-acquire Attack Targets" to False.

 

[Bannar]

About attacking the ground - what do you exactly mean?

For not repeating the auto attack command you can use simple trigger (ofcourse your unit has to have permanent insivibility set as Pharaoh_ said above):

• init
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit is ataacked
  • Conditions
    • // stuff here if needed
  • Actions
    • Custom script: local unit u = GetTriggerUnit()
    • Wait 0.5 second
    • Custom script: call IssueImmediateOrderById(u, 851972)
    • Custom script: set u = null

It's basically stop order.
The 'wait' value should be determinated by unit's attack point animation value (the delay before attack actually lands).

 

[Kam]

As in normal artillery units can target the ground or a unit/building; I'm interested in having it not able to attack anything but a point on the ground.

Wait functions cause issues in melee maps, correct?

 

[Bannar]

You cant archieve unit to have only ground attack, thats because unit gets that ability if it's attack type is Siege + it's range + it has splash dmg + it can attack ground targets.

What issues you mean? If you are using local, that trigger is MUI.

 

[Kam]

I see.

The stop order needs to be triggered by the "A unit is issued an order targeting a unit/object" though. I'm dealing with an extreme ranged unit so the delay from its target being damaged could be longer than the cooldown time, or it could miss.

EDIT: It seems that (Issued order) Not equal to (Order(move)) in the condition category doesn't prevent the stop order from being issued.

EDIT 2: If I left click or use the move hot key it works, but if I right click it triggers the stop action.

• Experimentals Restrict
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting a point
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting an object
  • Conditions
    • (Issued order) Not equal to (Order(move))
    • (Issued order) Not equal to (Order(AImove))
    • (Issued order) Not equal to (Order(holdposition))
    • (Issued order) Not equal to (Order(attack))
    • (Issued order) Not equal to (Order(robogoblin))
    • (Issued order) Not equal to (Order(stop))
    • (Issued order) Not equal to (Order(cancel))
    • Or - Any (Conditions) are true
      • Conditions
        • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Deployed Decimator
        • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Behemoth
  • Actions
    • Custom script: local unit Restrict = GetTriggerUnit()
    • Wait 0.50 seconds
    • Custom script: call IssueImmediateOrderById(Restrict, 851972)
    • Custom script: set Restrict = null