bring the units to starting position

[Mr. Gameplay Knowledge]

Hello guys,can u please teach me how to store the starting position of a hero.

So i want too know,how to load it,and that means to bring the unit(hero) back to the starting position.

Can u please help me!

P.S.Starting position=the point where i have place the unit(hero)in the world editor.

 

[Bribe]

Use Unit Indexer (link in my signature)

• Assign Start Position
  • Events
    • Game - UnitIndexEvent becomes Equal to 1.00
  • Conditions
    • (UDexUnits[UDex] is a Hero) Equal to True
  • Actions
    • Set HeroStartPosition[UDex] = (Position of UDexUnits[UDex])

• Recall position
  • Events
    • A unit does something
  • Conditions
    • (TheUnitDoingSomething is a Hero) Equal to true
  • Actions
    • Unit - Move (UnitThatNeedsToBeMoved) to HeroStartPosition[(Custom value of (TheUnitDoingSomething))]

 

[Shadow Fury]

But why using an indexer? Simply use a single point variable, store it as the position of the hero and when you need it, move the hero to that point variable then remove it through custom scripts.

 

[Bribe]

That will only work for 1 hero, so the indexer is used to make this MUI as well as getting the exact location the hero was in when it was created.

 

[Chaosy]

Actually you would get away with an location array here.
Since the starting units of a map is static and wont change throughout the game you can do something like:
pick all units in map
set counter = counter + 1
set startLoc[counter] = location of picked unit
set custom value of unit to counter

then you can do the following whenever you want
order unit to move to startloc[custom value of unit]

This is not optimal, I know. But it's the easiest way by far.

 

[Bribe]

That's why indexers were made. Now you can't use UnitUserData for any other system.

 

[Chaosy]

You can! Though it will indeed prevent unit indexers from working.

I am kind of against importing systems overall if there is an easy workaround, thus I try to bring out alternative solutions.
I know very well that a unit indexer is likely the best option here. Though hashtables would work fine too.

 

[Bribe]

Indeed, either a unit indexer or hashtables.

 

[Mr. Gameplay Knowledge]

Bribe,Chaosy,Shadow Fury, thank you guys for support.