Building Units facing angle of constructing unit.

[Wraithwynd]

If this question is in the wrong place please move it.

The default rotation or facing angle of a building unit is 270 degrees.

I would like to make it to where a player can choose the rotation or facing angle of a unit.

For instance the barracks door faces 225 degrees (South west) Perhaps the players wants it to face due south, or east.

Is there a way to do this without making 8 compass directions facing units for each unit?

Thanks

 

[Taur]

It matters on how you want the player to choose, like you could always make it so that he can select the unit and type "rotate: <angle>" or something, which would be the simplest way.

 

[Wraithwynd]

It matters on how you want the player to choose, like you could always make it so that he can select the unit and type "rotate: <angle>" or something, which would be the simplest way.

Hm. So once the unit is constructed the player could have the option of turning the building?

Sounds interesting. I'll have to play around with this idea.

 

[valkemiere]

why dont use unit? not building

 

[Wraithwynd]

why dont use unit? not building

"unit" is a word that applies to a lot of things, be it a footman, a peon or the town hall.

If I said "how do I turn a unit" people would come back with, just order him to move - duh!"

So in my first post of this thread I clarified:

The default rotation or facing angle of a building unit is 270 degrees.

 

[Eleandor]

I can see 2 options here:

1) Export the Barracks model, and edit it with a model editor. All you should od is turn the model 45°, 90°, etc.
Then you import it again and you have different barracksmodels again.

2) Trigger it. Make it so that whenever a unit finishes constructing a Barracks, remove the Barracks and create a new Barracks unit at position of the old barracks facing 90°, 45°, depending on "what" barracks you made.

 

[Wraithwynd]

Good ideas, however I have really tried to keep the size of the campaign (data size) down and this strikes me as going to require to many extra models, considering all of the building type units available.

 

[Just_Spectating]

something with the pathing map, but if you remove pathing map then you could place ur building anywhere. i suggest when you build the building, replace it with an identical unit/building that has no pathing map and make it face the way you want, also make the collision size big enough so it would look real.

 

[Eleandor]

it needs a pathing map in order to avoid units moving through a building. Simply try the 2nd option I gave...

 

[DragoonZombie]

Object Editor:
1) Set the Movement - Speed Base to 1 or something higher than 0.
2) Set the Movement - Turn Rate to 1 or something higher than 0.
Trigger Editor:
3) Set the angle you want it to have with Unit - Make Unit Face X
4) Remove the ability to move:

• Custom script: call UnitRemoveAbility(udg_YourUnit, 'Amov')

From then on you can use Unit - Make Unit Face X freely.