creeps ignoring walls

[dts0301]

trying to make a survival game with buildable barricades(walls) that the creeps will have to attack through to get to the players, but it seems like when i block an area off with walls the creeps treat it as some no-go area and look for some other open entrance...

how can i make them decide to attack the walls?

 

[Dark_hunter4]

If I'm not mistaken - you could set your priorities of the barricade up higher than the highest unit priority that you are currently using and see if they attack it that way.

 

[dts0301]

i set the barricade's priority to 20 and the players to 0 but they still ignore it i think it has something to do with the fact that its a building, but i dont know what i can do.

 

[VergilThazaar]

- First of all check if the creeps CAN attack the barricades. (If the barricades are buildings then check if the creeps can attack buildings.)

- Second, the priority is reverse. Meaning highest priority is 1 and lowest priority is 20. By doing this you should get your desired effect.

+Rep me if I helped you!

 

[CrazyKiD]

what about triggering it?

Event Every 0.1 second of the game time
Conditions (no need)

Actions

Unit group - pick every unit in the (playable map area) matching (Unit-type of matching unit equal to barricade) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Set (BarricadeGroup <--variable) = Last Created Unit Group

Unit group - pick every unit within 600 range of (BarricadeGroup) matching ((matching unit) belongs to an enemy of Player 1) and do Unit - order (picked unit) to Attack (BarricadeGroup)

Sorry, I don't know how to use the trigger tag

but I think this'll help you

 

[VergilThazaar]

This is way too much for a simple barricade attack.

PS: Use [TRIGGER]BLABLABLA[/TRIGGER] for triggers and [HIDDEN="NAME"]BLABLABLA[/HIDDEN] to hide the triggers (or anything else) if they are too long.

 

[dts0301]

they can attack structures, i switched the priorities and they still ignore it and find some way to attack the units.

 

[VergilThazaar]

- That's because the barricades don't attack the creeps! You can add an attack for them with 1-1 damage, normal/siege attack type and a cooldown according to the damage you use. If 1 cooldown is too much (causes at least low damage) then set it higher. Range should be bigger than the units behind the barricade (could be 1800).

- The alternative is triggers.

 

[CrazyKiD]

What about using Taunt from the barricade via triggers?

 

[VergilThazaar]

What about using Taunt from the barricade via triggers?

Yes, this is a very good idea, only if triggering is needed. If dts0301 uses base attack less than 75 damage then I recommend trigger! If you use near 75 or higher then add an attack to the barricades. (100% Sure Thing)

 

[dts0301]

the thing is tho, they come close enough to get taunted. When the way is blocked, the AI will get the creeps to go somewhere else right away.

like if B is near the barricades, they would find some way to get from A to C without going through B

 

[CrazyKiD]

EDIT : You can reduce the collision size of the creeps and to make it better, add the Spiked Barricades ability to the barricade, so it can kill the creep, making it more possible to attack the barricade.

(Can u give me the map? I'll be away for about 5 hours but I'll do something to help you.)

 

[VergilThazaar]

You can always increase the "Taunt" 's range... so that's not a problem.

 

[CrazyKiD]

You can always increase the "Taunt" 's range... so that's not a problem.

yep.