Custom unit categories - What is the best solution ?

[Ardenian]

Hello,

I just wondered, by default there are unit categories like 'Undead' or 'Ancient', but would it be possible to add new ones in the triggering progress ?

I mean, yes of course it would be, but what is the best solution to do so ?
I would like to have additional unit categories like 'Demon', 'Corrupted' or 'Elves' and such.

What would be the best to do so ?

Creating unit groups, keeping track of all units and check if the damaged unit/ target of ability being casted on is in unit group XYZ ?

Or is there a better way ?

 

[LordDz]

You could use the point value of the unit to set which kind of race they are.
So Elves = 2
Demon = 3
and so on.

Easier than having a group everytime you create / add a unit.

 

[Ardenian]

Is point value the same thing that decides over experience amount ?

 

[LordDz]

Nah. That's the level of the unit.
Point value is used in the score screen. So since it's a custom map and nobody really cares about the score you get at the end of a round, you're fine using it.

 

[Ardenian]

Ah, that's a good suggestion, thank you!

 

[SAUS]

You can also mark the units with abilities that don't do anything. You can choose an ability that doesn't have an icon if you don't want anyone to see it. You can add or remove them and have more than one at a time. You can put them by default on units that already have a classification.

 

[Ardenian]

Hm, in my case the thing with point value sounds easier, but thank you!

 

[Arad MNK]

That "Point Value" is used in Unit Indexers. If you ever want to use one, then...

 

[Xonok]

It's not. Point value is set in object editor and can not be changed ingame.

 

[Spellbound]

Afaik, Indexers use Custom Value, not Point Value. And speaking of Indexers, that's another method you could use to have extra data, Eg: UnitCategory[Custom value] = 1 will identify that unit as belonging to that specific integer. I'd probably stick to unit groups though.

 

[Arad MNK]

Afaik, Indexers use Custom Value, not Point Value. And speaking of Indexers, that's another method you could use to have extra data, Eg: UnitCategory[Custom value] = 1 will identify that unit as belonging to that specific integer. I'd probably stick to unit groups though.

Oh, right. My bad