Deselect selected unit

[Dr. Boom]

Seas =)

The plan: I (re)create a map and I need the following: Players can send units - that spawn -> to steal a life from another enemy team.( Tower wars) Now I need something, that if they select a "spawn-able" unit, they this unit gets autmatic deselected, so they can't controll them.

"Spawn-able" means all the units who can be selected to spawn - so that this "Deselecting" not effect by structures and/or builder - and the units must be still attackable and able to get buffs.

Also would be nice, if the solution would be in Jass and without extra variables. (If not needed)

Thanks
~ Dr. Boom

 

[PurgeandFire]

globals
    group SelectGroup = CreateGroup()
endglobals
function DeselectCond takes nothing returns boolean
    return IsUnitType(GetFilterUnit(),UNIT_TYPE_STRUCTURE)
//replace this with your filter, eg GetUnitTypeId() == 'h000'
endfunction
function DeselectxChild takes nothing returns nothing
    call SelectUnit(GetEnumUnit(),false)
endfunction
function Deselectx takes nothing returns nothing
    local integer i = 0
    loop
        exitwhen i == 12
        call GroupEnumUnitsSelected(SelectGroup,Player(i),Condition(function DeselectCond)) 
        call ForGroup(SelectGroup,function DeselectxChild)
        set i = i + 1
    endloop
endfunction
function InitTrig_Deselection takes nothing returns nothing
    local trigger t = CreateTrigger()
    call TriggerRegisterTimerEvent(t,0.02,true)
    call TriggerAddAction(t,function Deselectx)
    set t = null
endfunction

This will kind of simulate an 'unselectable' kind of effect. I tested it and it works fine. You can select them for a split second but that is kind of unavoidable no matter how low the frequency is. You can just try messing around with this function, and try to get it to work how you want it to. Yes, they can still be attacked and buffed.

EDIT: Yeah, I forgot that there was a select event.

 

[Dougletron]

Or you could create a new unit, have the player select it, then remove/kill that unit so they end up with nothing selected.

 

[Teelo]

Why not just give the units to an allied computer player?
If all 12 player slots are taken, why not give them to Neutral Hostile / Neutral Extra and make them allied with the relevant teams?

 

[Berb]

PurgeandFire111, there are much better ways of doing that:

scope Example initializer init

globals
    public constant integer     YOUR_TYPE       = 'hfoo'
endglobals

public function onSelect takes nothing returns nothing
    call SelectUnit(GetTriggerUnit(), false)
endfunction
public function isType takes nothing returns boolean
    return GetUnitTypeId(GetTriggerUnit())==YOUR_TYPE
endfunction
public function init takes nothing returns nothing
    local trigger t=CreateTrigger()
    local integer i=0
    loop
        exitwhen (i==16)
        call TriggerRegisterPlayerUnitEvent(t, Player(i), EVENT_PLAYER_UNIT_SELECTED, null)
        set i=i+1
    endloop
    call TriggerAddCondition(t, Filter(function isType))
    call TriggerAddAction(t, function onSelect)
endfunction

endscope

There are better ways of disabling player control over specific units though. Why exactly do you not want players to be able to select these units, so they cannot control them by the user?

 

[FriXionX]

Why not just add the Chaos ability and the Locust ability so that they cannot be clicked whatsoever, only auto-attacked.

They need to be buffed; i dont think they can get buffs while locust'd?

 

[Justify]

Locust behaves quite strange in combination with other stuff. If I remember correctly, chaos and stuff like "removing locust" will end in unselectable but ingame normal behaving units.

 

[Berb]

Well I actually removed the statement that he's quoting me for because I tested it out and it seems that it ignores pathing (which is probably not desirable). I believe they can still be buffed though.

chaos and stuff like "removing locust" will end in unselectable but ingame normal behaving units.

For example:

call UnitAddAbility( someUnit, 'Aloc' )
call UnitRemoveAbility( someUnit, 'Aloc' )
call ShowUnit( someUnit, false )
call ShowUnit( someUnit, true )

This will make the model of "someUnit" not change the color of the cursor when hovering, and clicking on the model of the unit will no longer select it; instead you must drag your selection over it. If you want to see the Chaos bug I believe it is:

call UnitAddAbility(u, 'Aloc')
call UnitRemoveAbility(u, 'Aloc')
call UnitAddAbility(u, 'Srtt')
call UnitRemoveAbility(u, 'Srtt')

Where u would be your unit variable.

 

[Dr. Boom]

There are better ways of disabling player control over specific units though. Why exactly do you not want players to be able to select these units, so they cannot control them by the user?

Seas =)

So finally Im back - I create a tower wars map - I got 6 teams - now if every build - there still need a free way to the finish of each team. I can't do this with neutral units - so I add to each spawn-able units damage. Now (ofc) the player shouldn't abuse it - so I make nearly all units un-control-able

 

[azlier]

PurgeandFire111, there are much better ways of doing that

Not really. Any other method will work absolutely horribly online. You select the unit, and a second or three later the event kicks in and deselects it. A timer is pretty much the only way to do this.

 

[Berb]

Hm. Perhaps.

 

[idodik]

1. You could save a specific unit classification for those units (for example ancient, tauren, giant, etc - they're rarely used in these maps), and deselect every unit of that type that the player selects.
2. You could begin to compare unit-types, something that would be horrible to code and probably work very slowly.