[Solved] Detectig order 'stop' and 'move'

[NightSkyAurora]

Hey friends
I've just made an awsome discovery I'd like to share. I was once searching for how to detect if a unit is moving and I've even found a complex system on this site that tells you when (and wich) a unit is moving.

So I used this trigger:

trigger

• Order test
  • Events
    • Time - Every 0.05 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set sOrder[1] = (String((Current order of unit 0034 <gen>)))
    • Game - Display to (All players) the text: sOrder[1]

So when the current order of the unit was order(stop) then the string returned nothing, wich means 'stop' is actually '<Emty String>'.

When the unit was moving, it returned 'smart'. So order(move) is actually order(smart).

I really hope it help and you are welcome to give feedback

 

[Nichilus]

Actually, no.
If you - the player or I think also via trigger - order unit to move somewhere, it will return its order as "move". If unit starts moving/attacking/running without any outside interaction (in other words, it moves by its AI), it will return "smart" order.

If you order unit to stop, it will stop.
Unit that does nothing has order (null) - or as you say, an empty string.
Stop order refers to when you order unit to stop => you tell it to stop its current order.
Unit which does nothing but stands still doesn't "stop", as that means it would do something (it would try to stop its current order) - hence why unit taht does nothing returns (null) order.

 

[muzzel]

Its not the same.

"smart" is the order a unit gets when you "rightclick" somewhere. Depending on what you click (whats the target of the order) the unit will move there, attack the target or pick it up etc.

Order "move" however does exactly what it says, it makes the unit move to the target.

When a unit has no order "Get Current Order" function will return an empty string.

 

[Vinz]

^They pretty much answered it. No.

I've even found a complex system on this site that tells you when (and wich) a unit is moving.

Which system is that?

When the unit was moving, it returned 'smart'. So order(move) is actually order(smart).

Have you tried that with everything?

 

[WaterKnight]

Checking the order is no good. Like any targeted order requires the unit to move or not to depending on if the unit is within the action's reach.