[General] Disease Cloud unit Does not have Locust ability but is still unselectable. How is that possible?

[Map Designer]

Hello,

I made an ability to summon Disease cloud based on serpent spell, but the summoned cloud is selectable and attackable. It only become unselectable with locust added with object editor.

but how is the cloud summoned by meat wagon and abominations not selectable even though they DO NOT have locust ability.

 

[Hermit]

That's strange; I clearly remember running into the exact opposite problem (I'm using patch 1.29); no matter what I did I couldn't get the units dropped by Meat Wagon's Disease Cloud to be attackable, selectable and unable to walk through one another.

 

[Map Designer]

That's strange; I clearly remember running into the exact opposite problem (I'm using patch 1.29); no matter what I did I couldn't get the units dropped by Meat Wagon's Disease Cloud to be attackable, selectable and unable to walk through one another.

Thats the same not the opposite
Im 1.26

 

[Hermit]

Thats the same not the opposite
Im 1.26

Oh, right; sorry, I misread your post.

 

[pr114]

I haven't tested this particular out yet, but many summon spells have hardcoded properties to them.
For instance healing ward has an AoE circle.
Sentry ward automatically makes the unit invisible, even if doesn't have the invisibility ability.

This is why units that are summoned with Meat Wagon are never selectable, even if it's a different unit than Disease Cloud.

 

[Map Designer]

I haven't tested this particular out yet, but many summon spells have hardcoded properties to them.
For instance healing ward has an AoE circle.
Sentry ward automatically makes the unit invisible, even if doesn't have the invisibility ability.

This is why units that are summoned with Meat Wagon are never selectable, even if it's a different unit than Disease Cloud.

sounds logical.


Could you explain the duration of the meatwagon disease cloud (it is set to -1)

 

[pr114]

Looks like this is Disease Cloud Plague Ward. I have no idea, perhaps you can test what the field does.