Forcing unit selection without hiding UI buttons

[MasterWarlord]

I have a problem. I am using the action "select X unit for player" function, but doing so gets rid of all of the UI buttons on the unit. I have to manually select another unit other than X, then select X manually to get the UI buttons. All UI buttons are gone including attack, move, hold position, etc, as well as abilities.

How do I force a player to select a unit without hiding the UI buttons?

 

[PurgeandFire]

Hmm I'm not getting that problem in this test map (press ESC to switch selected unit). Do you have any triggers to share? Or perhaps you can try reproducing it on a separate test map to see if there is something else involved that's causing a problem for you?

 

[MasterWarlord]

After more testing in an empty test map I'm unable to reproduce it there.

I have removed the move, patrol, and stop buttons from my map. That's the only thing I can think of that might be causing this. Hold Position and Attack are still there.

 

[Duckfarter]

The selected unit is not paused somewhere?

 

[MasterWarlord]

The selected unit is not paused somewhere?

The unit is not paused. Without reselecting it and just keeping the selection from the trigger where the UI on the unit is missing, I can right click around and the unit will move where I click.

 

[Chaosium]

Do you have the same problem with "Add unit to selection" instead of "select unit"?

 

[MasterWarlord]

I think I realize the issue. And no, add unit to selection instead of select unit doesn't do anything.

What I am doing is creating a unit when a unit casts a spell inside of a spellbook, and then instantly selecting that unit for the player. The issue is doing this leaves the player in some sort of weird state where the spellbook doesn't close, so they are left with the blank UI panel.

 

[Chaosium]

Maybe this before creating the unit can force close the spellbook

• Game - Force Player 1 (Red) to press Escape/Cancel

 

[Pyrogasm]

What I am doing is creating a unit when a unit casts a spell inside of a spellbook, and then instantly selecting that unit for the player. The issue is doing this leaves the player in some sort of weird state where the spellbook doesn't close, so they are left with the blank UI panel.

I can confirm that this is what's happening; messed with this a long time ago trying to make spells that could target multiple things at once. You could try using call ForceUICancel() before/after selecting the unit, but no guarantees on that.