Help with Rally Point Trigger

[Mechanic]

Hello all. I need help with Rally Point to be controlled by computer on barracks that is owned by Player 2. I want Player 2 computer to control all barracks on rally point to be set on the region by Player 2 only, after computer Player 2 created new barracks, then make computer Player 2 set all barracks on rally point to be set on the region.

Example:

 

[Pyrogasm]

It's hard to understand your problem. You want to make a Computer (player 2) automatically set the rally points for its buildings to a specific point? There is a trigger action "Unit - Set Rally Point".

 

[Mechanic]

Yes, but how do I make it for Player 2 only? Because the peasant will create barrack, and then automatically set the barrack to have rally point to be on the region. But, how do I make a unit type "Barrack" that is owned by Player 2? If no unit type and ownership, the trigger will set all barracks on all players to be at same region for rally point.

 

[Pyrogasm]

You filter them out in conditions:

• Events
  • Unit - A unit finishes construction
• Conditions
  • (Unit type of (Triggering Unit)) equal to Barracks
  • (Owner of (Triggering Unit)) equal to Player 2 (Blue)
• Actions
  • Unit - Set rally point for (Triggering Unit) to RALLY_LOCATION

Set the RALLY_LOCATION variable on map init and reuse it each time so it doesn't create more memory leaks.

 

[Mechanic]

Ahhh.... thanks!

 

[Mechanic]

Okay, I have problem. It seems that computer kept dragging all units to the start location for until they are being ordered to attack by AI editor. They won't stay at the rally point. They will be dragged automatically by computer to start location like all computers do.

 

[Mechanic]

Is there a option to turn off the automatically rally point by computer?

 

[Pyrogasm]

You need to do the "disable guard position" for the AI players. Or individually for each unit but it's much easier just to do it for the player directly (and only have to do it once with a trigger).

 

[Mechanic]

Oh. Ok.

 

[Mechanic]

It seem that disabling the guard position is not working. It kept being moved to the start location...

 

[Mechanic]

I can only find "ignore all units using guard position." I can't find "disable guard position for Player 2."

 

[Pyrogasm]

What you did is what I meant. If you’re running an AI script then it’s probably ordering them to do something else. You should build the rally point behavior into the AI script.

@Nowow

 

[Mechanic]

How?

 

[Pyrogasm]

I don't know, I don't do AI stuff. That's why I tagged Nowow.

 

[Mechanic]

Ok. Thanks.

 

[Nowow]

I don't know, I don't do AI stuff. That's why I tagged Nowow.

You da man

Okay, I have problem. It seems that computer kept dragging all units to the start location for until they are being ordered to attack by AI editor. They won't stay at the rally point. They will be dragged automatically by computer to start location like all computers do.

There's no way to micromanage rally points with the AI. What you do set is a position of a captain widget using this function SetCaptainHome (see more about captains here). It won't really be a rally flag, but the units will be ordered to go to the defense captain's location immediately after spawning, and will go to the location of the attack captain when preparing to attack (you can read more about it in this tutorial, but it's kinda complicated and not entirely necessary).

To insert this function with whatever captain locations you want either move to custom scripts, or preferrably find somewhere you can insert custom script in the AI editor and insert the line:

call SetCaptainHome(BOTH_CAPTAINS, rally_point_x, rally_point_y)

 

[Mechanic]

So. Are you telling me there's nothing I can do about rally points?

 

[kentzeus]

So. Are you telling me there's nothing I can do about rally points?

He gave you another solution, why not just use that?

 

[Nowow]

So. Are you telling me there's nothing I can do about rally points?

No. I'm telling you that rally points are not a thing for AI controlled computer players, because all non-worker units are continuously ordered to go to the captains location. So instead you might as well use the captain instead of a rally point.