How to exclude Dummy units from Unit Groups

[HungryHusky]

Hi. Im making a spell that deals AoE damage, and then creates a shield on the casting unit that will absorb damage equal to the damage done by the AoE.

Everything is working, except that Im worried that when the Unit group for the units that will take damage will include dummy units (which will cuase the shield to absorb more damage than it should, since dummy units should act as they dont exist).

I have alot of different dummy unit types in the map so checking unit type for matching unit etc won't work. And other dummy units have long timers for other triggered spells, so the chance they are picked during this AoE spell is quite big.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Dummies have Locust, don't they? Unit Group enumerations do not count them at all. However, for future reference, if you want to exclude certain targets, add to each unit type (through the Object Editor) a passive ability and check in your enumeration if Level of DummyAbility for (Picked unit) is Equal to 0. You may also want to add the ability to a spell book, which is disabled for every player at the Map's Initialization.

 

[HungryHusky]

Dummies have Locust, don't they? Unit Group enumerations do not count them at all.

So for example:

Set TempGroup = Units within X range of Point matching (No conditions)

This will not include units with Locust?

 

[Arhowk]

So for example:

Set TempGroup = Units within X range of Point matching (No conditions)

This will not include units with Locust?

correct

 

[Maker]

Pick all units of player will pick units with locust however. Could come in handy in some situations.

 

[defskull]

...Could come in handy in some situations.

Yes, for moving dummy units as part of missiles or something

 

[WaterKnight]

Dummies should be marked and are usually excluded by having custom unit pick functions in header that add the condition of not being a dummy automatically.