How to prevent a player from attacking his allies

[Silvator]

hi,
the title is the question already.

how can i make a unit ordered to attack an allied unit to stop without defining it again and again for each player/playergroup, just by checking if the 2 units are allied?
(in other words, how can i script such an ally-check system?)

 

[darkrider]

event
unit is attacked

condition
attacking unit belongs to an ally of owner of attacked unit equal to true

action
order attacking unit to stop

 

[TheBlooddancer]

And if that doesn't work, order them to move to 'Position of Attacking unit' Which you have saved into a variable, and then clean it afterwards.

 

[Silvator]

event
unit is attacked

condition
attacking unit belongs to an ally of owner of attacked unit equal to true

action
order attacking unit to stop

this doesnt seem to work.
i tried to use conditions this way:
a unit is attacked
-attacking unit is p1
-attacked unit is p2 (p1+p2 are allied)
->order attacking unit to "stop"

this had absolutely no effect :/

and the way with the variable for the attacking unit .. this should work for sure but using it on a map with lots of units might cause problems i think - besides, i always prefer to use a short way to keep the map as small as possible

 

[darkrider]

post your trigger... it should work :/

 

[DarkLordX]

No, this trigger won't work. I tested it a few times and I even changed some things...
I'll try to find another method.

 

[Smiddle]

this doesnt seem to work.
i tried to use conditions this way:
a unit is attacked
-attacking unit is p1
-attacked unit is p2 (p1+p2 are allied)
->order attacking unit to "stop"

this had absolutely no effect :/

and the way with the variable for the attacking unit .. this should work for sure but using it on a map with lots of units might cause problems i think - besides, i always prefer to use a short way to keep the map as small as possible

Try doing what darkrider said instead.
(Owner of (Attacked unit)) is an ally of (Owner of (Attacking unit))

 

[Shadow Daemon]

• AntiAllyAttack
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit is attacked
  • Conditions
    • ((Triggering unit) belongs to an ally of (Owner of (Attacking unit))) equal to True
  • Actions
    • Unit - Order (Attacking unit) to stop

Strange, trigger listed above works fine for me...

...Well, the only solution I see is to pause unit before giving order and unpause after that:

• AntiAllyAttack
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit is attacked
  • Conditions
    • ((Triggering unit) belongs to an ally of (Owner of (Attacking unit))) equal to True
  • Actions
    • Unit - Pause (Attacking unit)
    • Unit - Order (Attacking unit) to stop
    • Unit - Unpause (Attacking unit)

Pausing unit should break his current order (attack).

 

[darkrider]

i tell you coz thats what i use in my map

 

[wolfman]

Maybe this will work

• Attack
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is issued an order targeting an object
  • Conditions
    • (Issued order) Equal to (Order(attack))
    • ((Target unit of issued order) belongs to an ally of (Owner of (Triggering unit))) Equal to True
  • Actions
    • Unit - Order (Triggering unit) to Stop

 

[Silvator]

k gotta try that out. thanks for so many ideas

 

[Vegavak]

Copied straight from my map for you, so I know it works.

Events
Unit - A unit Is attacked
Conditions
((Attacked unit) belongs to an ally of (Owner of (Attacking unit))) Equal to True
(Unit-type of (Attacking unit)) Not equal to Dummy Unit
Actions
Unit - Order (Attacking unit) to Stop

 

[kingkwong92]

Newbie

Can't you just change the 'targets allowed' in the object editor. Just check the box that says 'Enemy' and uncheck the box that says 'Friend'
That should stop units from attacking other allied unit