Is it possible to remove patrol icon?

[ALiEN95]

Sorry if this is already asked before but....

i have a unit that is really not needing "patrol" ability,is there any way to remove it ?

 

[kongfuman]

I think so, I am pretty sure it is just in the game interface, and you can just change it from there.

 

[yioup]

why would you need to remove it?
just asking to see if its really neccesary to try to figure it out

 

[ALiEN95]

i just need to put one more ability on my unit and i cant do it if i don't remove patrol

 

[Pharaoh_]

The patrol ability is automatically removed when the unit has Movement Speed Equal to 0.
So, unless you remove the movement from your unit, there is no other way of achieving this.

 

[manstie]

If you have any passive abilities or auras, try put them in a spell book.
and if you need another slot for spells you can hide the spell book with triggers.

 

[ALiEN95]

Thx,already knew about that....,my unit has no auras and putting 2 abilities in one spell book would look stupid

i think i will just add him one more inventory slot...

still i would like to see how to remove patrol ability

 

[manstie]

But, you can't.
Maybe just sort your abilities into category's instead of just randomly putting 2 of them in a spell book.

 

[Smiddle]

I know that attack can be removed using this action:

call UnitRemoveAbility(unit, 'ability')

Not sure about patrol, though. I didn't test it because I don't know patrol's ID in jass.

 

[Darkt3mpl3r]

na u can't. Put you can do a workaround. Hide the attack icon of your units(object editor), then replace patrol icon with attack icon(advaned - game interface). Create a new trigger that orders units to attack instead of patrol when they receive a patrol command

 

[Thyrael]

Simple add "ward" as unit classification. That will hide ALL controlbuttons, but you can still control the unit. It will be able to attack, autoaquire and move. But you can't use "stop", "hold position", "attack ground" or "patrol" anymore.

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[manstie]

Yeah, nor can you cast spells, which he needs.