Locust question

[jjhok]

do the locusts in locust swarm get damage bonus from aura?

 

[Uncle]

Nope, they're excluded from just about everything.

 

[Hermit]

Nope, they're excluded from just about everything.

Sorry for hijacking the thread, but would you happen to know if there's a way to prevent Locust units from being counted as units in the score screen?

 

[Uncle]

I never really messed around with the score screen (doesn't look like there's any actions for it either). Is the issue that Locusts are counting towards total Units Produced for a player?

And if so, perhaps create the Locust units for a computer like Neutral Passive instead. And if they need to belong to a player, maybe changing their ownership to the desired player will work?

 

[Hermit]

Is the issue that Locusts are counting towards total Units Produced for a player?

Yes.

And if so, perhaps create the Locust units for a computer like Neutral Passive instead. And if they need to belong to a player, maybe changing their ownership to the desired player will work?

I tried this, but they're still counted.

Oh well, I guess I'll have to forget about having an accurate score screen when I'm using dummy units.

 

[Uncle]

Maybe changing their ownership back to the computer before they die will subtract it? Probably not though

 

[Hermit]

Maybe changing their ownership back to the computer before they die will subtract it? Probably not though

I don't know how to test this since I'm using expiration timers to kill the dummies.

 

[Uncle]

Hmm, yeah, would probably require a custom function to replace the use of your Expiration Timers.

Something like this:
KillDummy(time, dummy)

And inside the function:
Wait time seconds
Change owner of dummy to Neutral Passive
Remove dummy from the game