Make unit ignore orders

[Black-Templar]

How would I make a unit retain ownership to a certain player, but have it ignore all commands given to it, while still letting enemies attack and kill it (meaning I don't want to use locust).

 

[Xarxos]

Make a trigger that orders the unit to stop everytime it is given an order.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Make it a ward, they can still be issued move orders but all other orders are hidden so you just overwride those with triggers. Such as seen in the AoS, EotA.

 

[Xarxos]

Make it a ward, they can still be issued move orders but all other orders are hidden so you just overwride those with triggers. Such as seen in the AoS, EotA.

It depends on if he wants it to be able to recieve move orders or not, if he doesn't, then turning it into a ward won't solve the problem.

 

[TheBlooddancer]

I would order it to stop everytime it recives an order, and just every x seconds. Just to be sure.

 

[Dark Hunter1357]

If its a ward you can't oder it to do anything.

 

[Xarxos]

If the ward has movement then you can order it to move, but nothing else. If he doesn't want the player to be able to order the unit to move then simply turning the unit into a ward won't solve the problem, as I mentioned earlier.

 

[Dark Hunter1357]

No you CAN'T order it. It doesn't even show the move button.

 

[doom_sheep]

make it be unselected when the player selects it

 

[Black-Templar]

I probably should have said what I wanted the unit to do, sorry.

I have a skill in my map that creates a unit next to every enemy hero on the map and then attack them. I want the units to be able to chase the heroes they are attacking, and the enemies to be able to fight back, but don't want the player to be able to have all the spawned units gang up on one hero or even change their targets.

I guess I might resort to having them be deselected when their owner clicks on them.

Hah, I never understood why that healing ward in DotA could move around. I guess they got lazy.

 

[Dark Hunter1357]

Use the Locust ability to the unit, or add the ward classification.

 

[Eleandor]

Pause unit?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Make it a ward, like how EotA did it with their ranger hero. It would cast spells using an AI and would be moveable but you could not order the spells.

Deselecting the unit once selected does not work in multiplayer due to delay.

 

[Black-Templar]

If it has locust, enemies can't fight back, and as mentioned, wards can still be ordered to move/attack a certain target.

How much would the delay effect a trigger deselecting the unit? Would it always be there, or would it be based on the hosts connection/players pings, etc?

 

[Dark Hunter1357]

Ward classification!!!
And i have tryed that deselecting thing, you can order it for a second.

 

[reza sword2]

Shouldn't disabling the attack UI from the Object Editor work?

 

[Dark Hunter1357]

then how will it attack >.<

 

[Xarxos]

The ward will not work, you cannot cast spells or see any of the control buttons, but you can still move around and even attack by using right-clicking with the mouse, I know becouse I just tried turning a knight into a ward and he could still be ordered to attack.

 

[TheBlooddancer]

By disabling UI you can't attack, only smart. And when smarting an enemy (rightclick) it will attack, so that wont work either.

 

[Dark Hunter1357]

I started searching for a trigger to cancel the smart, before a few hours, but i can't figure it out... I know that there is one, i asked in the forum of the map Castle Fight.

 

[Mufanza]

Can't you just Pause Unit?

 

[Dark Hunter1357]

No, it will remember the order and do it after you unpause it.

 

[Black-Templar]

Wouldn't that stop the unit from doing anything? Remember, I want the unit to be able to attack, just not on command.

 

[Dark Hunter1357]

Pausing will not work, for many reasons.

 

[Xarxos]

Alright, I think I found a way for this to work now.

Event
- A unit starts the effect of an ability

Conditions
- Ability being cast equal to "YOUR ABILITY"

Actions
- Create 1 "YOUR UNIT" for (Owner of casting unit) at (position of (Target unit of ability being cast)) facing default building facing e.t.c.
- Change ownership of (Last created unit) into (Player 12 Brown) and retain color.
- Make (Owner of casting unit) treat (Player 12 Brown) as an ally with shared vision.
- Make (Player 12 Brown) treat (Owner of casting unit) as an ally with shared vision.
- Order (Last created unit) to attack (Target unit of ability being cast).
- Add a (Duration of spell) second generic expiriation timer for (Last created unit)
- Wait (Duration of spell) seconds.
- Make (Owner of casting unit) treat (Player 12 Brown) as an Enemy.
- Make (Player 12 Brown) treat (Owner of casting unit) as an Enemy.

I used Player 12 here, but you can just use any player (or neutral hostile perhaps) that isn't occupied. I tested this and it should work, good luck!

 

[Mufanza]

No, it will remember the order and do it after you unpause it.

That shouldn't be a problem. Just order it to "Stop" after unpausing

 

[Dark Hunter1357]

Then why to pause at all?
I tryed to order it to stop(whiteout pausing) and for no reason it didn't stop :/

 

[doom_sheep]

make it order itself to attack its target everytime it gets a new order

 

[Majin]

ward plus

function Catch_Order_Actions takes nothing returns nothing
  if GetIssuedOrderId() == OrderId("smart") then
    call PauseUnit(GetOrderedUnit(), true)
    call IssueImmediateOrder(GetOrderedUnit(), "stop")
    call PauseUnit(GetOrderedUnit(), false)
  endif
endfunction

function Catch_Order takes nothing returns nothing
  local trigger t = CreateTrigger()
  call TriggerRegisterUnitEvent(t, gg_unit_hpea_0006, EVENT_UNIT_ISSUED_TARGET_ORDER)
  call TriggerRegisterUnitEvent(t, gg_unit_hpea_0006, EVENT_UNIT_ISSUED_POINT_ORDER)
  call TriggerAddAction(t, function Catch_Order_Actions)
endfunction

should do the trick maybe (took from The Warcraft III Ability Guide - Wc3campaigns)

 

[Vegavak]

Ward the unit.
Then block smart orders.
Then cycle through the list of units who are pets/whatever to randomly order then to attack areas within X distance of them. Check if they're within X range of the pet master, and if they're too far, have them move towards him.

Vexorian has a system already made for this, though it wouldn't be that hard to make one yourself.