Making a ground unit targeted as flying

[maskedpoptart]

Hey guys,

I'm currently working on a Jump system. Once the unit is in the air, I want it to be targeted as a flying unit, so that ground units can't hit it while it's 50 feet in the air. Once the unit comes back down, it should be treated as a ground unit.

Now my question is: Is there a way to change how a unit is targeted in-game, without replacing it with another unit? I tried doing:

call UnitRemoveType(u, UNIT_TYPE_GROUND)
call UnitAddType(u, UNIT_TYPE_FLYING)

and that didn't seem to work.

Edit: I did some debugging using IsUnitType, and neither of the above function calls do anything. Even if I could manage to change the unittype, I don't know if this would affect how the unit is targeted.

 

[SlayerII]

the type of a unit and how its targeted are 2 different things. Just look it up in object editor you can seperatly choose if it is a flying unit and if it is targeted as one. You cant change that exactly like you cant change unit names.

But maybe you can use crow form and order it to cast it instaed of just adding and removing it. this may work.You just have to hide the abilty(or add when the jump is cast and remove it when jump is finished)

 

[maskedpoptart]

Casting crow form is not an option. My system cannot make a different version of crow form, and an alternate form unit, for each unit that is ordered to jump. Does anyone else have ideas?

 

[xxdingo93xx]

It is easy. To be able to change a ground units fly height use this...

function UnitAllowFly takes unit u returns nothing
   call UnitAddAbility(u, 'Arav')
   call UnitRemoveAbility(u, 'Arav')
endfunction

'Arav' is the ability "Ravenform" or something from Wizard of Taloon. By adding and deleting this ability the unit's fly height can be changed. The unit is still a ground unit.

 

[Cokemonkey11]

That's not what he's asking, he wants to know how to make the unit TARGETED as flying while it's jumping.

So that way for example headhunters can still hit a jumping unit but grunts cannot.

 

[maskedpoptart]

That's not what he's asking, he wants to know how to make the unit TARGETED as flying while it's jumping.

So that way for example headhunters can still hit a jumping unit but grunts cannot.

Right. Anyway, I came up with a solution. I use a trigger that fires when a unit is attacked (A.K.A. when the attacker just starts his attack animation). If the attacked unit is jumping, and the attacker is not able to attack flying, the attacker is ordered to stop. The only "problem" is that the attackers still run up to the jumper's shadow. Here's some of the code:

private function StopGroundAttackers takes nothing returns nothing
    local JumpData dat = JumpData[GetTriggerUnit()]
    if(dat != 0 and dat.isInAir == true and /*
    */not IsUnitType(GetAttacker(), UNIT_TYPE_ATTACKS_FLYING))then
        call IssueImmediateOrder(GetAttacker(), "stop")
    endif
endfunction
//==================================================================================

private function Init takes nothing returns nothing
    local trigger trig = CreateTrigger()
    call TriggerRegisterAnyUnitEventBJ( trig, EVENT_PLAYER_UNIT_ATTACKED )
    call TriggerAddAction( trig, function StopGroundAttackers ) 
endfunction

Edit: I don't know how I'm going to deal with spells that target ground units.