Making a unit un-selectable

[Karzama]

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to make a unit un-selectable without adding Locust.

Here's the situation:

This unit is created at the start of a spell and dies after 8 seconds. The unit is a building and is basically a box that stops enemies from escaping it. Adding locust to it removed the pathing and allowed units to walk through it completely.

 

[Spartipilo]

You can:

1- Make it a building with modified path rectriction with square form. I think there are default path models with square form. If the aren't, you can make your own.

2- Trigger the movement restriction by checking the distance of the unit and the center point, if it's too high, move the unit back.

 

[EdgeOfChaos]

Setting selection scale to -1 works for some models.

Then, if a unit right-clicks it, order them to move to the clicked location instead of Follow. If they select it, re-select their hero or something. That's the best I can think of.

Or trigger it with Pathing Blockers, and use Locust.

 

[Tal'Rarity]

You could add then remove locust.

 

[Karzama]

I've already made the spell and it's working fine. I just want to make the box be unselectable, and locust doesn't make this work.

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Okay that's great, just trying to help. Locust does do that and yeah it does make this work. Though there is other ways, good luck with your map. =)

 

[rulerofiron99]

1. Add locust
2. Add chaos (ability that morphs a unit)
3. Remove locust

 

[IcemanBo]

^I'm not sure, but this trick still makes units clickable and attackable, or?

 

[rulerofiron99]

Targetable, attackable, and have collision.

They cannot be selected, and don't have health bars.

 

[Tal'Rarity]

It doesn't work by the way ruler.

 

[rulerofiron99]

Works fine for me. What part of it isn't working?

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Could you provide a testmap?

It getting back collision while retaining unselectability is the part that isn't working.

 

[rulerofiron99]

Here's the trigger:

• Summon
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters (Playable map area)
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Water Elemental (Level 1)
  • Actions
    • Custom script: local unit udg_TempUnit
    • Set TempUnit = (Triggering unit)
    • Custom script: call UnitAddAbilityBJ( 'Aloc', udg_TempUnit )
    • Unit - Add Chaos Blank to TempUnit
    • Custom script: call UnitRemoveAbilityBJ( 'Aloc', udg_TempUnit )
    • Wait 0.00 seconds
    • Trigger - Turn off (This trigger)
    • Unit - Add Chaos Water Elemental to TempUnit
    • Trigger - Turn on (This trigger)

Looks like I failed to mention earlier that you need to use two Chaos abilities, since transforming the unit into itself doesn't give the desired results.