[Trigger] Making a unit wander aimlessly... like critters

[Cayne]

How do I make a unit wander aimlessly like a critter after it is created? I've looked around for a proper trigger for it but I haven't found anything yet.

 

[Elfsilver Lord]

It's an ability.

Go under unit abilities and select 'Wander (Neutral)'.

 

[Cayne]

Thank you... doesn't quite work for my purposes though since it makes them a little less aggressive.

 

[TKF]

btw I never used the wander ability before. What is it's special classifications? Does it make the unit invulnerable/untargetable? Or does it only walk around?

IF it does only make it wander around, thus not so very aggressive rate, I think you can put this on ordinary creeps or hostiles to make it walk a little, and they attack if they walk onto something...

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btw I didn't know what the wander ability was for anyway. ty!

 

[Cayne]

I'm curious if there is a way to make them wander aimless and instantly attack any hostiles they encounter. When I tested with a group of 12 of the units I set to wander, I put them in the middle of a pack of peasants and they attacked VERY rarely.

 

[GhostWolf]

You could just order your units to Attack-Move to a random place in the map.

 

[KalamMekhar]

Elaboration

You could just order your units to Attack-Move to a random place in the map.

Yeah and put it on a timer of say i dunno somewhere between 1 and 5 seconds of game time....

sorta like this... (with all the units you wanna move part of a unit group..)

• sample
  • Events
    • Time - Every 2.00 seconds of game time
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Attack-Move To (Random point in (Playable map area)))

or if you dont want them to move as a group then set it up for individual units...
hope that helps

 

[azalgath]

Only problem with KalamMekhar's trigger is that the units will move around quite erracticly and will never make a small pause just standing there.

If your going to have respawning creep you can give it the wander ability, then have a trigger.

  Event
When Unit is Attacked
  Condition
Unit Belongs to player Neutral Hostile
  Action
Remove Ability - Wander

 

[SinDweller-X]]

or you can make the unit speed higher and make their line of sight better...ive found that it works for me

 

[Daedin]

One of the best would be to periodically check if the unit has been given an order. One way to do this would be to do a check every 15 seconds of whether or not the unit has been given the patrol order (patrol will attack anything in acquisition range) and if they do have it, do nothing, else, make them patrol to a random spot. Heres a basic example:

RandomPatrol
    Events
        Time - Every 15.00 seconds of game time
    Conditions
    Actions
        Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units owned by Neutral Hostile) and do (Actions)
            Loop - Actions
                If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                    If - Conditions
                        (Current order of (Picked unit)) Equal to (Order(patrol))
                    Then - Actions
                        Do nothing
                    Else - Actions
                        Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Patrol To (Random point in (Playable map area))

Now of course you could get more specific and specify regions to move to and regions in which you pick ur units (eg: Pick every unit owned by Neutral Hostile in Region <Your region>). Good luck to you =)