Manual Targeting

[BlazeLancer]

Is there a way to have a unit that must be manually targeted to be attacked?

 

[PurplePoot]

As opposed to autoacquired? I don't think so. However, you can fairly easily have the unit not be able to autoacquire others

 

[BlazeLancer]

Then is it possible to have a permanent invis where you can still see the enemy unit?

 

[PurplePoot]

Then it wouldn't be invis, now would it?

 

[BlazeLancer]

Well Invis doesn't allow enemys to auto acquire, the invis is just an added effect.

 

[PurplePoot]

Does it not? If so, then just make them invis, and then add a hidden True Sight to all the player's units?

They'll look a little weird (transparent) though

 

[BlazeLancer]

No true sight will cancel the effects of invis and allow auto acquire, thats the whole point of even having true sight. What i meant is to still have the invis effect of being un-acquirable, but with the unit will still look normal. But I don't think thats possible either.

 

[paskovich]

2 solutions for this:
1. Add the 'worker' classification to the unit
Con: When not moving, an idle worker icon will appear.
2. Cast a dummy ability on the unit that disables the attack function. (I can't remember clearly, but maybe it's one of the Panda's abilities)
Con: It cannot attack until the effect is gone...

 

[PurplePoot]

Pask, he wants the unit not to be autoacquired, not not to be able to autoacquire

 

[Dr Super Good]

There is an event that triggers when a unit auto aquires a unit.
Appon aquiring, order the unit to do something to stop it attacking.
This way it will not aquire a target automaticly and will still be able to attack if ordered to.

 

[PurplePoot]

There is an event that triggers when a unit auto aquires a unit.

Not that I can find, anyways

 

[Dalaran_Guard]

There is an event that triggers when a unit auto aquires a unit.

Not that I can find, anyways

Yea, if I'm not mistaken the event is "A unit acquires a target," so that would fire even if the unit was ordered to attack.


EDIT: Hey, a couple of ideas:
1. Though it wouldn't work exactly how you wanted, you could make the unit a ward and it would not be auto-targetted when there were other units around. However, you couldn't use abils with it or do some other things.
2. What about mechanical critter ability? I think it does something like what you wanted....

 

[PurplePoot]

Acquires a target doesn't work for Playerunitevents, though

 

[Dr Super Good]

So what, use jass to loop through all units and add it to them, yes leaking may be a trouble but hay it will work.

 

[paskovich]

Pask, he wants the unit not to be autoacquired, not not to be able to autoacquire

OMG!! This is the most lovely english sentence I've ever seen. Nice one PP

 

[PurplePoot]

I don't get it . By the way, if you mean grammar, the grammar was fine, far as I can tell. (cept for the lack of a period)

So what, use jass to loop through all units and add it to them, yes leaking may be a trouble but hay it will work.

Or make individual triggers per unit, and store them in a gamecache ++ detect when the unit dies. However, are you sure A Unit Acquires a Target doesn't fire on manual orders as well?

 

[Dalaran_Guard]

I don't get it . By the way, if you mean grammar, the grammar was fine, far as I can tell. (cept for the lack of a period)

Or make individual triggers per unit, and store them in a gamecache ++ detect when the unit dies. However, are you sure A Unit Acquires a Target doesn't fire on manual orders as well?

Well, pask was referring to the double negative, but that could be considered an intentional use either to add emphasis or to enhance one's writing style.

Concerning the event, I thought it fired on manual orders too, but I checked it just barely and it does not. Bravo, Dotore...

 

[PurplePoot]

It wouldn't make sense if not to the double negative >.>

And odd finding there, but that could be useful

 

[BlazeLancer]

Hey, i got an idea how bout i set player 8 (owner of the un-target able unit) as a ally to player 1 (The human player). But set player 1 as enemy to player 8.

 

[paskovich]

Oh, man.. Don't take that as a bad thing! I wasn't criticising your english, i know that you're good..
Nothing with the grammar, it's just funny, you have to read it 3-4 times (at least for me) to understand, that's all.
Sry if you meant that as an insult, I didn't mean to...

 

[PurplePoot]

I didn't think it was an insult, and I personally can't care too much about my grammar ><. I was just responding to Dalaran

Blaze -- is Player 8 a computer or something? And if not, they would show up as allies (so a human would have to manually use Attack, couldn't rightclick), and would affect all the units. Otherwise, it would work fine.

 

[BlazeLancer]

Actually, I also had to read my own post bout 3 times before i got it my self......