Moving Sideways

[noob134]

Does anyone know how to make a unit move sideways, but still face a certain fixed direction?

 

[Rispetto]

I'm assuming you can create a point where you want the unit to face, have it face that point in a trigger, but still have the unit move to the desired location as usual.

 

[Darkness-4ever]

Or-or you could do it the really long and harder method of using the Data Editor instead of short-cutting it through triggers. It'll be really hard but you'll be thankful for learning this later. You ready? Its the data editor so it'll be really long and tedious compared to triggers editor to get the job done, here it is:
Go to Unit Flags, uncheck the one that says turnable, and if Turn before moving one is checked, uncheck that one too.
Oh wow that was a lot, but hey, it gets the job done at least.

 

[noob134]

Thanks Dark, worked exactly as i wanted it, +rep for both for helping

 

[Serbianbeast]

Speaking of which... Can you make the unit walk in one way and look to the other side?

 

[Darkness-4ever]

You're going to need to be more clear about what your asking.

 

[Serbianbeast]

Indeed. What I've tried to say was: Could you make a unit walk in one direction, meaning that its feet are moving in that direction, while upper part of the body is facing another direction (wc3 lock head/chest facing)?

 

[Darkness-4ever]

No, Starcraft 2 models don't work that way, you can't orient the head and body in different directions.

 

[Serbianbeast]

But how can a Goliath and a Diamondback do that?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Cause they use actors to control the turret bones. I am sure it is possible.