moving unit without resetting walk animation?

[GoGoTauren]

I want to move the unit with the arrow keys and right click to attack. The only problem is, if the unit doesnt have 0 movement speed (and therefore no right click) the animations reset when it's moved. How can you get around this?

possible alternatives are detecting right click some other way, which I dont think is possible.

Also, is there some way to hide the stop command button? it freakin annoys me.

thanks

 

[Cweener]

well for your first problem you could do

function Trig_Untitled_Trigger_001_Actions takes nothing returns nothing
    call AddUnitAnimationProperties(gg_unit_yourunithere,"walk",false)
    //yourunithere can be replaced with your actual unit :P
endfunction

function InitTrig_Untitled_Trigger_001 takes nothing returns nothing
    set gg_trg_Untitled_Trigger_001 = CreateTrigger(  )
    call TriggerAddAction( gg_trg_Untitled_Trigger_001, function Trig_Untitled_Trigger_001_Actions )
endfunction

or in GUI
[trigger="your trigger"]
Actions
Animation - Remove the walk animatin tag to (your unit)[/trigger]

 

[Berb]

Does that actually work?

I would have advised using the SetUnitAnimationByIndex function instead of SetUnitAnimation.

After reading further, I don't understand what you're trying to do here. If you can only move with arrow-keys, then what is supposed to happen when you attack the unit? Also, if you issue a "smart" order that means you have right-clicked.

 

[Bribe]

The stop button annoys you?

The buttons I hate are "patrol" and "attack ground", I don't see any reason not to have the stop button.

 

[GoGoTauren]

i was thinking of using right click for attack, especially for spells and ranged attacks. Ill test Cweener's thing in a bit, my computers having a fit at the moment. I guess i wasnt thinking when I posted this, patrol is also going to be a problem isnt it...

I guess the smart thing should work though, and solve the problem with the buttons, as I wont have to give the hero movement.. +rep to all

Edit: hmm, Cweener's solution doesn't seem to work... and the smart seems to only work if the right click is doing something, like ordering the unit to move :/

 

[Berb]

and the smart seems to only work if the right click is doing something, like ordering the unit to move :/

I asked this before, but perhaps you over-looked it.

After reading further, I don't understand what you're trying to do here. If you can only move with arrow-keys, then what is supposed to happen when you attack the unit? Also, if you issue a "smart" order that means you have right-clicked.

The smart order is only issued when move/attack is issued via right-click. If your unit does not have either of these then the order will not be issued. If the problem is that your unit tries to interrupt the arrow-key commands then you can easily cancel the orders issued and re-issue the previous order using Dusk's LastOrder library.

If you want your unit to be able to turn then it will have to have the Move ability, so how exactly did you test the right-click without your unit being able to move?

 

[GoGoTauren]

oh i replaced my hero with a footman. I dont want the move icons and crap because they take up space i need for abilities... and no I don't an uncloseable spellbook because they stuff up the order of everything and the little exit button in the bottom right of the screen gets in the way.

What i thought would be good is if instead of an attack ability, you could right click and the hero would face that point and attack, but I don't want all the command buttons... I guess its impossible though. thanks anyway...

 

[Berb]

I believe there are some hidden secrets on removing the Patrol and Hold Position buttons but you may be out of luck on removing the Attack and Move buttons without actually removing the unit's ability to attack/move.