Need uncontrollable, but killable unit

[Fluff]

Hey, I'm making a trigger that will create a unit and then gives it a patrol order. After that order is given, the unit should be able to take no other orders. It does, however, need to be auto-targettable by enemies so it can die. This is why a locust won't work. I see this question a lot, but I never see it answer very well, yet I know there is a good way to do this. Thanks for any help.

 

[UreDe4D]

• Events
  • Player - Player 1 selects a Unit
  • Player - Player 2 selects a Unit
• .....
• Conditions
  • selected unit Unit-type equal to your Unit
• Actions
  • Selection - clear selection for triggering player

 

[Fluff]

That sometimes works alright, but there is a delay of up to half a second.

 

[UreDe4D]

well you could additionally using something like this

• Events
  • Unit - a Unit is issued an order targeting an objekt
  • Unit - a Unit is issued an order targeting a point
• Conditions
  • Unit-type of triggering unit is equal to you unit-type
• Actions
  • Trigger - turn off this trigger
  • order unit to do the original order
  • Trigger - turn on this trigger

the turn on/off is necessaary otherwise the trigger would loop itself

 

[Fluff]

That would usually work, but it won't work here since I need the unit to patrol, and if an order were given it would mess up the patrol.

 

[NhazUl]

Add it the Plague Ward ability (the one you see on the Disease Cloud). This unit is selectable, but not controllable, and can be only auto-attacked.

 

[UreDe4D]

you could use regions for your patrolling points and then make a trigger with unit enters region1 order it to move to region2 and the other way round, then its not patrolling, but it looks like it, you could use a real variable to check if the unit has to go to region1 or region2 next if someone tries to direct your unit anywhere else

 

[Fluff]

Add it the Plague Ward ability (the one you see on the Disease Cloud). This unit is selectable, but not controllable, and can be only auto-attacked.

I see an ability called Disease Cloud (Plague Ward), but that didn't work. I could still select and move. Is that the one you were talking about?

 

[NhazUl]

Yeah, that one. Add the "Ward" ability too, and the "Wander (Neutral)" if you want the unit to uncontrollably move.

 

[Fluff]

I made them targeted as a ward, but I can still control them. There is no ability just called "Ward" that I can see.

 

[Need_O2]

Simple
Copy Chaos ability
and make it transform your unit to its own type
Add Locust to your unit
When unit gets created add that chaos to your unit
it will be attacklable but not choosable/controlable

Ward is not an ability its a classfiction
and it HIDES UI actions not disables them
still you will be able to control your unit

 

[Marshmalo]

hmm well if none of the above works you could just create a unit owned by an allied player and change team colour so it matches player colour, then he won't be able to control it but it can still fight and recieve orders via triggers.

 

[Need_O2]

yea it wont give bounty to you
it wont get announced when it gets attacked etc etc etc

 

[Fluff]

Simple
Copy Chaos ability
and make it transform your unit to its own type
Add Locust to your unit
When unit gets created add that chaos to your unit
it will be attacklable but not choosable/controlable

Ok, so I have a trigger to add the ability once the unit is made (and it changes to itself) but what do I do with the Chaos upgrade? Do I remove that techtree requirement? Do I make that upgrade initially researched?

Anyway, I made the chaos ability transform into another unit just to test, and it does transform okay, but enemies still don't attack it.

 

[Need_O2]

... strange :/
it should be vulnurable to attacks
try to attack with giving attack order targeting that unit
make sure new unit doesnt have locust