Patrolling a unit group in linear formation

[hyperstar]

i have bunch of lined footman and wanted to make them march ubiformly from point to point.

how dow i do thees?

 

[Apostle]

Use a trigger to make them go from the place they are originally located to a region or a point which is exactly parallel to their original location

Trigger will look something like this:

• Untitled Trigger 001
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit - Order Footman 0004 <gen> to Move To (Center of Region 000 <gen>)

 

[Jampion]

You probably need to determine the relative position to the center of the unit group of each unit within the unit group and then order each unit to move to a point depedning on its relative position in the unit group.

For partially blocked terrain or a non linear path, the units will still not move perfectly in formation.

For the best result you probably have to make periodic checks and reorder them to new locations periodicaly, which is not that easy and very inefficient.

 

[Rem]

This is very basic. All you have to do is line the footman right and make sure they all stay on a straight path, good timing is the key to making it work,

 

[Kaijyuu]

Due to the way the pathing engine works I found it difficult to maintain formation over long distances. My system ended up having to constantly issue short move orders (no more than ~1300 distance units) to keep them from bunching up and fanning out.