Pick units in unit group - including those with locust?

[Mufanza]

Hi, is there a way for picking all the units in the unit group, including those with the ability locust?

When I, for example, pick all the units in radius around my hero, or all the units in a certain region, the units with locust ability are left unpicked... Which is awesome in most cases, but not in this one :C

 

[Pharaoh_]

When you create a unit with the locust ability, add it in a global group, e.g. "LocustGroup" (Variable type: Unit Group). When you want to pick them in range, pick every unit in the LocustGroup as well, and Set Point2 = (Position of (Picked unit)), while Point1 = (Position of (Triggering unit)) [or Target point of ability being cast, etc.] and make a real comparison, if the distance between the points is greater than or equal to the ability's range; if it is, perform the actions.

 

[Mufanza]

Hey, thanks for the reply!
I actually thought about that, but I have a pretty large amount of units with Locust in the map, and since this comparison would have to loop every 0.02 seconds, I was looking for something CPU faster.

 

[Pharaoh_]

First of all increase the loop to 0.03 - 0.05, it's still smooth. Secondly, I don't think there is another way here :/
You could also work with regions if you want, save a group to each region, check where the main unit is when it casts the spell (Boolean comparison, Unit is in region), check what region is that and load the saved group handle. Then, follow the method that I mentioned.

 

[Spartipilo]

A way to 'simulate' it would be:

- Set Collision Size to 0 (Removes Collision)
- Set Selection Scale to -1, (Removes Health Bar)
- Add Invulnerable... (Makes them Invulnerable)

You could trigger that, if a player picks one of these units, de-select it...

Anyway, Pharaoh_ solution seems better if the units really need the 'Locust'

 

[PurgeandFire]

You can always group the units of a player. (this will include locust units) Then you can just remove any units that aren't in the radius. (check if the unit is within X range of the caster)

 

[Mufanza]

Hmmm, nay, neither would work, I think I'll have to go with the very first suggestion in this post.

Anyway, thanks for concerning, really!