Place units in formation

[Djbapt]

Hello there,
I'd like to know how I can place a group of unit in formation. I've seen a lot of topics about moving them in formation, I don't care. I have a group of randomly placed unit (pretty close though), and I want to make them move and place in line (side by side, not one behind another).
This is What I want :

I obviously want them to move at the same time, not one by one.
I've tried this :

(This a (half-)French version of the Editor, but I hope it's still pretty understandable)
So my point was to pick a unit in the group, order it to move, remove it from the group, change the point coordinates, and do it again until there's no units left in the group. But it doesn't work (the units are not removed, I was expecting that, but the point coordinates does not change either).

So can my method be corrected? Or is there another better way to do this?

Thank you.

 

[millzy]

The point cord is set the same evry time

Use temppoint offset by 0.00 -20.00 x integerA

 

[Dr Super Good]

Each tile is 128*128 so you might need more than 20 offset.

 

[LordDz]

Save the random unit in a variable and use that variable to order the unit to move.
The (ordered unit) only applies to when you use an event with "a unit is ordered" it doesn't react to actions.

This map features formation troop movement, maybe you can ask the author how he made it?
Rome II Total War 1.0

 

[Djbapt]

The point cord is set the same evry time

Use temppoint offset by 0.00 -20.00 x integerA

I thought that as in basic programmation, when you do x = x + a in a for loop changes the value of x at each occurence.

@LorDz : if i can't use "ordered unit" tu refer to the random unit, how can I store it in a variable? "Set unit_temp=?"

 

[millzy]

No x as in times, integerA will go up for each loop meaning it will look like this

20x1=20
20×2=40
20×3=60
20×4=80
Ect

But like @Dr Super Good said 128 is each sqaure so ud want to use 128 instead of 20 maybe

 

[Rheiko]

@LorDz : if i can't use "ordered unit" tu refer to the random unit, how can I store it in a variable? "Set unit_temp=?"

• Set unit_temp = Random unit from unit_group

use unit_temp instead of random unit/ordered unit afterwards

 

[Djbapt]

It's ok I finnally made it work guys, thanks for you help.
Here's the final trigger :

As i said previously, I don't need to multiply by integer A, I'm in a for loop so on each turn temp_point is modified.

 

[millzy]

Doing it that way leaks a point variable

 

[Djbapt]

Yeah I just don't put the remove variable scripts, it's just for an example.