[Trigger] SetUnitX/Y not working

[NightSkyAurora]

Greetings everyone

I'm fairly confident with custom scripts and used them for a very long time without problem. However I encountered a strange situation where this function simply does nothing .

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In the loop trigger under ---CURVE--- is the following piece of code:

trigger

• For each (Integer Temp_IntB) from 2 to MeatHLength[MeatHCustomValue], do (Actions)
  • Loop - Actions
    • -------- CURVE --------
    • Set MeatHCurPoint = (Position of MeatHChain[Temp_IntB])
    • Set MeatHNextPoint = (Position of MeatHChain[(Temp_IntB - 1)])
    • Set Temp_Real = (Angle from MeatHNextPoint to MeatHCurPoint)
    • Set MeatHNewPoint = (MeatHNextPoint offset by MeatHChainRate[MeatHCustomValue] towards Temp_Real degrees)
    • Custom script: call SetUnitPosition(udg_MeatHChain[udg_Temp_IntB], GetLocationX(udg_MeatHNewPoint), GetLocationY(udg_MeatHNewPoint))
    • Custom script: call SetUnitFacing(udg_MeatHChain[udg_Temp_IntB], udg_Temp_Real)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_MeatHCurPoint)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_MeatHNextPoint)
    • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_MeatHNewPoint)

If you replace Custom script:

• call SetUnitPosition(udg_MeatHChain[udg_Temp_IntB], GetLocationX(udg_MeatHNewPoint), GetLocationY(udg_MeatHNewPoint))

with

• Custom script: call SetUnitX(udg_MeatHChain[udg_Temp_IntB], GetLocationX(udg_MeatHNewPoint))

(and Y version) then it simply does nothing... but why?

Thank you for helping

 

[jonhysone]

First of all, make sure that "MeatHNewPoint" is returned successfully (That it exists and is a new point)

then Store X and Y coordinates as Arrayless variables, then use your script like this :

• Actions
  • Set MeatHNewPoint = (MeatHNextPoint offset by MeatHChainRate[MeatHCustomValue] towards Temp_Real degrees)
  • Set MeatHNewPointX = (X of MeatHNewPoint)
  • Set MeatHNewPointY = (Y of MeatHNewPoint)
  • Custom script: call SetUnitX(udg_MeatHChain[udg_Temp_IntB], udg_MeatHNewPointX)
  • Custom script: call SetUnitY(udg_MeatHChain[udg_Temp_IntB], udg_MeatHNewPointY)

 

[NightSkyAurora]

Surprisingly that work. Thank you johnysone . I just don't understand why we can't do that in 1 function. Anyway I applied your suggestion on the head:

trigger

• -------- <<<FORWARD>>> --------
• Set MeatHCurPoint = (Position of MeatHHead)
• Set MeatHNewPoint = (MeatHCurPoint offset by MeatHSpeed[MeatHCustomValue] towards (Facing of MeatHHead) degrees)
• Set MeatHNewPointX = (X of MeatHNewPoint)
• Set MeatHNewPointY = (Y of MeatHNewPoint)
• Custom script: call SetUnitX(udg_MeatHHead, udg_MeatHNewPointX)
• Custom script: call SetUnitY(udg_MeatHHead, udg_MeatHNewPointY)
• Custom script: call SetUnitPosition(udg_MeatHHead, GetLocationX(udg_MeatHNewPoint), GetLocationY(udg_MeatHNewPoint))
• Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_MeatHCurPoint)
• Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_MeatHNewPoint)

the old SetUnitPosition() does the job but your method doesn't work here as it did in the first problem. Do you know why?

SOLVED: SetUnitX/Y doesn't work on units that has 0 movement speed

+rep

 

[Bribe]

It won't work on buildings, if that's what you mean

 

[NightSkyAurora]

It won't work on buildings, if that's what you mean

That is not what I mean... The dummy unit moved by the function wasn't a building. What you said make sense, thanks for the info