Turning and moving

[Mechanical Man]

Does anybody know how to do EFFECTIVELY make unit immobile while turning? While for wheeled vehicled can seem ok, it is weird for tracked ones and also for siege weapons. Of course it can be ignored when turning small angles (like 30 degrees). The problem is that the trigger should monitor every unit that has this movement type.

 

[edge[d1]]

if i understood correctly that you want a unit not to be able to move, but still to be able to turn towards combat, here is a solution i used once:
1) make a buff based on whatever
icon = your unit icon or whatever
art --> remove all effect models
tooltip = whatever
2) make an ability based on ensnare:
mana cost = 0; casting range = 50;
duration = 0 //means forever (if that is what you want)
buff = our buff from above;
targets = ground
3) do this whenever a unit is created and revived (or becomes static)
Unit - Add SelfEnsnare ability to OurUnit
Unit - Order OurUnit to Orc Raider - Ensnare OurUnit
Unit - Remove SelfEnsnare ability from OurUnit
4) that's it; if the unit can become mobile again, there is a trigger action called: Unit - Remove specific buff...

hope that helps

 

[Mechanical Man]

Actually I wanted to make unit immobile only when turning, after the turn is done, it will move again towards that direction

 

[paskovich]

Well, the question is, how to detect when a unit turns? Huhh.. The only thing i can think of is a periodic trigger / timer, that checks the facing angle of the unit, but it is not a good idea..
So, i really don't know...

 

[DragoonZombie]

for the turning part you can easily change 'Movement - Turn Rate' to 0.10.
the unit will first turn and then move.
For the trigger part, i would do the same like paskovich.

This isnt perfect, but thats how i would do it.

 

[Kixer]

Hmmm the best way i know to disable movement but enable turning is to set movespeed to 1. That way the unit moves soooo slowly but it can still turn. Then use pask's idea. The problem is that the unit can still blink ect.
Hope this helps, its simpler than ensnare too.