Unit won't stop

[Spellbound]

I'm trying to make a unit to Stop when it finishes training, or when it's given a move order, but it's not responding and keeps on moving. I've tried a bunch of things but nothing's working.

call PauseUnit(sentinel, true)
call IssueImmediateOrderById(sentinel, 851972) //Stop Order
call PauseUnit(sentinel, false)

This doesn't work. I've tried with Stunned or ordering it to move at it's own location, but no success so far. SetUnitPosition doesn't seem to cancel orders either right after the units is created or given a move order. The only thing that 'works' is to wait something like 0.3 seconds and then ordering the stop, which is... not ideal. At all.

If this is at all relevant, that unit is supposed to start orbiting the building that created it with SetUnitX/Y, so that it can still attack anything that comes close to it.

 

[Chaosy]

Wait 0.00 seconds usually works here. If that's not okay use a timer instead.

 

[Spellbound]

PolledWait at 0.00 doesn't work. What would be the lines for a timer in JASS? I've never actually used countdown timers before. Also since it's a timer, does that mean I'll need separate triggers to detect when the timer ends?

 

[Chaosy]

GUI use TriggerSleepAction(...) I think.

And you can use a timer in a way cleaner way in jass btw.

//handwritten, will likely contain errors

library name
    function endTimer takes nothing returns nothing
        //do stuff after timer is done
    endfunction

    function myActions takes nothing returns nothing
        call TimerStart(CreateTimer(), 0, false,  function endTimer)
    endfunction

    function onInit takes nothing returns nothing
        local trigger t = CreateTrigger()
        //register your event
        call TriggerAddAction(t, function myActions)
    endfunction
endlibrary

 

[Spellbound]

So I tell the unit to stop within the endTimer function? It'll have to take unit u or something, though when I do that, doing call TimerStart(CreateTimer(), 0, false, function endTimer(myunit)) doesn't seem to work. I don't know the syntax there

Also why do I need to put those in a Library?

 

[Chaosy]

I don't think function name() can take arguments.

And it needs a library otherwise the onInit method wont be executed. You can work around that needless to say.

 

[Spellbound]

Oh, right, methods. My trigger still has the same converted-from-GUI format. Can I just add the stop order after call TimerStart(CreateTimer(), 0, false, function endTimer)?

EDIT: doesn't seem to work.

 

[Chaosy]

Nope. Needs to be in the endTimer() function.

 

[Spellbound]

Not sure how I can tell unit to stop inside the endTimer function without arguments :\

 

[Arad MNK]

Globals (using indexes, Probably).

 

[Bribe]

Why not just set its prop window to 0 in JASS?

call SetUnitPropWindow(u, 0)

It acts as a permanent ensnare but you can still move it via SetUnitX/Y

 

[ZiBitheWand3r3r]

I'm trying to make a unit to Stop when it finishes training

• Untitled Trigger 002
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Finishes training a unit
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Trained unit)) Equal to Footman
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Add (Trained unit) to StopGroup
    • Countdown Timer - Start StopTimer as a One-shot timer that will expire in 0.00 seconds

• Untitled Trigger 003
  • Events
    • Time - StopTimer expires
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in StopGroup and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Stop
        • Unit Group - Remove (Picked unit) from StopGroup

zibi

 

[Spellbound]

Oh thank you, ZiBitheWand3r3r! It works nicely +rep

Why not just set its prop window to 0 in JASS?

call SetUnitPropWindow(u, 0)

It acts as a permanent ensnare but you can still move it via SetUnitX/Y

That's a good suggestion all things considered. The units need to be able to move freely once they start attacking, but I could always just turn PropWindow on and off. I'll see if this is better for my purposes, thanks