Unselectable Units

[LazyCoder]

How do you make units unselectable?

 

[Just_Spectating]

add to their abilities, "Locust"

 

[Eleandor]

but that'll also make them invulnerable.

I read somewhere that you can make a unit unselectable by changing its selectionscale to -1. I don't know if it works, but I guess it's worth a try.

 

[PurplePoot]

Well, you could always disable Drag-Selection then

(Add Locust
Hide the unit
Remove Locust
Unhide the unit)

Since Adding/Removing locust makes them not click-selectable and removing drag-selection would stop them from being selectable at all.

However, this would potentially be annoying if you needed drag-select for other things.

 

[LazyCoder]

I'll try setting the selection scale to -1. seems like that would work... or it would crash it...

what do you mean disable drag selection? (If you mean what I think you mean... wow. I didn't know you could do that...)

EDIT: Setting the seleciton scale to -1 just makes it act like one, and it causes the circle to flicker (possibly because it's intersecting with the terrain.)

EDIT2: If I give them the locust ability, will triggers still detect them? (ie unit in range)
also, how do I disable drag selection?

 

[donut3.5]

what do you mean disable drag selection? (If you mean what I think you mean... wow. I didn't know you could do that...)

It's a trigger action.
--donut3.5--

 

[PurplePoot]

The native is EnableDragSelect, and it takes boolean enable, boolean ui.

And no, locusts are ignored by that kind of thing. (But my other proposed way involves removing it again)

 

[LazyCoder]

Luckily, I don't need drag selection for anything else!

Thanks!

EDIT: Why do I have to hide then unhide them?

EDIT2: Do I have to do that constantly (???) or only at map initialization (or whenever the unit is made)?

EDIT3: Well what the hell! There's an action there that does what I want! In my map, there is only one unit I wanted you to be able to control, so I can just do the disable selection action! HAHA!

 

[PurplePoot]

EDIT: Why do I have to hide then unhide them?

Otherwise locust doesn't remove, it's a weird bug.

EDIT: Why do I have to hide then unhide them?

Disable drag select? Once only.

 

[LazyCoder]

When were those actions added?
I started mapping when WC3 first came out, but then I've been away for like a year or so.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

Make a doodad and give it the model you desire

 

[PurplePoot]

When were those actions added?
I started mapping when WC3 first came out, but then I've been away for like a year or so.

No idea.

Make a doodad and give it the model you desire

Units act differently than doodads, and can be created dynamically...

Under your argument you should use a Special Effect.