Units Unselectable?

10-26-2003, 07:46 PM	#1
Das Jank	How do I make units unselectable? Is there an ability I can give them for this?

10-26-2003, 07:55 PM	#2
MaliceDR	Unknown (aloc)

10-26-2003, 07:56 PM

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I *think* it's not possible without triggers... and even triggering it is not perfect. It would be something like:

Event - player selects a unit
Condition - unit-type of triggering unit is equal to (XXXXX)
Actions - wait 0 seconds
- remove triggering unit from selection for player

which allows the player to select the unit just long enough to do something like tell it to go across the screen or see its armor, which, done repeatedly, means across the level and all its stats.

(Edit) Unknown? aloc? really? Thanks man, that helps me out a good bit actually...

10-26-2003, 08:19 PM	#4
Shark	what IS that Unknown (Aloc) anywayz ? i've seen it a couple of times, but i don't know what it is...:(((

10-26-2003, 08:21 PM	#5
Das Jank	Wasn't there something about Unknown(aloc) causing the game to freeze if you don't add it through triggers?

10-26-2003, 08:22 PM	#6
Hunter0000	unknow (aloc) is the ability that the locust swarm flys use.

10-26-2003, 08:24 PM	#7
AllPainful	Unknown (aloc) is a bad idea, it does cause problems sometimes. Unknown (aloc) is the Locust ability (the locusts in "Locust Swarm" are actually units that have the Unknown(aloc) ability.) The ability makes the unit unselectable (thats why you can't select the locusts in "Locust Swarm") among other things. EDIT: Hunted beat me to the answer... geez.. someone ALWAYS does that...

10-26-2003, 08:33 PM	#8
Das Jank	So should I add it through triggers to be safe? Adds to straight to the units? Or should I just make a trigger that when someone selects the units it auto deselects them?

10-26-2003, 08:33 PM	#9
MaliceDR	I have yet to see Unknown (aloc) cause any problems. Given, I have not abused that ability very much.

10-26-2003, 08:36 PM	#10
Shark	!!! now i know where i've seen it :)) tnx

10-26-2003, 08:54 PM	#11
Das Jank	If I give something Unknown(aloc) will that units other abilitys still works like immolation?

10-26-2003, 09:10 PM	#12
Hunter0000	yes, they should work fine.

10-27-2003, 02:15 AM	#13
Zachary_Shadow	Or, if your not fond of using the Unknown(aloc), try this: In object, set flying height to 9000, selection circle height to 9000 and selection circle to 0.01. It will cause the selection point to be so far away and so small, that it shouldn't show at all.

10-27-2003, 02:24 AM	#14
DemonicSoul	giving them no model works too, unless of course they are a hero you own or a peon thats idle the trigger with the unselecting is horrible and slow, it has lag between where you can make the unit do things, but someone else posted some triggers (prolly in repository) that disallows some abilities to be used, and prevents indefinite loops

10-27-2003, 07:57 AM	#15
Supra God CrK	i have never used the unknown (aloc) thing before so i don't know for sure but i know that when i did triggers with this spell it was so slow and annoying that i would give the unkown aloc thing a shot instead of trying triggers.