Stay Burrowed, damn Arachnathid!

I'm telling this arachnathid to burrow, but he constantly unburrows immediately. How do I fix it?

is he housetrained :> maybe it is a bug. get the latest patch

I have the latest patch. I know it has something to do with AI. Some better help, please?

Is it a neutral hostile unit? Those have a tendancy to do bad stuff like only moving a small distance and then returning to their previous position when given a move order. Maybe the bug is here.

If the arachnid is player controlled, and that player is a computer, then you might want to disable any AI's the computer has.

If it's a human player controlled unit, then I have no idea what could be wrong.

it'll be because the arachnathid is Neut hostile or Computer Controlled, the AI is putting it so that its in what it belives is the most effective position.

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The only thing about what i disagree with is he said (my) so that means That the unit probably was givin an order like to move or attack... idk i don't use the undead but i hope that helps

Yes, it's a computer. But how can I disable the AI? I can't find a trigger that will disable that... well, until I get a reply, I'll just have to change it to another player while he burrows.

If the unit attacks/moves/cast spells while underground, the anarchid will unburrow (still be burrowed and invisible to enemies) and do whatever. Make a custom unit of the anarchid, remove the attack, movement, and any spells that it should have except burrow. That way all you can do underground is unburrow.

Blizzard did their burrowing stuff by hiding the burrowed units untill a unit came near them, then unhiding them, playing the unburrow animation. The burrowed units often didnt actually have a working burrow.

pause the unit after burrowing and unpause before unburrowing it?

Omg, after spending two days with the same problem this finally worked. But, I was told pausing units causes memory leaks? So what should I do? How do I tell the AI to leave the unit alone until something comes near it? The computer AI constantly unburrows the unit unless I use pause/unpause.

Please help!

I know you might not like this suggestion, but it sounds the easiest to me.

After it burrows you could use a trigger like the following (dont worry its real easy)
Event-
(Unit enters region) - Generic Unit enters entire map
Condition-
(Unit-Type Comparison) - Unit-type of Triggering Unit equal to (Arachnid Burrowed Form)
Action-
(Unit-Pause/Unpause) - Pause Triggering Unit

This should keep the unit from unburrowing, but check the ability. Make sure it doesnt have a duration or anything. This will also keep the unit from moving while burrowed, and from doing pretty much anything.

Well, whoever told you about pausing causing leaks, he was wrong.

Do you have any idea how I can modify the AI to leave the unit burrowed until a player controlled unit walks by it without using puase/unpause? =)

Just tell the AI to ignore unit guard posistions(trigger). This keeps it from using most of its units. I think heroes and workers are exceptions to that, though.