One team auto-share unit control

Hey all,

I'm trying to set things up so one player shares unit control (not full unit control, just unit control) with all of his allies by default at the start of the map. Currently I do this with a trigger that sets the sharing to true, but it looks tacky because when the map starts it says "You have been granted control of "Player Xs's units".

Am I missing something in the editor that would allow me to make his units shared by default? I don't think I can do it in the force editor, you can't edit individual player settings there, only the setting for the entire force.

Thanks for any help or suggestions!

Scenario>Force Properties...

I guess that could work

I don't think so, actually skwee. You can share unit control there, but it applies to the entire team.

I've got Players 1-6 on a Force with a Computer Player. If I share units from there, then all players share with each other (although the computer player does share with all 6 players, as he should). I may just have to put up with the message, it's not SO bad.

Couldn't you do that setting from the start then just take away privilages pertaining to the computer units? or other players you dont want to have control?

Well what I'm trying to avoid is the notification - and you are notified if you gain or lose control. What I want is for Players 1-6 to have control of the Computers units, but not each others units. It's easily accomplished with a trigger like

Pick All Players
For Computer Player, turn Shared Units on Toward Picked Player

but they get a notification. If i use the forced dialog and then take away control, they'll get five messages, one for each player.

You can do a Cinematic - Clear Text Messages [sic] immediately after sharing, or go into the Game Interface and change the sharing message to nothing.

Panto, thanks a bundle. I figured there was a simple way to take care of this. I just cleared the text messages, works like a charm (assuming the charm worked perfectly).