How can I prevent a players unit from auto targetting its enemy units

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I can't seem to make it so that the player treats his enemy as an ally, because that just confuses everything and makes it worse.

I want the player to manually attack, and prevent his/her unit from auto targetting the enemy unit.

The players unit in question is a footman. The enemy unit is a ghoul.

I tried thinking of a trigger for it but couldn't think of much, I tried generic unit event but nothing about auto targetting was in there.

I thought maybe if I did something when the unit attacks to stop it, but wouldn't that just conflict when the player manually attacks also?

So, if anyone can help Thanks

Set the unit's acquisition range to 0. However, don't do that in the object editor, but do it with a trigger instead, because acquisition range set in the object editor clamps down the unit's attack range as well, while trigger-set acquisition range only limits the unit's auto targeting range.

Here's a way but it gets a little messy.
Events
Unit - A unit comes within 1000.00 of Ghoul 0046 <gen>
Conditions
(Triggering unit) Equal to Footman 0045 <gen>
Actions
Unit - Order Footman 0045 <gen> to Stop
Unit - Order Ghoul 0046 <gen> to Stop

You have to change the condition i'm not sure what it is. But that might work.
This thought is sloppy because you have to target it twiice!
Just a thought
EDIT: darn wasted too much time~Anitarf got there 1st
~Piece

anitarf

I never knew that, thanks much

thanks also to Hunter

Will that still allow it to automatically defend itself when attacked, though, or will it act as if an ally were attacking it and do nothing?

Wouldn't that stop both the footman and ghoul from doing anything at all?

Just wondering, cause I've used that before in similer situations, and I think nothing good came of it...

...just a thought, not trying to conflict or anything ;)

I haven't tested it extensively, but i think some of the "ghost" abilities allow you prevent a unit from auto-aquirring.