Creep Move-Attack & Message Log Questions

Two quick questions...

1. Can you make a creep 'move-attack?'

Whenever I order a creep to move to a location or to attack a specific unit, it ignores any other enemy along the way.
Without having to script an entirely new Creep AI, how can I get them to "Move-Attack" so they will defend themselves along the way?


2. How can I write to the message-log without echoing the text on the screen?

I have a huge RPG and it has 150 words of background story and another 75 words of hints, tips etc... I don't want to force the player to read through them, so I just want to write them into the message log for reference if they want to go read it, but I don't want to write to the screen. I tried using the Game message for 0.01 seconds, but it looked funky with all that flashing info. I'm afraid players will get anoyed thinking they've missed something important. Is there a clean, easy way to accomplish this? Is there a better way to refer players to a help file?

Thanks in advance for the help!!

This is just for your 2nd question... I suggest you just place the text into a quest. It wouldn't be that much harder than trying to have the text pop on the screen for a second and then disapear for the message log. People don't check the message log much, but they notice if the quest button is clickable.

Attack-Move is an order that targets a point, so you would order the creep to attack-move to position of <unit to move to>.


Have you tried displaying the text for 0 seconds? That would theoretically not show it on screen but should still put it in the message log.