What does "recycle unit guard position" do?

12-23-2006, 03:06 PM

What exactly does this function do? I think it takes the current location of a unit and sets THAT to be the point that the unit will return to unless given some other order.

More to the point, if a unit has a point that it's ORDERED to go to, and then I recycle its guard position, will it set the guard position to the unit's current point or to the target point of its current order? I ask because it seems like Blizzard likes to do things that way sometimes.

Now, I'm also curious how I might set the guard distance and guard return time for UNITS, not just creeps.

Thanks! Very helpful for trigger-generated AI!

12-23-2006, 03:09 PM

Preskooldude

According to the Complete GUI Trigger index made by Knights, it

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Resets the unit, so it can get commands from the AI again.

12-23-2006, 03:22 PM

shadow1500

From dwarfcampaign:

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AI - Recycle Unit Guard Position

This action does the following things:

Removes the guard position. The guard position will not be filled with new units, because it no longer exists. The first guard position on the map cannot be removed.
Sends the unit to the first guard position on the map.
Assigns the unit to guard the first guard position.
Makes the unit available for AI scripts; i.e. it negates the effect of Ignore Unit Guard Position.

Recycling is mostly useful for returning units that have been singled out from AI script's assault groups back to them.

12-23-2006, 03:38 PM	#4
CaptainPicard	Ah! Very helpful, shadow1500 and Preskooldude. I'll check out knights GUI reference now that I know it exists.