Allied Units controlled by abilities

02-23-2008, 10:54 PM

okay,
for a single player map im currently working on,
i want to have units supporting/following the Hero, but are not owned by the player.
these helper units are owned by a computer controlled player
but listen to orders through abilities that the main hero has on start-up

i dont fully understand JASS to utilize it

i have 5 triggers devoted to the 'Hero followers'

Trigger:

Check for Units

Events

Time - Every 2.00 seconds of game time

Conditions

Actions

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

Hero_Followers_TF Equal to True

Then - Actions

Trigger - Turn on On Me <gen>

Trigger - Turn on Attack <gen>

Trigger - Turn on Defend <gen>

Trigger - Turn on Follow <gen>

Else - Actions

Trigger - Turn off On Me <gen>

Trigger - Turn off Attack <gen>

Trigger - Turn off Defend <gen>

Trigger - Turn off Follow <gen>

Hero_followers_TF is a boolean variable, that is set to true if units have been added to the unit group Hero_Followers.
Units can only be added to the group variable when the hero takes a quest where units are put under his control.
this trigger is ment to turn on/off the following triggers if the hero has no supporting units.

Trigger:

Events

Time - Every 5.00 seconds of game time

Conditions

Hero_Followers_TF Equal to True

Actions

Unit Group - Pick every unit in Hero_Followers and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

(Current order of (Picked unit)) Equal to (Order(stop))

Then - Actions

Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Follow TheHero

Else - Actions

problems here: when units have stopped, after 5 seconds, they do not follow TheHero

Trigger:

On Me

Events

Unit - A unit owned by Player 1 (Red) Starts the effect of an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) Equal to "On Me!" (Command)

Actions

Unit Group - Pick every unit in Hero_Followers and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Follow TheHero

the problem here is that if the Hero uses the 'Defensive Positions' ability, the units in Hero_Followers will move to the position, then stop. requiring the player to use the 'On Me!' ability

Trigger:

Attack

Events

Unit - A unit owned by Player 1 (Red) Starts the effect of an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) Equal to "Attack!" (Command)

Actions

Unit Group - Pick every unit in Hero_Followers and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Attack (Target unit of ability being cast)

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

((Target unit of ability being cast) is dead) Equal to True

Then - Actions

Unit Group - Pick every unit in Hero_Followers and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Stop

Else - Actions

the problem with this trigger is that when the target unit is killed, the units in Hero_Followers will move back to their locations when the map started, before they were added to the group

Trigger:

Defend

Events

Unit - A unit owned by Player 1 (Red) Starts the effect of an ability

Conditions

(Ability being cast) Equal to "Defensive Positions!" (Neutral Hostile 1)

Actions

If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)

If - Conditions

Defend_yes Equal to False

Then - Actions

Unit Group - Pick every unit in Hero_Followers and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Human Footman - Defend

Set Defend_yes = True

Else - Actions

Unit Group - Pick every unit in Hero_Followers and do (Actions)

Loop - Actions

Unit - Order (Picked unit) to Human Footman - Stop Defend

Set Defend_yes = False

This trigger performs perfectly, units in Hero_Followers activate and deactivate Defend as they should. just that the problem occurs that ive stated above with the On Me trigger.

any help is appreciated, thanks

02-24-2008, 09:27 AM

tamisrah

To the problem that your units won't follow after the 5secs: I had a simliar problem and I think I solved it by replacing the

Trigger:

If - Conditions

(Current order of (Picked unit)) Equal to (Order(stop))

with this

Trigger:

And - All (Conditions) are true

Conditions

(Current order of (Picked unit)) Unequal to (Order(smart))

(Current order of (Picked unit)) Unequal to (Order(patrol))

(Current order of (Picked unit)) Unequal to (Order(hold))

(Current order of (Picked unit)) Unequal to (Order(null))

Referring to your other problems I'd say as a temporary solve you could just order them to follow the hero after each of your triggers.

02-24-2008, 03:49 PM	#3
refl3ction	im about to try that out, if it works thanks a bunch :]