Cloak or disable attack on a structure/unit

[StrikerShot21]

Is there a way to disable the enemy to attack certain units or structures? I want to create a mine layer but the enemies will shoot it before getting close enough for the mine to take effect.

[martiño]

I don't understand exactly what you want to do, can you explain it a bit more in detail?

[StrikerShot21]

I want to be able to either cloak my soldiers so the enemies can not see them, or make it where the enemies will not attack my troops. I want it so I can create mines, the enemies will not see the mines and will therefore not destroy them or avoid them.

[Ayrin Greenflag]

how u can put your units into a building?
and what's sight value variable?

[StrikerShot21]

what? All I want is to make my units invisible. It's really not that hard to understand. Sight value is how far a unit can see, if a units sight is 1, it won't auto attack enemies until it gets close enough for it to see them.

[martiño]

- You can't cloack units

- You can put units unto a building by making a cellmap for them. Many buildings in the game have cellmaps, such as the barracks, take a look to the xml files.

[StrikerShot21]

well, perhaps you have a solution for my mine system?

[martiño]

I don't know how

[FatedBloodshed_Designer]

I have a plan (if anyone is still going to read this) we should make the unit have a transperent effect like glass for a unit or like some type of mirror. It would only be good online but better than nothing.

[John.d.h]

If you make a unit with a cell map that is all zeroes, then the enemy can't attack it.  However, your own units can't interact with it at all either, like to build or repair it, so if you make a building like that, you have to start out with it.  I haven't tried giving a non-building unit a cell map, but I don't see why it couldn't be done.  I'll try it out tonight if I get a chance.

we should make the unit have a transperent effect like glass

I think you can do that already using alpha.

[tucho]

If you make a unit with a cell map that is all zeroes, then the enemy can't attack it.  However, your own units can't interact with it at all either, like to build or repair it, so if you make a building like that, you have to start out with it.  I haven't tried giving a non-building unit a cell map, but I don't see why it couldn't be done.  I'll try it out tonight if I get a chance.

you are right, I made a mine in this way for my stopped mod "alien invasion". That works (but, as you say, you can interact with those units after they be created)

[Ishmaru]

you are right, I made a mine in this way for my stopped mod "alien invasion". That works (but, as you say, you can interact with those units after they be created)

How exactly did you make that mine? I tried many methods but none of them work properly.

[tucho]

make a unit that have a cellmap with value 0, put 1 in attack range and put an splash attack value that kill your own unit, by this way the enemys won't see the the mine, the mine damage the enemys when they walk on the mine (or on 1 cell of distance) and the mine is shelf destructed with his own attack.

[Ishmaru]

make a unit that have a cellmap with value 0, put 1 in attack range and put an splash attack value that kill your own unit, by this way the enemys won't see the the mine, the mine damage the enemys when they walk on the mine (or on 1 cell of distance) and the mine is shelf destructed with his own attack.

I actually did just that but the mines do not take damage from the splash.
I gave them 1 hp and the base attack does 100. but they do not die them selves. When i put the cell map to 1 then it works but can be targeted by enemies.

[tucho]

yep, is true, I remember I had the same problem, units with cell map= 0 cant receive damage, after that I made a anti-tank dog unit, a really fast unit that is self destroyed with his own attack. Sorry for the previous wrong reply

[Ishmaru]

yep, is true, I remember I had the same problem, units with cell map= 0 cant receive damage, after that I made a anti-tank dog unit, a really fast unit that is self destroyed with his own attack. Sorry for the previous wrong reply

Its ok. Its funny that I came up with a similar solution. Thanks for the input.

[Omega]

Bah, I tried the 0 cellmap theory half a year ago. The best thing you can do for a mine is to make it a tough armor type that can only be defeated by itself. However, this would make the problem of ranged units never getting close enough. They'll just attack this thing and be sitting ducks...

*BTW: cellmaps SHOULD work with moving units perfectly fine, however, if I remember correctly, they cannot move if a unit is inside of them. Units can only be inside the cellmap of a unit while that unit is stopped.