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On February 24 2011 07:24 Chill wrote:
I'm just throwing out ideas since I'm at work: What if you queue patrol movement between the thors?
I don't think queuing patrols work at all, though I may be wrong. I'd think it would go "ok, when I'm done this endless back and forth path, I will go on to that other endless back and forth path"
but if as you said, you patrol them to the unit, does the first patrol command end entirely, or does it instead get relegated to patrol to where the unit was last alive?
I'd definitely be interested in testing this now...
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On February 24 2011 07:26 Shiladie wrote:Show nested quote +On February 24 2011 07:24 Chill wrote:
I'm just throwing out ideas since I'm at work: What if you queue patrol movement between the thors? I don't think queuing patrols work at all, though I may be wrong. I'd think it would go "ok, when I'm done this endless back and forth path, I will go on to that other endless back and forth path" but if as you said, you patrol them to the unit, does the first patrol command end entirely, or does it instead get relegated to patrol to where the unit was last alive? I'd definitely be interested in testing this now...
In Brood War it works as you mentioned, but I seem to specifically remember it was changed in Starcraft II... Could be wrong 
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On February 24 2011 07:28 Chill wrote:Show nested quote +On February 24 2011 07:26 Shiladie wrote:On February 24 2011 07:24 Chill wrote:
I'm just throwing out ideas since I'm at work: What if you queue patrol movement between the thors? I don't think queuing patrols work at all, though I may be wrong. I'd think it would go "ok, when I'm done this endless back and forth path, I will go on to that other endless back and forth path" but if as you said, you patrol them to the unit, does the first patrol command end entirely, or does it instead get relegated to patrol to where the unit was last alive? I'd definitely be interested in testing this now... In Brood War it works as you mentioned, but I seem to specifically remember it was changed in Starcraft II... Could be wrong
i just gave it a quick test, the unit goes through all the queued commands and then just follows the last target in the queue
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On February 24 2011 07:26 Shiladie wrote:Show nested quote +On February 24 2011 07:24 Chill wrote:
I'm just throwing out ideas since I'm at work: What if you queue patrol movement between the thors? I don't think queuing patrols work at all, though I may be wrong. I'd think it would go "ok, when I'm done this endless back and forth path, I will go on to that other endless back and forth path" but if as you said, you patrol them to the unit, does the first patrol command end entirely, or does it instead get relegated to patrol to where the unit was last alive? I'd definitely be interested in testing this now...
Not sure if this was my touchpad accuracy but from what I just tried it doesn't seem possible to use the patrol command and then click on units. Clicks just went right through them to the ground beneath. Though the loading screen helpfully told me that SHIFT+COMMAND+F makes a unit follow another unit (that may be why you can't shift-queue it up!).
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On February 24 2011 07:14 HerculesSAS wrote:
is there a way to have a group of SCVs follow a group of thors?
Thanks!
No.
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right click the first thor, hold shift, right click the next thor, repeat for all thors. will that work?
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if you want to make the medivac follow another unit without picking it up or using the scan-move command, why not just hit M and click the unit?
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On February 24 2011 07:33 Mastermind wrote:
right click the first thor, hold shift, right click the next thor, repeat for all thors. will that work?
Unless following works differently for SCVs following thors than it does for SCVs following other SCVs (just tested it in quick start custom game vs. AI) it doesn't, unfortunately. It will just move to the first thor, then the second, then the third, and then follow the last one you shift clicked. I had the same misconception though; was this possible in BW or something? Why is this belief so widespread?
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80% of the replies came from people who can't read.
He wants to follow a GROUP of units, not a single unit.
(hint for the slow people: if you follow a single unit that moves in a group, if he dies, the follower will have nothing to follow.)
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On February 24 2011 07:30 FliedLice wrote:Show nested quote +On February 24 2011 07:28 Chill wrote:On February 24 2011 07:26 Shiladie wrote:On February 24 2011 07:24 Chill wrote:
I'm just throwing out ideas since I'm at work: What if you queue patrol movement between the thors? I don't think queuing patrols work at all, though I may be wrong. I'd think it would go "ok, when I'm done this endless back and forth path, I will go on to that other endless back and forth path" but if as you said, you patrol them to the unit, does the first patrol command end entirely, or does it instead get relegated to patrol to where the unit was last alive? I'd definitely be interested in testing this now... In Brood War it works as you mentioned, but I seem to specifically remember it was changed in Starcraft II... Could be wrong i just gave it a quick test, the unit goes through all the queued commands and then just follows the last target in the queue
Well more importantly, you can't select a unit with the patrol command. And yer shift queue doesn't work(it just repairs first unit, 2nd, 3rd etc until at last unit it will additionally follow it). So nopes doesn't seem like you can follow a group(had hopes up for patrol ).
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On February 24 2011 07:37 niteReloaded wrote:
80% of the replies came from people who can't read.
He wants to follow a GROUP of units, not a single unit.
(hint for the slow people: if you follow a single unit that moves in a group, if he dies, the follower will have nothing to follow.)
we're just trying to give alternatives since his actual idea doesn't work...
On February 24 2011 07:41 Zarahtra wrote:Show nested quote +On February 24 2011 07:30 FliedLice wrote:On February 24 2011 07:28 Chill wrote:On February 24 2011 07:26 Shiladie wrote:On February 24 2011 07:24 Chill wrote:
I'm just throwing out ideas since I'm at work: What if you queue patrol movement between the thors? I don't think queuing patrols work at all, though I may be wrong. I'd think it would go "ok, when I'm done this endless back and forth path, I will go on to that other endless back and forth path" but if as you said, you patrol them to the unit, does the first patrol command end entirely, or does it instead get relegated to patrol to where the unit was last alive? I'd definitely be interested in testing this now... In Brood War it works as you mentioned, but I seem to specifically remember it was changed in Starcraft II... Could be wrong i just gave it a quick test, the unit goes through all the queued commands and then just follows the last target in the queue Well more importantly, you can't select a unit with the patrol command. And yer shift queue doesn't work(it just repairs first unit, 2nd, 3rd etc until at last unit it will additionally follow it). So nopes doesn't seem like you can follow a group(had hopes up for patrol ).
yup, tested patrol also doesnt work either :[
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