Unit Combat Attack Priorities

DubPoker

United States21 Posts

May 01 2010 10:43 GMT

So I opened the Map Editor for the first time. As I was going through the data I came across Combat Priority Values for each unit.

I made a Google Docs spreadsheet for em

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t-Qub9NYrcOWn-ds5zqKyrQ&single=true&gid=0&output=html

These values range from 0-20 the > the number the higher priority for your units to attack.

IDK if anyone else posted these or if this is the right forum, but it most certainly can be applied to strat!

-Chris

spinesheath

Germany8679 Posts

May 01 2010 10:50 GMT

Your numbers imply that the Planetary Fortress has the same priority as pretty much all combat units. Units always seem to focus on the PF though. I wonder if this data really is correct.

Nevertheless, I appreciate the effort.

DubPoker

United States21 Posts

May 01 2010 11:02 GMT

Yeah I just noticed that, I'm looking through the data in the editor. Those were all pulled from there.

weeeee

Australia71 Posts

May 01 2010 11:07 GMT

hmm
they should lower that broodlord broodling number....

goswser

United States3519 Posts

May 01 2010 11:11 GMT

What annoys me isn't attack priorities, it is heal priorities for my medivacs, specifically, when someone comes through my backdoor, if they shoot my scvs a bit before my army gets there, the medivacs will heal the scvs throughout the entire battle, instead of healing my army.

DubPoker

United States21 Posts

May 01 2010 11:39 GMT

Alright, I've figured some stuff out...

First off, I just ran a Toss force vs Terran with a planetary fortress test in the editor...

The fortress has the exact same priority as the army when you attack move. Basically if the fortress is the first thing your unit starts attacking IT WILL KEEP ATTACKING until the fortress is dead. Maybe it just seems like they are focusing it because it has a ton of health. If there is a marine in between you and the fortress and 4 behind, you will attack and kill the first marine and then focus the fortress..

Second, you'll notice workers have a priority of 20, and clearly you do not attack them when there are other units around. I found there is another value field called "AI Override Attack Priority." Only 4 units have this enabled; Probes, Drones, SCVs, and MULEs. They all have a OAP of 10, I'm pretty sure this means if you are being attacked by something else their priorities drop.

Finally Upon retrospect even though the values can change from 0-20 only 5 numbers are utilized (0,10,11,19,20)

Highest Priority:
Archon Auto Test - Attacker Auto Test - Target (Air) Auto Test - Target (Ground) Auto-Turret Baneling Baneling (Burrowed) Banshee Battlecruiser Brood Lord Brood Lord - Broodling Broodling - (Escort) Broodling - (Parent Unit Data) Carrier Changeling Changeling (Marine with shield) Changeling (Marine) Changeling (Zealot) Changeling (Zergling with wings) Changeling (Zergling) Colossus Corruptor Dark Templar Drone Drone (Burrowed) Ghost Hellion High Templar Hydralisk Hydralisk (Burrowed) Immortal Infested Terran (From Terran Infestation Rupture, Burrowed) Infested Terran (From Terran Infestation Rupture) Infestor (Spellcaster - Burrowed) Infestor (Spellcaster) Interceptor Marauder Marine Medivac Mothership MULE Mutalisk Observer Overlord Overseer Phoenix Photon Cannon Planetary Fortress Point Defense Drone Probe Queen - Queen Queen - Queen (Burrowed) Raven Reaper ReaperPlaceholder Roach Roach (Burrowed) SCV Sentry Siege Tank (Siege Mode) Siege Tank (Tank Mode) Spine Crawler Stalker Thor Ultralisk Ultralisk (Burrowed) Viking (Assault Mode) Viking (Fighter Mode) Void Ray Warp Prism (Phasing Mode) Warp Prism (Transport Mode) Zealot Zergling Zergling (Burrowed)

Higher Priority:
Bunker Creep Tumor (Burrowed) Missile Turret Spine Crawler (Uprooted) Spore Crawler Spore Crawler (Uprooted)

Medium Priority:
Armory Assimilator Baneling Nest Barracks Barracks (Flying) Command Center Command Center (Flying) Creep Tumor Cybernetics Core Dark Shrine Engineering Bay Evolution Chamber Extractor Factory Factory (Flying) Fleet Beacon Forge Fusion Core Gateway Ghost Academy Greater Spire Hatchery Hive Hydralisk Den Infestation Pit Lair Nexus Nydus Network Nydus Worm (Canal) Orbital Command Orbital Command (Flying) Pylon Reactor Reactor (Barracks) Reactor (Factory) Reactor (Starport) Refinery Roach Warren Robotics Bay Robotics Facility Sensor Tower Spawning Pool Spire Stargate Starport Starport (Flying) Supply Depot Supply Depot (Lowered) Tech Lab Tech Lab (Barracks) Tech Lab (Factory) Tech Lab (Starport) Templar Archives Twilight Council Ultralisk Cavern Warp Gate

Lower Priority:
Baneling Cocoon Brood Lord Cocoon Egg - Zerg Cocoon Larva Overseer Cocoon

Lowest Priority:
Force Field Infested Swarm Egg Infested Terrans Egg Placement Infestor Terrans Egg

-Chris

DubPoker

United States21 Posts

May 01 2010 11:45 GMT

On May 01 2010 20:11 Newguy wrote:
What annoys me isn't attack priorities, it is heal priorities for my medivacs, specifically, when someone comes through my backdoor, if they shoot my scvs a bit before my army gets there, the medivacs will heal the scvs throughout the entire battle, instead of healing my army.

Well I just ran across where the medivacs heal priorities are. Under "Target Sorts" it it says "determines how the ability prioritizes targets. Then it says.
TSAlliancePassive
TSLifeFraction
TSDistance
Sounds like they heal the most hurt friendly units near them?
I don't play terran, I assumed the medivacs just healed the closest healable units to them in a battle. Do they?

and if anyone wants subgroup (control group) priorities, I'll put them up in the morning. night