How do I stop my unit from getting stuck and rotating ever?

Hi,

I am new to Construct 3 and having a little problem. I am trying to create a simple RTS game. I want my knight to move close to the goblin, kill it, then move to the next one. Somehow it gets stuck after a while. I used turret + moveto as behaviors. Also, I don't want him rotating. I would really appreciate some help.

Thank you.

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The turret behavior is rotating your sprite toward its target. You simply need to uncheck the "Rotate" box in the properties panel.

Hi again,

Thanks for replies.

Mojobojo, I needed my units to attack other units, so I couldn't uncheck rotation for turret behavior. Instead, I created another sprite, added turret behavior, and pinned them together. 

dop2000,  I think I solved the problem. Still, move-to behavior doesn't seem to work properly. Sometimes knights don't choose the nearest target. I don't know why. 

Also using family helped a lot. I will be adding different type of units to armies.

Is KnightTurret in the same container with the Knight? If not, then the code that pins them will not work correctly.

"Acquire target" means a single target - a particular goblin instance among all other goblins. So you need to pick that instance before acquiring! Like I said, it's up to you how to pick it (by visibility, distance, lowest HP etc.), but you need conditions to pick the goblin instance. Please read some tutorials about picking in Construct, it's very important to understand how it works.

Another option is automatic targeting - use "Add object to target" action. Then turrets will automatically select the target in range. This target can be identified by UID. If you want the knight to move to it, pick the instance by UID first:

Every 0.5 seconds
For Each Knight
Goblin pick by unique ID = KnightTurret.Turret.TargetUID
 -> Knight Move To Goblin

dop2000, thank you, man.

I am trying to understand how Construct 3 works. I have been checking tutorials, but there is not much on AI behavior. Even though what I am trying to do is relatively simple. 

Thanks for the tips on targeting priorities. Right now I am trying to achieve:

When Elven Archers start shooting, I want them to stop moving, wait for 1 second, then move again. I tried timer behavior with the event sheet but failed. 

If you have any suggestions on which tutorial to read, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you.

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Yay! Just solved unwanted movement problem. I used has target instead of on shoot.

That's still not correct. You are not picking family members! All archers will move to the same GoodArmy instance, even if it's very far away and there are better targets nearby.

And "Add target" action should not run on every tick. It's usually done once when the object is created, or on start of the layout.

Hi again,

I can't believe it has been 4 months since I posted this. I wanted to post a quicker reply, but I was a bit embarrassed since I couldn't solve the problem, even with your instructions. I am a 3D artist, not a coder. The only thing I coded was in C64 Basic, back in the early 90s.

Eventually I understood what you were trying to tell me. Thank you.

Yes, it's better. But you don't need to add turret targets on every tick. You can do it once on start of the layout.

Also you can replace these two conditions

with

Army_Undead_R pick nearest to (Unit_Knight_L.x, Unit_Knight_L.y)

Thank you. This is way better.

It's an RTS with 500-800 units constantly battling each other. If I use the start of the layout for turret targeting, units won't change targets after a kill. Am I wrong?

But every tick is overkill; you are right. I will use it ever. 5 seconds instead, I think.

If I use the start of the layout for turret targeting, units won't change targets after a kill. Am I wrong?

Yes. You are confusing "Add target" and "Acquire target" actions. You only need to add a target once. Then all knights will fire at instances of Army_Undead_R whenever they are in range.

But if you want, you can disable automatic targeting, and use "Acquire target" action instead. For example, pick all undead enemies in range, then pick the one with the lowest HP, and acquire it as a target.

Yes, I am a bit confused about the difference between acquire target and add target actions. I tried to do as you instructed. It seems to work. As you said, Acquire Target seems more customizable.

I use Acquire Target for cannons. Unlike my archers, they pick random targets, not the closest enemy.