Contolling Attack Stikes with lua?

[jmh]

I thought I'd ask if it's even possible before attempting to figure it out as learning exercise.

What's I was thinking about was a way to control the attack of a stronger unit when pairing strong and weak units to help the weak unit advance. If the strong unit stopped striking when that target still had X hit points left, where that X was less than or equal to the damage the unit inflicts that leaves a easy target for the weak unit to finish off. I'm wondering if that level of control is possible with lau during the game. Then I started wondering if the general attack event was part of some engine which probably is all in the C/C++ code.

Anyone one know?

Thanks!

[Elvish_Hunter]

If the strong unit stopped striking when that target still had X hit points left, where that X was less than or equal to the damage the unit inflicts that leaves a easy target for the weak unit to finish off. I'm wondering if that level of control is possible with lau during the game.

Not directly. However, if I remember correctly (a long time passed since I had to do something like that), if you store a unit, kill it and then unstore it again where it was, the attack ceases.
This can be combined with [filter] lua_function= to check if the unit has less than the wanted amount of HP. You can do the same with the formula= key and FormulaAI language.

[jmh]

Slow getting back to the forum but Thanks! That's a good starting place to work from.