Ability to teleport other units

[palomitasdemaiz]

Hi people, I'm making a campaign with some custom units and I ran into some questions related to WML synthax.
Principally I would like to know if it is possible to make a unit teleport another (enemy) unit? Do any of you have an idea how I could make this work?
I'm very greatful for any (even negative) answer.

[A Guy]

Define how you want the unit to be able to teleport the other unit, please.

[palomitasdemaiz]

I thought about the teleport ability being part of an attack. The unit is supposed to be very weak, but to have some special abbilities, for example surprisingly teleporting away the opponent if it hits.

I managed to teleport the unit self away using an event in the unit_type description.

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	[event]
	name=attacker hits
	first_time_only=no
		[filter_attack]
		name=teleport
		[/filter_attack]
		[teleport]
			[filter_second]
			side=$enemy_sides
				[filter_adjacent]
				id=Green Puck
				is_enemy=no
				[/filter_adjacent]
			[/filter_second]
			x=28
			y=23
		[/teleport]
		[redraw]
		[/redraw]
	[/event]

But I wonder if it would work the other way around (the unit teleports away the opponent) and how this could be coded.

[A Guy]

[filter_second] doesn't go in [teleport]. Use [filter] instead.

[palomitasdemaiz]

I don't know why, but it doesn't teleport any unit when I use [filter] tags.
Using [filter_second] at least my unit is teleported, even if I still don't know how to teleport his hitten opponent.

[JaMiT]

Try

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            [filter]
                id=$second_unit.id
            [/filter]

instead of your [filter_second]. (IDs tend to be the most reliable way to IDentify units.)

[palomitasdemaiz]

@JaMiT: You're right, ID's are the most reliable way to IDentify units.

Ravana pointed out to me, that something similar was done in the Ageless era with the knockback weapon special.
The following code in the unit_type descrition does exactly wat I want, teleporting the hitten opponent within a random radius.

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[event]
name=turn refresh
first_time_only=no
{RANDOM_COORDS X Y}
[/event]
	
[event]
name=attacker hits
first_time_only=no
	[filter_attack]
	name=missile
	[/filter_attack]
	[if]
	[variable]
	name=second_unit.hitpoints
	greater_than=0
	[/variable]
	[then]
	[store_locations]
		[not]
		[filter]
		[/filter]
		[/not]
		[and]
		x,y=$x2,$y2
		radius=$X
		[/and]
	variable=knockback_target_hex
	[/store_locations]
	[if]
	[variable]
	name=knockback_target_hex.length
	greater_than=0
	[/variable]
	[then]
	[teleport]
		[filter]
		id=$second_unit.id
		[/filter]
	x,y=$knockback_target_hex.x,$knockback_target_hex.y
	ignore_passability=no
	[/teleport]
	[redraw]
	[/redraw]
		[if]
		[have_unit]
		x,y=$knockback_target_hex.x,$knockback_target_hex.y
		[/have_unit]
		[then]
		[sound]
		name=fist.ogg
		[/sound]

# the knockbacked unit doesn't seem to receive experience by default,
# so we need to add it manually
		[store_unit]
		[filter]
		x,y=$knockback_target_hex.x,$knockback_target_hex.y
		[/filter]
		kill=yes
		variable=knockbacked
		[/store_unit]
		{VARIABLE_OP knockbacked.experience add $unit.level}
		[unstore_unit]
		variable=knockbacked
		text= _ "knockback"
		{COLOR_HARM}
		advance=true
		[/unstore_unit]
		{CLEAR_VARIABLE knockbacked}
		[/then]
		[/if]
	[/then]
	[/if]
	{CLEAR_VARIABLE knockback_target_hex}
	[/then]
	[/if]
[/event]

[Ravana]

Missile sounds like common attack name, sure that is doesnt apply to wrong attacks as well? Also you can change knockback to something else, at least for player visible content.

[A Guy]

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            [filter_adjacent]
            id=Green Puck
            is_enemy=no
            [/filter_adjacent]

Because Green Puck is attacking the unit, they will be an enemy, yet this filter says Green Puck shouldn't be their enemy.

[Heindal]

Here is the code i've used for my teleportaway weaponspecial.
Maybe this is helpful. You might need to add a radius, though.

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    [event]
        name=attack
        first_time_only=no

        [filter_attack]
            special=teleportaway
        [/filter_attack]

        [store_unit]
            [filter]
                x,y=$x1,$y1
            [/filter]
            variable=teleporter1
        [/store_unit]
        [set_variable]
            name=teleporter1.variables.teleportedaway
            value=no
        [/set_variable]
        [unstore_unit]
            variable=teleporter1
        [/unstore_unit]

        {CLEAR_VARIABLE teleporter1}
    [/event]

    [event]
        name=attacker_hits
        first_time_only=no

        [filter_attack]
            special=teleportaway
        [/filter_attack]

        [store_unit]
            [filter]
                x,y=$x1,$y1
            [/filter]
            variable=teleporter2
        [/store_unit]

        {VARIABLE teleporter2.variables.teleportedaway yes}

        [unstore_unit]
            variable=teleporter2
        [/unstore_unit]

        {CLEAR_VARIABLE teleporter2}
    [/event]

    [event]
        name=attack_end
        first_time_only=no

        [filter_attack]
            special=teleportaway
        [/filter_attack]
        [filter_second]
            canrecruit=no
            [and]
                [not]
                    {FILTEREXCEPTION}
                [/not]
            [/and]
        [/filter_second]

        [store_unit]
            [filter]
                x,y=$x1,$y1
            [/filter]
            variable=porter
        [/store_unit]

        [store_unit]
            [filter]
                x,y=$x2,$y2
            [/filter]
            variable=ported
        [/store_unit]

        [if]
            [variable]
                name=porter.variables.teleportedaway
                equals=no
            [/variable]
            [then]
                [unstore_unit]
                    variable=porter
                    text="Failed!"
                    {COLOR_HARM}
                [/unstore_unit]
            [/then]
            [else]
                [store_map_dimensions]
                [/store_map_dimensions]
                [set_variable]
                    name=x3
                    rand=1..$map_size.width
                [/set_variable]

                [set_variable]
                    name=y3
                    rand=1..$map_size.height
                [/set_variable]

                [kill]
                    id=$ported.id
                [/kill]

                [set_variable]
                    name=ported.x
                    rand=$x3
                [/set_variable]

                [set_variable]
                    name=ported.y
                    rand=$y3
                [/set_variable]

                [unit_overlay]
                    x,y=$x3,$y3
                    image=projectiles/icemissile-n-7.png
                [/unit_overlay]

                [delay]
                    time=500
                [/delay]

                [remove_unit_overlay]
                    x,y=$x3,$y3
                    image=projectiles/icemissile-n-7.png
                [/remove_unit_overlay]

                [unstore_unit]
                    variable=ported
                    find_vacant=no
                    text= _ "Teleported"
                    red,green,blue=0,50,155
                [/unstore_unit]

                [unstore_unit]
                    variable=ported
                    text="Ported!"
                    {COLOR_HEAL}
                [/unstore_unit]
            [/else]
        [/if]

        {CLEAR_VARIABLE porter}
        {CLEAR_VARIABLE ported}
    [/event]