setCombatBehaviour

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Description

Description:

Sets an individual unit entity behaviour (main syntax) or a group entity behaviour (alternative syntax). The group in this case is a Group entity and not a simple collection of units. To retrieve unit or group behaviour see combatBehaviour. The behaviour is one of:

• "CARELESS"
• "SAFE"
• "AWARE"
• "COMBAT"
• "STEALTH"

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See AI Behaviour for details of the effect of this command on AI units. Group behaviour usually is "CARELESS" or "SAFE"

Comparison of Behaviour commands

Command	Applies To
setBehaviour	Every unit in the group, but not the group itself
setBehaviourStrong	Every unit in the group, and the group itself
setCombatBehaviour	If argument is Object, only that unit, and if argument is Group, the group itself (not its units)

Groups:

AI BehaviourGroups

Syntax

Syntax:

unit setCombatBehaviour behaviour

Parameters:

unit: Object - AI unit

behaviour: String - see description

Return Value:

Nothing

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

group setCombatBehaviour behaviour

Parameters:

group: Group - AI group

behaviour: String - see description

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

unit1 setCombatBehaviour "SAFE";

Example 2:

group1 setCombatBehaviour "CARELESS";

Additional Information

See also:

AIBehaviour combatBehaviour behaviour setBehaviour setBehaviourStrong setWaypointBehaviour combatMode setCombatMode skill setSkill

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