Allying Comps with Humans

[Jeremy]

I want to have 1 computer player that is allied with the humans. I had the comp set to neutral but then the comp wont attack enemies. I cant put a comp in the same force as humans. Is there some way to do this?

 

[TrongaMonga]

set a trigger to ally ingame (i think there is one)

 

[Crookedfoot]

As TrongaMonga said, there is a trigger for it.

"Set Alliance Status"

Be sure to set it up for yourself, and your friendly comp to be each others ally, to save accidental killings. Adding a shared vision trigger is a nice tidbit also.

And be sure to set the enemy comps and the friendly comps to enemy, or they won't go after each other.

You don't necessarily have to make a trigger to set the enemy comp as your enemy, that is an automatic given in StarCraft.

The down side to a map like this...

Unlike in a Top and Bottom game, the friendly comp may fight along your side, and not fight you, but he will have no reason to come to your aid if things get bad for you. He has is own agenda, and your health is not it.

I attached an example game I made, before the Top and Bottom setting came out. All of the appropriate triggeres are there to see.

 

[Jeremy]

Ah, thanks! Somehow I missed the 'Set Alliance' command.

 

[Vindexus]

i tried to use that in one of my maps and it didn't work. Don't know why, it just didn't. I had two people in one force. Both human. But when somebody didn't fill in the human slot, it turned computer on me. So i made a "Set Alliance" trigger. That didn't work. Maybe you need to have them in different forces or something. I don't know. Just thought that the more info you have, the better.

 

[Jeremy]

It works now. I have to set the comp to like player 1, player 2 (etc) and for player 1, player 2 (etc) to like the comp.