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DORDER_OBSERVE
Overview
Instruct a sensor droid to observe (target) a Droid object, Structure object, or even a Feature object.
Availability
Requires backport.dorder.js v0.1 or above.
This isn't a standard feature of the JS API at present (but likely to be added in the future), however it's a constant used by the game engine so it's recognised by Warzone from at least 3.1 Beta 1 onwards.
Example
orderDroidObj(mySensorDroid,DORDER_OBSERVE,targetGameObject);
Notes
The droid's current order can be determined from it's .order property. For more information see Droid object.
This is similar to DORDER_ATTACK, however DORDER_OBSERVE not only instructs droids assigned to the sensor to attack the target, it will also instruct suitable base defences (like artillery and missiles) to attack the target, so it's a much more effective way to deal pain to the enemy.
Before observing feature objects, check that their .destroyable property as there's no point in targeting something indestructible. For more information see Feature object.
See also
- Droids – quick reference of API features relating to droids
- DORDER_FIRESUPPORT – assign attacker droids to a sensor droid
- DROID_SENSOR – sensor droids
- orderDroidObj() – tell a droid to do something to something