Unit Locate

ulocate answers the question “where is the nearest”. It searches from the bound unit, and what it finds is not units but places on the map: a tile with ore or a building.

Hence its shape: the answer is always coordinates, a “found” flag and — if a building is involved — the building object itself.

Note

ulocate, like the orders, takes the unit under control: a controller is created and the control term starts counting again. Searching the map is not a question from the sidelines but part of working with the unit.

Lessons

1. Where the ore isOre coordinates are not written out by hand: everybody's map is different, and the search is one line
2. Buildings by flagA building cannot be searched for by type, but it can be searched for by role: core, turret, store, generator
3. Damaged buildings and checking the findThe fourth kind of search looks for what needs repairing. And on the way, why the answer sometimes sticks

What you need first

«Binding by type» — ulocate can only search from a unit. The lessons will tell you the rest themselves.