freeze an ally in a spot

[androabhi66]

hi to all, i'm new,
is there a way to create a turret (ally) that doesn't move?
even if i create an allied npc (turret-shaped) with speed=0 it follows me if i move too far away
is there a way to "freeze" an ally in one spot? (also with a "freezing" power that keeps it still in that spot... maybe)
thanks and sorry if the question may seem stupid

[dorkster]

I would go as far as to consider this a bug. I think it'd be safe to assume that if an entity's speed is 0, it shouldn't be able to follow the player in that way. There's actually 3 scenarios where an immobile summoned entity can "teleport":

1. When too far from the summoner
2. When the summoner moves through an intramap event (teleport within the same map)
3. When the summoner moves through an intermap event (teleport to another map)

I think it can be safe to say that for 1 & 2, the summon shouldn't ever move with zero speed. Not sure about 3, though. I think we'd want to first determine if the summon's speed is naturally zero or if it is due to a temporary debuff. For the former, we should probably kill off the summon on map transition. Otherwise, we can have it follow the player as other summons would.

[androabhi66]

Point 1 describes my current situation.
And I have no idea how to solve it, not even by inventing some kind of "block".
At some point all the turrets and waypoints follow me if I move too far away, making it impossible for me to play the way I want to play.
light_turret1.txt
I'm posting the example file to show that the speed is 0, and to see if I'm the one doing something wrong.

[dorkster]

You're not doing anything wrong. It's just something that needs to be fixed on the engine side.

[androabhi66]

ok, thank you very much.
then i think I just have to wait.