i searched for my questions, but to no avail.

1. how do you have AI stand still (i know mav did it in his Rebel Campaign maps) do you just add a barrier around the unit, or is it slightly more complicated?

2. can you change a units behavior through coding, (i want to make it so that the units don't attack you unless you move into their line of sight region, then they become hostile and they attack.)

For #1: You can either set all movement values in the unit's .odf to 0 or you can create a prop with the unit's model, whichever suits your needs better.

hmmm this seems to provide quite a predicament to my idea i had,

i suppose i could make another localized team that has the values i need, then have the original team that can't move spawn first, but when you enter the region by accident (or if you keep out of the regions but when u complete a certain objective then u trigger it any ways) then i suppose i could kill all the none movement people and spawn the moving side... of course its not as simple as i had hoped for but o well! it will be worth it i hope =D

You should be able to use the SetClassProperty function to change the values at certain points in the mission without forcing any respawns. I'm pretty sure movement values are one of the properties you can change without respawning. You can see this in action in Mav's Aquilaris map. The units initially stand still, but at a certain point are able to move around.

If you're trying to do exactly what I did, you can always set the AI team to something friendly initially (or neutral) and then change it to enemy when you want them to attack. And, like Eggman said, you can change movement values without respawning any units.

o, i never got that far in the auqilarus map, so i wasn't sure if you can edit the values without respawning,

also how would i change their aggressiveness? would it be something like

SetTeamasFriend and then change it through coding as SetTeamAsEnemy? or does it use different coding to change it later on?

It is exactly what you say. SetTeamAsFriend or SetTeamAsNeutral and then SetTeamAsEnemy later on.

pleasure doing business with you guys =D

thanks for all your help.

Units with no AI goals will stand still. You can't directly make one unit attack another.