Northrend Undead Building Birth

[Moderator]

General Frank:

Simple and very nice looking birth animation. I approve.

 

[brad.dude03]

Stop making such godly stuff... that's SO much cooler than the current Undead one. Damn you Pyritie! Damn you and your... talent!

 

[wolfer4o]

Yes,yes.. he is very good at this stuff 5/5

 

[ady_illidan]

how the others said... awesome dude!!!

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Looks really good Pyritie. Nice birth animation.

 

[General Frank]

Simple and very nice looking birth animation. I approve. R5

 

[Pyritie]

Thanks for the compliments everyone.

 

[brad.dude03]

Well you've certainly earned them dude.

 

[knight26]

OMG OMG omggg...i like sooooo much wait I LOVE IT XD really @vv3$0/\/\3 (AWESOME)...5/5 i wuld rate it 624826512938645645628943/5 if i culd

 

[Pyritie]

Well you've certainly earned them dude.

Heh, this only took me like 20 minutes to do.

Simple? Yes. Useful? Definitely.

 

[Nomar]

I love the tentacles!
5/5

 

[1)arkdemon]

Because I need it for some freaky race that wants to freeze everything not turn it into darkness

 

[Pyritie]

What's so bad about the regular blight?

 

[brad.dude03]

It's not... frozen enough...

 

[Childeric]

Wow 20 minutes? Awesome stuff. =D

 

[TheGodOfIron]

This rocks, even the moderator says that. But, how am i gonna change the birth animation of these buildings?

 

[Pyritie]

I dunno. I just make the SFX; you have to figure that out on your own.

You could always just use some basic triggers. Make a dummy unit with this SFX, then when a player builds a building, change the building to 100% transparency, create this SFX unit, play its birth animation, then when the building is done being constructed, you change it to 0% transparency and remove the SFX unit.

 

[NatDis]

One of the coolest birth models around! Certainly useful for someone showing summoners conjuring an icy building! 6/5.

 

[DustWolf]

ooohhh now that is sexy <3
I request that blizzard replaces the standart one with this one -.-

 

[hunterz]

How you use it ?

 

[hunterz]

ooohhh now that is sexy <3
I request that blizzard replaces the standart one with this one -.-

Yes it is sexy <3 now how do i use it :O ur magic tell me!!



*bzz bzz* chain lighting almsot killed me!! :O

 

[Pyritie]

You could always just use some basic triggers. Make a dummy unit with this SFX, then when a player builds a building, change the building to 100% transparency, create this SFX unit, play its birth animation, then when the building is done being constructed, you change it to 0% transparency and remove the SFX unit.

Read the comments before posting please.

 

[DeMoN-0101]

This is awesome! but not in use :S

 

[DustWolf]

can I be your friend?? :O

 

[Pyritie]

No.

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[D4RK_G4ND4LF]

I've done it like that and it doesn't seem to work
(second time using JASS might be the problem....)
well that's what happens:
1. I build something
2. the building and everything with it (including the special effect) vanishes until 10 seconds are over
3. everything is revealed and I can see the special effect for a brief period of time
4. everything is back to normal
nevertheless it looks very cool this moment

function Trig_Untitled_Trigger_001_Actions takes nothing returns nothing
    local effect lastone = null
    call SetUnitVertexColorBJ( GetTriggerUnit(), 100, 100, 100, 100.00 )
    call AddSpecialEffectTargetUnitBJ( "origin", GetTriggerUnit(), "war3mapImported\\UBirth.mdx" )
    set lastone = GetLastCreatedEffectBJ()
    call PolledWait( 10.00 )
    call DestroyEffectBJ( lastone )
    call SetUnitVertexColorBJ( GetTriggerUnit(), 100, 100, 100, 0.00 )
endfunction

 

[Pyritie]

I don't know, sorry. You'd be better off asking in the WEHZ or something.

 

[Skuggi]

I tried using your tutorial but it seems it's not exactly like the trigger editor in WE, are you using another program to make that trigger?

Also the script files in your trigger, are they imported or do you just write what it says and shit will happen?

 

[Pyritie]

I just wrote it from memory, use common sense to change it to your needs~

 

[Skuggi]

Well I've been trying to use common sense and since I am so new to the editor it hasn't gotten me far. Could you take take a snapshot of the entire trigger and post it here so newbies like me can mimic it entirely (and learn a lot in the process I might add) instead of writing it by memory.
If not could you help me continue where I am stuck?

My first problem is the Set Building = (Constructing Structure) trigger. The closest thing I could find was: Set Building = (Units of type (Unit of type (Constructing Structure))). Is this correct?

Second problem is the Unit type of (Building)) is equal to Tower (20secs) trigger. It won't allow me to use the Building variable. I'm thinking it's because the Initial value is Empty Unit Group (Default). How do I make a Unit Group?

 

[Pyritie]

I never actually made a trigger like this in WE. It's just an example.

As for the "Contructing Structure", try changing that to "triggering unit" and see if that works.

Oh and uh, change Building to Unit, not Unit Group.

 

[Skuggi]

Yeah thanks, both my problems were fixed after I changed the Building variable to Unit instead of Unit Group.

But it seems that the buildings and their original birth animation won't disappear while the custom birth animation is playing. So I have two birth animations playing. I have the exact same triggers as you in your guide except for the; Animation - Set vertex shading of Building - trigger. All I could find was Change variable's (building in my case) vertex coloring to (100.00% 100.00% 100.00%) with 00.00% transparency. Thought it was close enough.

How about I send you a picture of my trigger so you can go through it?
If you feel like you don't want to look at my trigger then how do I get the buildings and their animation to disappear while the custom birth animation is playing?

 

[Pyritie]

But it seems that the buildings and their original birth animation won't disappear while the custom birth animation is playing. So I have two birth animations playing. I have the exact same triggers as you in your guide except for the; Animation - Set vertex shading of Building - trigger. All I could find was Change variable's (building in my case) vertex coloring to (100.00% 100.00% 100.00%) with 00.00% transparency. Thought it was close enough.

Yeah, that's what I mean

How about I send you a picture of my trigger so you can go through it?
If you feel like you don't want to look at my trigger then how do I get the buildings and their animation to disappear while the custom birth animation is playing?

Not a picture. Copy it as text and put it in

• tags.

 

[Skuggi]

• tags? You mean post it on the forums?

 

[Pyritie]

Yeah.

[trigger]
Trigger text goes here
[/trigger]

 

[Skuggi]

Okey I already exported the trigger, now how do I convert it to readable form?

 

[Pyritie]

Just paste it here

 

[Skuggi]

Didn't know how to do it first but I kept trying to copy the wrong trigger icon, pasting it now.

 

[Pyritie]

Why did you export it to a file? Just copy and paste the text. (Right-click the trigger icon > Copy as Text)

 

[Skuggi]

• DemonBirth
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Begins construction
  • Conditions
    • Or - Any (Conditions) are true
      • Conditions
        • (Unit-type of (Constructing structure)) Equal to Blacksmith
        • (Unit-type of (Constructing structure)) Equal to Demon Hall
        • (Unit-type of (Constructing structure)) Equal to Flame Tower
        • (Unit-type of (Constructing structure)) Equal to Altar of Terror
        • (Unit-type of (Constructing structure)) Equal to Corrupted Gold Mine
        • (Unit-type of (Constructing structure)) Equal to Shrine of Power
        • (Unit-type of (Constructing structure)) Equal to Demon Portal
        • (Unit-type of (Constructed structure)) Equal to Soul Generator
  • Actions
    • Custom script: local effect udg_SFX
    • Custom script: local unit udg_Building
    • Set Building = (Constructing structure)
    • Animation - Change Building's vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 0.00% transparency
    • Special Effect - Create a special effect attached to the origin of (Triggering unit) using DemonBirth.mdx
    • Set SFX = (Last created special effect)
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Unit-type of Building) Equal to Blacksmith
      • Then - Actions
        • Wait 60.00 seconds
      • Else - Actions
        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
          • If - Conditions
            • (Unit-type of Building) Equal to Flame Tower
          • Then - Actions
            • Wait 35.00 seconds
          • Else - Actions
            • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
              • If - Conditions
                • (Unit-type of Building) Equal to Altar of Terror
              • Then - Actions
                • Wait 60.00 seconds
              • Else - Actions
                • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                  • If - Conditions
                    • (Unit-type of Building) Equal to Demon Portal
                  • Then - Actions
                    • Wait 60.00 seconds
                  • Else - Actions
                    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                      • If - Conditions
                        • (Unit-type of Building) Equal to Corrupted Gold Mine
                      • Then - Actions
                        • Wait 60.00 seconds
                      • Else - Actions
                        • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                          • If - Conditions
                            • (Unit-type of Building) Equal to Shrine of Power
                          • Then - Actions
                            • Wait 60.00 seconds
                          • Else - Actions
                            • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                              • If - Conditions
                                • (Unit-type of Building) Equal to Soul Generator
                              • Then - Actions
                                • Wait 35.00 seconds
                              • Else - Actions
                                • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
                                  • If - Conditions
                                    • (Unit-type of Building) Equal to Demon Hall
                                  • Then - Actions
                                    • Wait 180.00 seconds
                                  • Else - Actions
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Building is alive) Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Special Effect - Destroy SFX
        • Animation - Change Building's vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 100.00% transparency
      • Else - Actions

 

[Pyritie]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Dunno. D:

 

[Skuggi]

Rofl . So you never did try out this trigger?

BTW those custom script commands... I only wrote what you wrote in your guide, do these commands do anything if they haven't been created in a custom script editor?

 

[Pyritie]

Nah, never did

The custom script makes it so you can have as many of these triggers running at a time as you want without worrying about the variables being overwritten. The custom script makes these variables "locals".

Look in our tutorials for more information about them.

 

[Skuggi]

BUSTED!... :Þ

Ahh so the custom scripts do play a part in this.

But if you never did try out this trigger, how on earth did you manage to make the custom birth animation in your screen shot work?

 

[Pyritie]

• Events
  • Player - A player skips a cinematic
• Conditions
• Actions
  • Special Effect - Create a special effect using <model path goes here> at <camera target>

 

[Skuggi]

Well if you ever get around making a trigger that replaces the default animation and actually works, send it to me.

 

[TrueKingFear]

very good model i can say it is excellent.Well done

 

[Alfagar]

good enough

 

[AIagremm]

Awesome model! Just what I need for my frost elves.
One question. Of course I can give this building birth to the night elves?