[Trigger] Change Animation Speed doesn't detect fast enough

[madmuffin]

I have a unit who uses weapons at different speeds depending on what type of weapon he is holding. His base attack rate is 3.5, and each item has a version of Endurance Aura on it that increases his attack rate to the proper rate for that weapon, 3.5 being my slowest weapon's rate.

My problem is, when you increase attack rate in this manner, it doesn't decrease the cooldown between attacks, it litterally speeds up the character's animations so it looks like he is spastically lashing out when at Very Fast Attack Speed. I thought I could counter this by setting his animation speed to 0.10% or some number every time a unit is attacked and he is the attacker, but for some reason it never can catch the animation and slow it down. He attacks super fast, and then any animations he does right after that display at the 0.10.

Is there any way to alter attack speeds or animation speeds in the way I am describing with it still appearing seamless and not suddenly able to strike at lightspeed?

 

[itVexesme]

If you use "Event - A unit is attacked" the trigger will run when the unit begins the order "attack" not when it damages.
So first, her anim. speed will be slowed down, and (maybe) when the attack finishes it will be set to default again..

 

[Element of Water]

the animation speed has nothing to with attack speed. If you want an attack speed increase, increase a hero's agility, or add some kind of attack speed increasing ability to it if it's not a hero.

 

[madmuffin]

the animation speed has nothing to with attack speed. If you want an attack speed increase, increase a hero's agility, or add some kind of attack speed increasing ability to it if it's not a hero.

You're not understanding. When you use any attack speed increasing items or abilities, he literally animates much faster then normal. I want to reduce his cooldown so this doesn't happen, or make it appear that he is animating at normal speed. If I give him a base cooldown of 3, when he is given a speed boosting item, he doesn't just strike more often, he lashes out at lightspeed, which I don't want. Increasing agility has the same effect.

 

[Smiddle]

Maybe you could use "Animation - Set unit animation speed" (don't remember its exact name) together with some kind of system?

 

[madmuffin]

Maybe you could use "Animation - Set unit animation speed" (don't remember its exact name) together with some kind of system?

That's the exact trigger that I am saying doesn't work, when he attacks, he attacks at lightspeed, and then it makes the next animation after that affected by that trigger, the trigger can't catch his current attack and make it display normal.

 

[Element of Water]

I think there might be an option in the object editor about how much the attacks' cooldowns affect animation speed. Have a look.

 

[Sophismata]

The system is designed to work with cooldowns matched to a unit's attack animations. The speeding up of attack animations should be necessary in order to complete the attack animation before the next attack begins.

I suggest setting the BAT to a value appropriate to the units' animation speeds, and using positive and negative attack speed modifiers from there.

Alternatively, you'd need a way to morph the unit into a different unit (with a different BAT) depending on the items he had.

 

[Mooglefrooglian]

I think I got this. Try reordering the unit to do the same thing after. If it does not catch the current order, just reorder it after. Simplistic in concept, but perhaps keeping track of a unit would be complex. It would be a simple vJass thing, but I don't know about GUI :/.

 

[Starquizer]

The speed of attack animation increases so it becomes appropriate to the cooldown duration. ex. If you have 1 sec cooldown he will attack once every 1 second and the attack animation takes 0.65 sec he will attack at normal animation speed but if the cooldown is reduced to 0.5 sec the attack animation (0.65 sec) must be reduced too or you will find a lag in the attack meaning that the unit will damage target twice in a single animation. I think to make the attack animation at normal speed; cooldown must not be less than the attack animation duration.