[Trigger] Changing Birth Animation

[Skuggi]

Hi.

I am making a custom built race in my editor and I want all the buildings to have the same birth animation. I downloaded a birth animation from your model sections but I have no clue of how to replace a units birth animation.

How would that kind of trigger be made? (Please post a complete trigger with conditions and actions).

 

[Shyhalu]

When the unit is created, move it somewhere else
Create a dummy unit, force the dummy units "birth" animation
remove the dummy unit when the animation is done
move your unit back.

 

[Skuggi]

That looks fairly complicated and I have no idea of how to make that kind of a complex trigger. Is there no way to just replace the birth animation with a new one? Something like: Replace birth animation of (unit group) with (ChaosBirthAnimation)

 

[kevv2]

to change a birth animation... you would have to change either a building's birth anuimation using mofdel editing OR make a dummy unit at the point of constructed building using the same size

 

[Skuggi]

Could you explain how you would do this by using a dummy unit, for me and other newbies out there? And then I mean EXACTLY how you would do it.

 

[Shyhalu]

If thats fairy complicated to you I suggest you read up on some tutorials, you'd learn better that way.
The steps I listed are all doable in the world editor and are pretty much as basic as it gets.

 

[baassee]

Pyrtie had a great instruction to his model, here it is:

Northrend Undead Building Birth - The Hive Workshop - A Warcraft III Modding Site

 

[Skuggi]

That trigger doesn't work, I tested it.

 

[Just_Spectating]

really, because it should.

You probably did not use the right triggers.

did you use

• Animation - Change (Constructing structure)'s vertex coloring to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) with 100.00% transparency

or

• Unit - Create 1 (birth Dummy) for (Owner of (Constructing structure)) at (Position of (Constructing structure)) facing Default building facing degrees

not accounting leaks, which you'd need some easy variables.

fairly simple trigger.

 

[baassee]

then you prob made it wrong, please show us the triggers

 

[Skuggi]

Just check out the thread you posted before. I posted multiple comments and talked with Pyritie (Think that's how you spell it). My trigger is with the last posts in that thread.

 

[Just_Spectating]

why don't you Make your Construction Unit (building being constructed) to look like the Birth animation, and once it's complete, replace it with the real building

 

[Skuggi]

You mean make a dummy unit, like the trigger you already posted?

• Unit - Create 1 (birth Dummy) for (Owner of (Constructing structure)) at (Position of (Constructing structure)) facing Default building facing degrees

 

[Just_Spectating]

not exactly, but the building itself, on the Builder, is the dummy unit, therefore, when he builds it, it will already look like the Birth Animation, and just replace it with the real building when it is finished.