Changing Model

[shocker]

What is the field type name, and field name for a unit's model.

After looking for a hour i cant seem to find it, and now i feel like an idiot.

 

[mrzwach]

Its in the actor.

Actors basically control all the visual properties of your unit, as well as sounds and some other things.

 

[shocker]

ok, i see that now but how do i add an actor? I still cant find a way to manage a unit's main actor. All i find is how to add abilty like actors.

 

[mrzwach]

I would recommend duplicating an existing actor (best is to duplicate the one linked to the unit your unit is based off of), and then changing the token unit to your custom unit.

 

[shocker]

Yes, i did see that as a solution, but a bad one. Im trying to create a bunch of units with the same stats but different models. It would be much faster to just change the actor, if i could find out how


Also it creates a copy of the actor. Which then you have 1000 copies of actors, which defeats the whole purpose of having actor classes

 

[mrzwach]

You have to create different units in order for them to have different models. Unfortunately, you can only have one unit for each actor.

Also, you would only have 1000 actors if you had 1000 units.

 

[shocker]

ya, i just found that out after doing a search using actor instead of model. This doesnt make any sence tho, why didnt they just add all the actor fields in the unit section. Such a big hassle for something so simple.

Thanks for your help tho, +rep

 

[Rispetto]

Another idea is use a trigger to randomly select an actor from a given set of them?

I'm pretty sure this is possible. You can use an event like "when ____ is trained" or "map initialization" if you already have the units on the map.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Actor events are pretty complicated and can do a hell of a lot of tasks. I still do not fully understand thhem but if you want to use the editor efficently it is a must to learn.