Corpses

[Zeatherann]

I am wondering about how to create a trigger that allows me to have a unit that owns several corpses around it, and keeps them there from decaying. The unit should 'release' the corpses when it dies though, making the corpses decay at that point.

How would I go about doing this?

 

[jonhysone]

Using dummies is the best solution for this . Liek this , We have two dummies' types . One that doesn't decay , and one decays . Then change every unit's corpses with the dummies.

 

[defskull]

So you basically want to preserve the corpse of the unit without it being decayed ?

Try this ?

• Unit - Suspend corpse decay for (Triggering unit)

 

[GreeN!X]

Have you tried using Graveyard's Create Corpse ability? I think it would work on other units too.

EDIT: Oh wait.. you're talking about triggers...

 

[Zeatherann]

I have tried suspend corpse decay, i must not've used it correctly.

 

[Vinz]

Graveyard does exactly what you need without triggers IMO..

 

[Zeatherann]

I also want to be able to count the number of corpses a unit has, if you can show that I still can, great

 

[Chaosy]

Create the unit
add locust to unit
Play decay animation
set animation speed to 0%

There you got a corpse

 

[Zeatherann]

what if i want the corpse to decay when the unit 'owning' the corpse dies?

 

[Vinz]

Should it be MUI? If yes, use unit indexing. Else, assign variables..

 

[Chaosy]

No need for a indexer. I would use a hashtable.

Create corpse like

//create corpse here
call SaveUnitHandle(hash, GetHandleId(owner), 1, corpse)
//create new corpse here
call SaveUnitHandle(hash, GetHandleId(owner), 2, corpse)
//and so on

And to resume decay

local unit u = LoadUnitHandle(hash, GetHandleId(owner), 1)
//set animation speed to 100 + kill unit

 

[Zeatherann]

Killing the unit makes the sound and death animation though?

And yes: I'll use hashtables as it is MUI.

 

[Chaosy]

I guess you could kill the unit instead of adding locust. I hope you may still order unit to play animation even if he is dead, never tested

 

[Zeatherann]

killing a unit causes the death animation/sound to play. There are ways to minimize/remove the animation, but not the sound.

 

[Chaosy]

You could move the unit to a corner of the map and kill it and then move it back.

Thay maybe works

 

[Tonex]

Just use "Create Corpse". You can get the corpse using "Last Created Unit"

 

[Zeatherann]

It seems that using CreateCorpse doesn't make the unit decay (animation wise)?

 

[Tonex]

It does, just really slowly.

 

[Zeatherann]

I looked at the corpses, they didn't move, and then disappeared.

 

[Tonex]

The decay animation is that the corpse very, very slowly lowers itself beneath the ground. That is what I see, Idk about you.

 

[Zeatherann]

Hmm, i'll try again but last i tried it didn't lower into the ground (using peasant model)