Create unit using animation

[Marcell]

• Raise Dead
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Dies
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Killing unit)) Equal to Skeleton Archer
  • Actions
    • Set ArcherKill = (Position of (Killing unit))
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (((Owner of (Killing unit)) Food used) + 3) Less than or equal to ((Owner of (Killing unit)) Food cap)
      • Then - Actions
        • Unit - Create 1 Skeleton Archer for (Owner of (Killing unit)) at ArcherKill facing (Random angle) degrees
        • Custom script: call RemoveLocation(udg_ArcherKill)
      • Else - Actions

This is what I got so far, but I would like to make it so that if the archer kills an unit, the archer doesn't instantly spawn, but instead climbs out of the ground just like the Raise dead ability. How would I do that? I'm sure it's got to do with an Animation trigger, perhaps "queue unit animation"?

 

[nedio95]

• Animation - Play (Last Created Units)'s birth animation

This ^

It should be under "Animation - Play Unit Animation". Also, "birth" is a string, you have to type it yourself. There is a list of what animations war3 models have or something similar around.

 

[pOke]

Does the unit actually have a "climb out of the ground" animation? Or are you trying to simulate it?

 

[nedio95]

Does the unit actually have a "climb out of the ground" animation? Or are you trying to simulate it?

The war3 skeleton archer does, and it is it's "birth" animation. If it is a custom model though...

 

[Marcell]

• Animation - Play (Last Created Units)'s birth animation

This ^

It should be under "Animation - Play Unit Animation". Also, "birth" is a string, you have to type it yourself. There is a list of what animations war3 models have or something similar around.

Thanks, I knew it was something like that, but having to input the word myself is so dumb of blizzard when 99% of the WE is select abc.

On another note, do I need to save the animation to a variable and kill it later or is that trigger as is fine?

 

[Dr Super Good]

On another note, do I need to save the animation to a variable and kill it later or is that trigger as is fine?

Should be fine as is. It instructs the unit's actor to play the animation and that state is overwritten when the unit receives another animation, eg walking or attacking. Hence no leak.

Animation tags are a different problem, one might have to remove them after adding them since they modify the set of animations played. That said I am not sure WC3 supports dynamic animation tags.

 

[Chaosium]

You may want to add "Queue unit's stand animation", otherwise the unit may appear "frozen" when birth animation is completed, and if there is no enemy unit in acquisition range, it will just stand there frozen in the last frame of birth anim, until ordered to do something.

It's a minor visual inconvenience, but heh.

 

[Marcell]

You may want to add "Queue unit's stand animation", otherwise the unit may appear "frozen" when birth animation is completed, and if there is no enemy unit in acquisition range, it will just stand there frozen in the last frame of birth anim, until ordered to do something.

It's a minor visual inconvenience, but heh.

Thanks, not however, as annoying as whilst in the midst of battle the animation is playing for a split second so that the unit can start attacking. Pause unit would suffice for this and unpause when the animation is complete?

 

[nedio95]

Thanks, I knew it was something like that, but having to input the word myself is so dumb of blizzard when 99% of the WE is select abc.

@Dr Super Good @Chaosium correct me if I am wrong.

The animation tags are not hard-coded at all. As I am aware the animation tags are defined by the artist who makes the model and are custom?
Blizzard have put some standardized tags in War3 models which have become a standard for the community to use, but then you can have pretty much anything. e.g. artist can call an animation "blahblehbluh" ? As such, you'd have and need freedom of input there.

War3 community sticks to standardized "Attack - 1", "Attack - 2", "Attack - 3", "Spell", "Stand" etc. to not confuse the users and make a robust & re-usable content, both for art & code.

@Marcell wait for either Dr or Chaos to confirm. I am not particularly in-depth with the war3 engine or modeling.

 

[Chaosium]

Never actually tested custom tags to be honest, but I have some memories of me testing the "seventh" tag and not being supported by the game. I might be wrong tho, gotta test this up!

 

[Marcell]

Never actually tested custom tags to be honest, but I have some memories of me testing the "seventh" tag and not being supported by the game. I might be wrong tho, gotta test this up!

How would I get my unit to complete the "birth" animation before he starts attacking :<?

 

[Chaosium]

As you suggested, I guess pausing it would do? Other means would be deactivating his attack but that would be a bit over the top...

 

[Tasyen]

I got 3 Ideas how to.

• Let the skelett cast a channeled Spell ('ANcl') with disable other abilities, channel time should be birth animation time - cast point time.
  • when finished remove the ability from the unit
• Stun it with a stormbolt clone.
• pause it, like chaosium said (Wait + Local or GTS might be your friend).