Dummy.mdx model edit for more z rotations

[Nestharus]

This is the map with the model in it

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...9434-snippet-needs-work-particle-particle.w3x


I am just totally lost on figuring out how to edit it myself since I've never done model editing... so..

right now it supports angles from 0 to 180. 0 makes the unit face down flat on its face and 180 makes it lie down on its back. I want it to support 0 to 270. Angle 270 would make the unit stand on its head (upside down).

Much appreciated to anyone who adds in the new angles ^)^.

If someone could tell me how to add them in pretty easily, then I could do it myself as well : ).

 

[sonofjay]

I'm not good at modeling myself, but I want to tell you that I can't open the model with mdlvis, and when I try to open it to warcraft model editor, it shows only a blank space.

Question what is the model? Spell model or other types?

 

[Nestharus]

I opened it in gmax ;o

 

[sonofjay]

I opened it in gmax ;o

Oh well I don't have gmax so I can't help :C

 

[AlienAtSystem]

Couldn't you use a dummy with -180 maximum pitch and roll values? That would make the unit stand on the head by default, so with dummy.mdx, you would get the "lower" half of the angles.

 

[Nestharus]

It's used as a unit.

 

[AlienAtSystem]

where is the problem? Even units have pitch and roll angles

 

[Nestharus]

You can't set the pitch/roll angles in real time, hence the need for animation to set z angle.

 

[Nestharus]

So can anyone fulfill this request? You could also make a new model. It just needs to rotate about the z axis based on the animation index.

The reason for 0 to 270 instead of 0 to 180 is because of non projectile models that face upright at 0 degrees. Non projectile models would end up having a range from lying on their back to lying on their face. It'd be cool to use both projectile and non projectile units =).


To give you a better idea
Peasant at 0 degrees

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Arrow at 0 degrees

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