Gates Animation

[Jaronis]

I've got a map, "Twilight Islands" where I'm trying to impliment gates as units that can be opened and closed, I think I've gotten it mostly settled, but I don't know how to make the gates "look the part" without using triggers, can anyone help me?
I know something similiar was done on "village builder" but the thing's damaged so I can't figure out how, any assistance would be appriciated.

 

[Ramza]

What do u mean with: 'make the gates "look the part"'

 

[Jaronis]

I mean make them look open, like their "death alternate" animation, but without the use of triggers I'm clueless on how to do it.

 

[Ramza]

A unit gate cant play his death alternate animation without triggers. Why u dont wanna use triggers?

 

[IggyZ]

What I think is used is a building that can use one of the "transform" abilities, such as the druid of the claw's bear form, to turn into a unit with a different pathing map, and stuck in the "death-alternated" animation.

 

[shadow1500]

Add "alternate" to Art - Required Animation Names of the open gate unit.

 

[Jaronis]

I'll try the transform thing, but I cannot just add the animation to the gate because the full name is something like this: Death Alternate (1667 s), which is too big for Required animation names, sorry I forgot to mention, but I tried that first.

 

[shadow1500]

I'll try the transform thing, but I cannot just add the animation to the gate because the full name is something like this: Death Alternate (1667 s), which is too big for Required animation names, sorry I forgot to mention, but I tried that first.

You add "Alternate" to the unit property "Art - Required Animation Names", not "Death Alternate (1667 s)" or w/e, and there is no character length limit on that.

 

[Jaronis]

The problem is that alternate only effects the gate when it dies, but I need the gate to appear open while it's alive...
And that has been a real pain for me.

 

[shadow1500]

ooh.. i get it now, u have to use triggers for this (no other way, if the gate had a stand alternate animation which would be an open gate, only then it would work)
here is how to do it

event-
unit starts an effect of ability
condition-
ability being cast is open/close gate
action-
if unit-type of triggering unit equals to Gate (Open) then
   -animation - play triggering unit's death alternate animation
else
   -animation - play triggering unit's stand animation

 

[Jaronis]

Figures, I was really hoping to aviod that, but, if neccessary I guess I'll go through with it, anyways, I figured I could do the triggering, but this simplifies it, anyways, are you sure about the way that trigger works, I mean, if the triggering unit is open, and does the open animation, are you sure that wouldn't make the closed gate end up open? Nothing serious or importent, just curious.

 

[shadow1500]

the moment you use the ability morph, the unit is replaced with the alternate form and the event is executed, so yea this should work.

 

[Jaronis]

Thanks, but for some reason it's not working, I've tried several variations, but the gate refuses to appear open,