[General] Help w/ Building Attachments

[sentrywiz]

Hello

I'm having problems with displaying effects on custom structure models.

I have an overtime disease-like effect that should display the cloud either above or below the structure model. However, nothing works.

I tried:
-origin, overhead, sprite, first, second, third
-with the buff
-with triggers

How to make effects display on custom buildings, or buildings in general?

 

[Chaosy]

I am sure there is a better way but you can use it
1.make dummy unit with the disease cloud model.
2. set the flying height to whatever suits
3. place it over a building (for example)

 

[Maker]

Download War 3 model editor. Open the model.
Windows -> Node manager
Available attachment points have "ref" added to their names. Like Origin ref. You'd then use origin as the attachment point.

 

[sentrywiz]

Darkgrom, that is even harder than what I tried, with point special effects. But it might do the trick, as I only need to "show" that the building is diseased, not keep the buff or whatever.

Maker, that sounds great, but also complex. I'll also try what you said, see if I can make it work.

+rep for both

EDIT: Maker, I did you what you said (I had the model editor from before) and opened one of the models I am using right now. No ref's. There is only one bone like icon and that's it. I opened a couple of units models just to be sure I am looking at it correctly. Yep, no attachments there. I could probably add one, if I knew what to do. For now, I'll go with Darkgrom's idea, its something I understand.

Off-topic maker, you played Castle Fight? If so, do you know how the buildings there have effects attached to them? Some have doodads infront, some houses are turned.. some have added doodads behind them, above + some spell effect. Overall, nothing out of wc3 but I don't know how its done.

 

[maddeem]

Off-topic maker, you played Castle Fight? If so, do you know how the buildings there have effects attached to them? Some have doodads infront, some houses are turned.. some have added doodads behind them, above + some spell effect. Overall, nothing out of wc3 but I don't know how its done.

Custom models mah boy. Or they attached units to other units. Either way works.

 

[Maker]

Addng attachment points is easy. Go to node manager and right click Right click -> create attachment. Right click the created attachment -> edit node. Give it some name (don't forget the ref part) and edit the x/y/z values. Save and import into your map.

Off-topic maker, you played Castle Fight?

Haven't played it.

 

[sentrywiz]

Thanks maker & maddeem.
However, one more question about the attachments - say I have human barracks. I want to attach a farm onto the barracks, let's say left from them. How would I do that?

 

[Pharaoh_]

You may want to create a special effect at location in that case.

• Set Loc1 = (Position of Barracks)
• Set Loc2 = (Loc1 offset by 128.00 towards 0 degrees)
• Special Effect - Create a special effect at Loc2 using buildings\human\Farm\Farm.mdl
• Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_Loc1)
• Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_Loc2)

You may also want to save it via a hashtable, so as to destroy it once the barracks themselves are destroyed.

 

[sentrywiz]

Thanks, that'd be helpful.
However, the full trigger would of been more helpful