Help with Animation

[Anachron]

I don't know where it belongs to correctly, I am having problems on a model. Its a simple model with just an animation with no name, I need to add animation to that model, I can just attach it to a unit with adding it with special effects. Because you can't remove special effects of a special units without saving them, I need the model to have a stand and a death animation. Its the selection circle from the Warcraft game. I am starting a new System for selection and orders, such as mass-move-orders which does not leak. Also need this for other systems. I will attach if someone makes it for me. Basicly I just need to know how I add that ONLOOP non animation having model to a unit without special effects.

 

[gavdaman88]

Trigger it so that when a unit is created make a special effect like a 'toon boom' in spawned effects, and similarly when it dies. It has the whole 'poof'
affect of something appearing/dissapearing.

 

[Anachron]

It should be permanently on the unit and removeable =(

 

[Thrikodius]

Let's see if I got this right. You want a permanent special effect that dissapears when the unit dies right?
Copy an aura, set the AoE to 1, make sure it doesn't give any boost at all and change the effect to what you want (selection circle as far as I got it).
It will be removed on death and you can remove it on your own to.
It will stay about 1.333 seconds after death.

 

[Anachron]

Umm it does not work as attachment for units. Any other solutions please?

 

[Thrikodius]

I thought that you should be able to use the custom path but the animations aren't accepted. I tried to make one with stand and death animations in several ways but for some reason I get the message "The file is not an MDX model/BLP file".
Either my computer sux or magos.

 

[Anachron]

Well its because that model needs an animation or I need to add it with another method. Any idea?

 

[Drazalon]

Fist you will need the Model to Mdl Converter Found here.
http://www.wc3campaigns.net/showthread.php?t=91130

Convert the .mdx into a .mdl. Now simple open it up with Notepad and edit the names from there. Save then convert it back to a .mdx and check in Warcraft3 Model Viewer if the names are correct.

NOTE: Here is a sample of the txt, edit the underlined names

Model "HeroBlackSaber" {
	BlendTime 150,
	MinimumExtent { -156.195007, -144.205002, -54.452400 },
	MaximumExtent { 143.658005, 141.600006, 442.065002 },
}
Sequences 14 {
	Anim "[u]Stand 2[/u]" {
		Interval { 2333, 5867 },
		Rarity 3.000000,
		MinimumExtent { -160.356995, -173.089005, -53.732899 },
		MaximumExtent { 172.466995, 160.419998, 197.854996 },
		BoundsRadius 239.729004,
	}
	Anim "[u]Attack[/u]" {
		Interval { 14333, 15500 },
		NonLooping,
		MinimumExtent { -183.667007, -159.447998, -65.939301 },
		MaximumExtent { 197.113007, 158.774994, 225.289993 },
		BoundsRadius 240.296997,
	}
	Anim "[u]Attack Slam[/u]" {
		Interval { 17000, 18133 },
		NonLooping,
		MinimumExtent { -175.744003, -153.626999, -53.732700 },
		MaximumExtent { 208.347000, 140.723999, 342.717010 },
		BoundsRadius 271.364014,
	}