How do you make villagers harvest properly?

[Standhaft]

How do you make villagers harvest properly?

Using the proper work animations and stuff.

I have a feeling someone has already asked this question, but when I googled for it I just found stupid and unhelpful answers on other sites and it wasn't working when I tried to search for it on hive for some reason.

If this has already been answered, sorry for asking it again, but can you link me to it please?

 

[The_Silent]

They only have the work animation with the pickaxe, is that one not working? or are you looking to add the peasant's work animations to the villager?

 

[Standhaft]

Right now they just attack trees by punching them and have no animation for carrying lumber or gold. Also, they punch to repair as well.

 

[The_Silent]

Well, they never had animations for gold and lumber. So you would have to add those using Retera's model editor,.or get someone else to do it for you.

But it is weird that they do not use their default work animation.

 

[RaidonGod]

Right now they just attack trees by punching them and have no animation for carrying lumber or gold. Also, they punch to repair as well.

Maybe you could use another model? I mean map size isn't that much of a problem anymore.
Villager 255 Animations
This one should have some decent animations IIRC.

 

[The_Silent]

Maybe you could use another model? I mean map size isn't that much of a problem anymore.
Villager 255 Animations
This one should have some decent animations IIRC.

It does not have proper gold/lumber animations, as they are used for other stuff like bow animations. So that one will not work.

 

[RaidonGod]

It does not have proper gold/lumber animations, as they are used for other stuff like bow animations. So that one will not work.

Oh! I thought it was one of those enhanced villager models with proper animations.
Long time ago I used one, but not sure where I'd get it and if I still have it, thought it was the 255 Animations Version.
My apologies.

 

[Standhaft]

I don't understand. Does that mean there is no way to fix it?

I could have sworn I have seen them harvesting and working in the campaign... but maybe I imagined that.

 

[BloodSoul]

In the campaign, Trudging through the Ashes map (RoC_U01), they are just playing stand work animation through triggers.

• Harvesters Start
  • Events
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • -------- Space out the animations to prevent them from being sync'd --------
    • Animation - Play HarvesterFake's stand work animation
    • Wait 0.20 seconds
    • Animation - Play Harvester1's stand work animation
    • Wait 0.20 seconds
    • Animation - Play Harvester2's stand work animation

 

[Standhaft]

So they never carry lumber back to the mill then?

 

[BloodSoul]

I'm afraid I can't help you any further because I have zero knowledge in modeling/animating.

All I know is that the standard villager model shouldn't display any lumber/gold being carried as they do not have those animations. Perhaps you could ask someone here to attach that piece of wood/lumber and their respective animations to the villager model for you.

If I'm not mistaken, the villager will need these animations after having the lumber model attached to him:

attack lumber
stand lumber
stand work lumber (optional - for building structures while carrying lumber)
walk lumber

stand work is only naturally played when the unit is building a structure.

 

[The_Silent]

I can make a model for you with the animations, but won't have time till Friday evening.

 

[Strydhaizer]

Here, import this to your map and it will now work just like the peasants.

Download: Request: Villager With Work Animation | HIVE

 

[Standhaft]

I am not home right now to test it, but that's awesome, thanks. I'll let you know the results as soon as I run it.

 

[Standhaft]

So I've imported the file into the import manager, but how do I add the animation to the villager?

I remember in the past I have used custom models, but I don't think I have ever used a custom animation before. I couldn't intuitively figure out what to change. I was guessing something in the animations/art of the villager.

What do I need to edit/where do I need to put the file?

 

[Strydhaizer]

Just replace the human peasant with the villager I provided.

 

[Standhaft]

It works pretty cool. I think I have something set wrong though because the portrait comes up black instead of a villager face.

He also looks like he is punching the tree and not using a pickaxe, but he does carry lumber/gold which is great.

Edit: I just discovered something very strange. The normal villager will use the pickaxe properly to repair if you give him the repair ability.

If only there was some way to just get him to harvest like that.

 

[Strydhaizer]

It works pretty cool. I think I have something set wrong though because the portrait comes up black instead of a villager face.

I updated the pastebin link I provided, import both models, if you change the filename of the base model make sure you rename the other one (with '..._Portrait' in the filename) aswell but don't remove the '_Portrait' in the filename, so you should have both VillagerWithWorkAnim.mdx and VillagerWithWorkAnim_Portrait.mdx in your map, the portrait should work properly after that.

 

[Standhaft]

The portrait is working now, but they still punch the trees instead of hitting them with their pickaxes.

The repair animation looks perfect. I just want to swap their attack/harvest animation (punching) with their repair animation (pickaxing).