How do you use animations for buildings?

[chilla_killa]

Hello Modellers, I'm creating buildings for my Age of Empires map (Geoset-Merges of existing blizzard doodads, so now I have the finished model.)

But they need building and death anims.
Can I use the existing animations of Blizzards buildings?
How can I use them?

Please help me, I will rep anybody who makes a useful comment and credit the one in my map, who gives me the solving answer.

chilla_killa

 

[chilla_killa]

BUMP
Is it really so hard?

 

[Mechanical Man]

yeah it's hard. Especially if you want to use blizzard animations. dunno, try merging it with some existing human model, like barracks, or made your own animation. Which tools do you use?

 

[chilla_killa]

Milkshape 3D,
I will try custom anims, but I'm totally new to anims.

 

[Mechanical Man]

Building animation is basically hiding and showing stuff, including particles. No transformations needed.

 

[chilla_killa]

Okay thanks, I think I figured it out.

 

[Thyrael]

I don't think there is a great difference between unit and buildings. Buildings need a correct scaled birth, a stand, work and death animation. If the building is upgradable it needs work,upgrade etc. as a morph.