How to make a unit use one animation

[Scippi]

Hi everyone I just downloaded this model
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...86971/?prev=search=assault%20tank&d=list&r=20

There are 3 attack animations, but i only want to use one,and this isn't the default animation. This model will be used for a a summoned unit so i can't use remove animation tag because then i'd have to target a specfic unit.

Any help would be appreciated

 

[TriggerHappy]

You could edit the model and remove the alternate attack animations, it should be very easy.
If you get permission from General Frank, I can try and do it for you.

 

[Scippi]

Hey Trigger thank you for the offer, I'll pm him now, is there no way to do it via triggers or unit editor though?

 

[meOme]

Just make a trigger:

Event: Unit enters playable map area
Condition: Unit type of triggering unit = your unit
Action: Disable attack animations 1 + 2 for triggering unit

I don't see a problem there.

 

[Just_Spectating]

just add to the alternate animations (in the object editor, your unit) the string of whatever comes after the Attack

e.g. Attack == Attack Alternate == Attack Slam == Attack Spell Throw

 

[Scippi]

@Just_Spectating: i can't find this alternate animations field in the object editor, what editor version are you using?

 

[Armenian Beagle]

hey,

i tried this and i dont know if there's a professional way to do it, but i just directly copy the animation name letter by letter. (if its attack 1, type in attack 1)
worked for me this far..

 

[Scippi]

@Armenian Beagle: How do you copy the animations one by one? when i import the model the texture, model and animations kinda come in one package xD

 

[Scippi]

meOme: I got it now, thank you so much , seems a lot easier than i thought it would be

 

[Scippi]

meOme i just made the trigger but for some reason it's not removing or adding the animation tags to the unit. The animation i want is called Attack. I want to remove Attack One Alternate and Attack Two Alternate. So i've put add animation tag Attack and remove animation tag for the other 2 but it's still not working, is there some sort of animation ID i have to enter?

 

[Hemlock]

Why don't use the index animations of the model via a script call like AnimationByIndex (udg_yourunit, numberhere)

 

[Armenian Beagle]

well, if you're making a trigger where you want the unit to play an animation, just do what i said above.

if you're trying to make a unit that will only use one animation whenever it attacks, sorry cant help.

 

[Hemlock]

well, if you're making a trigger where you want the unit to play an animation, just do what i said above.

if you're trying to make a unit that will only use one animation whenever it attacks, sorry cant help.

That last thing ain't too hard, here is a small example, perhaps not the most efficient of code, but hench it should work

• Attack Animation Blademaster
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is attacked
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Attacking unit)) Equal to Blademaster
  • Actions
    • Set attackingUnit = (Attacking unit)
    • Custom script: call SetUnitAnimationByIndex (udg_attackingUnit, 2)
    • Animation - Queue attackingUnit's stand animation

The event enables the trigger when a unit is attacked (there is no real function for "if a unit is attacking") so were basically doing it the other way around.

because you only want a specific type of unit(s) to do this, you narrow the enablement down with a conditional statement, in this case "Unit - Type Comparison", we use the attacking unit, cause we don't want to know whom the attacked unit is, but the attacker; in this case the Blademaster unit type.

Next up the actions, first of all I saved the attacking unit, in a unit variable (this allows easier acces in your custom script next up).
Following up, we make A script call "SetUnitAnimationByIndex", between the () we first fill in the first parameter which is the unit we are refering to, so in this case attackingUnit, cause of the global scope the variable has, we have to put udg_ in front of it.
We close that with a ","to then fill out the next parameter, this is the Index number of the units animation (in this case2)
Note: you can find animation index numbers easily with wc3viewer.

Conclusively we Que the stand animation, so the unit doesn't freeze after it has attacked.

And there you have it, hope this helps you out