Thanks man, I appreciate this greatly! I'll use trigger to change its animation speed. Its perfect
Apologies for the disturbance but can you share the triggers? I'm interested too!
Hey there. So I'm just attaching the AOE model to a dummy unit and then using Animation Speed to change how fast it animates. Then I use Expiration Timer to change how long I want it to last for
Untitled Trigger 001
Events
Unit - A unit Starts the effect of an ability
Conditions
(Ability being cast) Equal to Animate Dead
Actions
Set VariableSet TempPoint[0] = (Position of (Triggering unit))
Unit - Create 1 Orange Contract AOE (Godzilla W) for (Owner of (Triggering unit)) at TempPoint[0] facing Default building facing degrees
Animation - Change (Last created unit)'s animation speed to 165.00% of its original speed
Unit - Add a 3.40 second Generic expiration timer to (Last created unit)
Custom script: call RemoveLocation (udg_TempPoint[0])
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Thanks! Also I thought this was a w3x file, not an mdx one. Sorry for the confusion!Hey there. So I'm just attaching the AOE model to a dummy unit and then using Animation Speed to change how fast it animates. Then I use Expiration Timer to change how long I want it to last for
Unfortunately, I didn't know about Special Effects till much later and wasn't able to find the universal dummy.mdx. I exported mine recently from an unprotected map. I do intend on revisting all my dummies and clearing them up, with the exception of a few due to specific mechanics^ You can also use Special Effects, which is recommended if you care about performance. Gets rid of the overhead that comes with spawning in an entire Unit along with avoiding bloat in the Object Editor. To destroy the effect after a delay (like your expiration timer) you could setup a rather simple system that relies on Waits or Timers if you want exact precision.
Destroy Special Effect Delay
When I use Destroy Special Effect action the special effect is not instantly removed but stays in place for a couple of seconds. Any way to remove it instantly? I tried to set it's alpha to 0 and remove all sub animation but neither works.
Another thing about Dummy units that most get wrong - If your Dummy unit doesn't act like a Missile (another obsolete mechanic) then it should be setup as follows: Copy and paste the Locust -> Set Movement Type = None, Speed Base = 0, Attacks Enabled = None, Model = None, Shadow = None.
Actions
Set VariableSet TempPoint[0] = (Position of (Triggering unit))
Special Effect - Create a special effect at TempPoint[0] using AOE.mdx
Custom script: call RemoveLocation( udg_TempPoint[0] )
Special Effect - Set Time Scale of (Last created special effect) to 1.65
Set VariableSet SFX_Destroy_After = 1.40
Trigger - Run SFX_Destroy_System (ignoring conditions)
This going to be bad, but I haven't used any hashtables yet, despite knowing it tooAnother thing about Dummy units that most get wrong - If your Dummy unit doesn't act like a Missile (another obsolete mechanic) then it should be setup as follows: Copy and paste the Locust -> Set Movement Type = None, Speed Base = 0, Attacks Enabled = None, Model = None, Shadow = None.
That allows it to cast spells "instantly", assuming the spell is setup to be requirement-free.
Also, just to clarify on the trigger:
The last bit is an example system to handle destroying it, which would either run a Jass function or another trigger that runs some Jass code that detects the (Last created special effect), stores it in a Hashtable along with a Timer, starts the Timer, and Destroys both when the Timer expires.
. My mate already used 1. So far for me, there isn't a need for it (for now), but I know I'll use it in future. For what you posted here, I SSed it and will try it when I can. I'm more motivated for stuff like this since its not as time consuming as having to go back and updating a buncha stuff haha
