Make unit model be entirely straight regardless of cliffs.

[MasterWarlord]

I have a target indicator model for boss attacks that is a very long line. I spawn a unit that I get rid of after a few seconds. The issue is, if the unit is close to a cliff or deep water or something like that, the unit's model will slope and the line will go into the air/down into the floor. I want the unit's model to be entirely straight regardless of what type of terrain it is on. I have tried making the unit flying and changing the unit's flying height, it doesn't seem to matter. Any suggestions?

https://imgur.com/a/D1145Nj

 

[PurgeandFire]

You might want to try using a special effect instead (especially if you're developing on reforged-compatible patches). You can still control it's facing and such via "Special Effect - Set Special Effect Orientation" (or the individual yaw/pitch/roll functions). The nice thing with special effects is that when you spawn them in the world (i.e. not attached to a unit), they will keep the same orientation regardless of the terrain below.

 

[MasterWarlord]

The functionality I want from units is giving them timed deaths.

Setting the time scale of a special effect changes its animation speed.
Setting the time of a special effect seems to just do nothing at all.

https://imgur.com/hUS6l8K

 

[Chaosium]

Set both these fields in the unit editor to 0

 

[MasterWarlord]

Set both these fields in the unit editor to 0

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Thank you, this solved my issue.

 

[Uncle]

The functionality I want from units is giving them timed deaths.

Setting the time scale of a special effect changes its animation speed.
Setting the time of a special effect seems to just do nothing at all.

https://imgur.com/hUS6l8K

I know you've solved the problem but I want to point out how simple it is to destroy a Special Effect after a delay. It's nice to avoid creating an entire unit when you really just need it's model.

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