Making a unit shorter

[Aiun]

Hello, I want to make a really short cannon tower, but I can only make it smaller with scaling it seems . Can I change model only in Z axis?
Or as an alternative remove the stony part of a tower entirely, whatever is simpler

 

[biridius]

You could edit the model file.
For example in Magos model editor, Node manager create a node, make it parent for all other nodes (by moving them under it and then to the right), and set this parent node's Scaling to { 1, 1, 0.7 } with a global sequence. That would reduce height by 30% without affecting other dimensions.
Or instead of scaling, you can do Translation { 0, 0, -20 } to sink the tower down 20 points.

 

[Aiun]

You could edit the model file.
For example in Magos model editor, Node manager create a node, make it parent for all other nodes (by moving them under it and then to the right), and set this parent node's Scaling to { 1, 1, 0.7 } with a global sequence. That would reduce height by 30% without affecting other dimensions.
Or instead of scaling, you can do Translation { 0, 0, -40 } to move the tower down.

I haven't ever modeled.. Is there a guide somewhere or smth?

 

[biridius]

There is a tutorial section on Hive. Some techniques like editing nodes are described here:

Making a dissipate animation using Magos' War3ModelEditor

How to make a dissipate animation from a decay flesh animation. It is very simple, in fact you don't need an animating program to make a dissipate animation! Easy: 3/10 Magos War3ModelEditor Parent: A parent has a child which depends upon the parent. Parents have a +/- icon that you can...

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What I described isn't really modeling but closer to programming the model's behaviour (animations) with a line of code.

 

[Uncle]

I forget if this works for just one axis (obviously it looks like it should):

• Animation - Change (Triggering unit)'s size to (100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%) of its original size

 

[AbsolutePsycho]

@Uncle

call SetUnitScale(u, 2.0, GetRandomReal(0.1,2.0), GetRandomReal(0.1,2.0))

Only x value is used, the other two are ignored.

 

[Pwnica]

Just use Retera model studio
It’s easy and just select all geosets and nodes and scale everything

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Well actually you can do it without editing its model by setting its flying height to a negative value that fits the new Z scale you wanted in object editor, Found a way of changing flying height to different preset negative values while in-game. A bit heavy on object editor data as each new negative height requires a separate unit along with attack range and attack type(like chaos/magic/pierce) do as well at least in the frozen throne of legacy wc3.

 

[Aiun]

Well actually you can do it without editing its model by setting its flying height to a negative value that fits the new Z scale you wanted in object editor, Found a way of changing flying height to different preset negative values while in-game. A bit heavy on object editor data as each new negative height requires a separate unit along with attack range and attack type(like chaos/magic/pierce) do as well at least in the frozen throne of legacy wc3.

tyvm, if Im understanding it correctly, this is exactly what I was looking for!

 

[Aiun]

tyvm, if Im understanding it correctly, this is exactly what I was looking for!

Yep, works like a charm

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[Aiun]

Yep, works like a charm
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Nevermind, this thing popped out when I launched the test version.. Why??

 

[Tal'Rarity]

Nevermind, this thing popped out when I launched the test version.. Why??

It needs to be preplaced as a structure or turn it into a unit and then turn it into a structure after.

 

[Ahimtar]

Just as a note for the modeling way of doing this - it might be simple and seemingly clean, but it'll destroy the model if you try the map on reforged as it'll treat it as a custom SD model

 

[Pwnica]

Just as a note for the modeling way of doing this - it might be simple and seemingly clean, but it'll destroy the model if you try the map on reforged as it'll treat it as a custom SD model

My Opinion:

You should never use any models or skins when you create a map playable for Reforged and SD

If you gonna use models then you can just force the map to be only SD or HD in preference