Morphing Models help

[HappyCockroach]

This thread will be pretty useful with the contest going on...
My first question is about the texture. In which ways can I change the unit's texture to use the same mesh? Is there any possible interpolation between the textures, or what?

 

[D a w n]

just look at the goblin alchemist model to see how blizzard made it and then just copy that for your model :>

 

[BlinkBoy]

just look at the goblin alchemist model to see how blizzard made it and then just copy that for your model :>

he means on max, sherlock. (joking xD)

Thy answer shall be revealed to thee here: http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=52884

If you don't get it, you may ask if you wish.

 

[HappyCockroach]

The tutorial was pretty messy and didn't cover what I was looking for, but DonDustin said the right thing. I forgot that material layers can have animated alphas with linear interpolation.
Thanks... =D
Another little question...what if the morph animation is long? This will make the unit wait for its end or will be skipped as the hero moves?

 

[Devine]

he means on max, sherlock. (joking xD)

Thy answer shall be revealed to thee here: http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=52884

If you don't get it, you may ask if you wish.

The tutorial was pretty messy and didn't cover what I was looking for, but DonDustin said the right thing. I forgot that material layers can have animated alphas with linear interpolation.
Thanks... =D
Another little question...what if the morph animation is long? This will make the unit wait for its end or will be skipped as the hero moves?

Who's the sherlock now?
lulz never opened the goblin alchemist in my magos before o:

 

[BlinkBoy]

actually both are wrong sherlocks. Don't use 2 layers, it doubles polies. Instead, if you are doing this through model edition, make the Textureid be animateable by setting it's interp to Dontinterp and adding a key with the new texture id. Look at the mountain King for instance. (I suggest you look at the MDL with notepad. No offense, but magos is for noobs, just use it for adding particles and removing nodes.)

 

[Direfury]

Lmao, i've done this before on my Felrunner model, just check out the Materials.

 

[Callahan]

Use animated Texture ID in material.
Just like the water elemental or gobling alchi.

 

[Direfury]

I don't know about other programs, but if I can get the model in Magos, along with the two textures, I can probably pull it off.

Two textures, one alpha'd out during Normal animations, and then showing in Alternate, and pretty much the same thing with the other texture.

 

[HappyCockroach]

But does this animated ID thing have interpolation?

 

[A.R.]

Also, be warned: Magos has errors saving animated textures.

 

[Devine]

actually both are wrong sherlocks. Don't use 2 layers, it doubles polies. Instead, if you are doing this through model edition, make the Textureid be animateable by setting it's interp to Dontinterp and adding a key with the new texture id. Look at the mountain King for instance. (I suggest you look at the MDL with notepad. No offense, but magos is for noobs, just use it for adding particles and removing nodes.)

I suspected this was possible ... never tried it though ....

 

[Callahan]

But does this animated ID thing have interpolation?

Yes this method does have an intepolation if you look at hellscream animation when he morph to chaos hellscream you'll see that he turn progressively to red.

Also, be warned: Magos has errors saving animated textures.

Yeah for Texture animation but not in Material animated Texture ID.

When you create a new material instead of using a texture check the Texture ID flag 'animated' and then open the mdl in notepad and you'll see each textures you imported have an ID (a number) generaly in the order you imported it.
Just like this :