[General] Unhiding and playing birth animation

[tulee]

Hi guys, I tried searching the forums with the search function and not hit with the combination of key words I used, so I am assuming I am just missing something very obvious.

Essentially, I was wondering if there is a way to unhide a unit and then play its birth animation without having to see its stand animation all while the camera is facing the unit/doodad. Up until now, I have had to show a scene without it, turn the camera away, then unhide a doodad/unit then play its birth animation, and then finally turn the camera back to the original place.

I do not mind doing this, its just that it cuts the flow of the cinematics I make to the people with keen eyes, and I personally would prefer not to do this as it adds an impact when the camera does not need to turn away every time I want to unhide a unit then play tis birth animation (for story reasons It does not make sense to have it unhidden when the camera first looks at the region/place.

I apologise if this question has a very obvious answer I am missing

 

[MadnessTheKey]

huh? please explain it in 20 words thanks.

 

[tulee]

Well, I need to create a unit or doodad.
But I need it to happen while the camera is facing the direction it spawns. If i create it, it does not play its birth animation, so i need to use hide/unhide, but that does not work either, since it still shows its stand when i immediately unhide.

 

[MadnessTheKey]

so what i got from your reply is you want it first to hide then unhide and show in camera?

 

[tulee]

so for example, there is a model like a flower, and its birth animation is to come out of the ground. I want a camera shot of the unit coming out of the ground.
As for your question, I want the unit hidden at map initialization, then when the camera is facing one way, i want to unhide the unit and then play its birth animation, but between those two actions the camera shows the units stand, and i want to avoid this

Sorry if this is confusing.

 

[MadnessTheKey]

so for example, there is a model like a flower, and its birth animation is to come out of the ground. I want a camera shot of the unit coming out of the ground.
As for your question, I want the unit hidden at map initialization, then when the camera is facing one way, i want to unhide the unit and then play its birth animation, but between those two actions the camera shows the units stand, and i want to avoid this

Sorry if this is confusing.

i'm afraid this is impossible unlesss you make the Flower a unit and made it play Death animation getting flower from the ground doesn't work at all and won't work unless We get the HiveWE which will be here soon.

 

[tulee]

i'm afraid this is impossible unlesss you make the Flower a unit and made it play Death animation getting flower from the ground doesn't work at all and won't work unless We get the HiveWE which will be here soon.

Ah I see. Then i will probably keep doing camera tricks for now
Thanks for the reply though madness!

 

[BloodSoul]

First, move the camera to the specific spot, and use of these actions:

• -------- For units --------
• Animation - Play UNIT's birth animation

• -------- For doodads --------
• Animation - Play the birth animation for all doodads of type DOODAD within REGION

Do note I said to move the camera first, because if one's camera is far away from the unit/doodad, they will ignore the animation command, and that specific player won't see it.

Also, doodads have these cool animations too:

hide
show
soundon
soundoff

 

[tulee]

First, move the camera to the specific spot, and use of these actions:

• -------- For units --------
• Animation - Play UNIT's birth animation

• -------- For doodads --------
• Animation - Play the birth animation for all doodads of type DOODAD within REGION

Do note I said to move the camera first, because if one's camera is far away from the unit/doodad, they will ignore the animation command, and that specific player won't see it.

Also, doodads have these cool animations too:

hide
show
soundon
soundoff

Hihi!
Bloodsoul thank you so much for explaining that to me!. Actually, the way i was learning was from going through the blizzard triggers for the standard campaign. I saw that exact trigger (play in region) for the nightelf final mission Frozen throne, when illidan creates a portal to escape, and the camera is looking right at the place. I originally though it was because there were other doodads in the region which was why they used that trigger, now i know it was to do the trick i was trying to find out
Thank you!

Can i just check, do you mean it must be unhidden and then use those commands?

 

[BloodSoul]

Yes, if you just hide and show a unit/doodad again without telling them to play a specific animation, they will just play the "stand" anim. Unless, it's a unit with a "tag" animation - Usually units with metamorphosis use those "tag" animations (alternate); or a peon carrying a gold sack.