[Solved] "Unit - Hide" works in cinematics but "unit -unhide" doesn't?

[Marsmallos]

What the title says. I can hide units during a cinematic with the unit - hide action but I can't unhide them during the cinematic using unit - unhide. How do I solve this? I need to be able to hide and show units in the cinematic I am making!

 

[Ender]

you can use, animation and change the units vertex coloring, and set its transparency to 100%.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Hm, it should work just fine. You are probably doing something wrong; post the triggers.

 

[mckill2009]

Correct me if Im wrong but cinematics works like this...
1 hide units
2 start cinematic
3 unhide unit, but cannot (cinematic still goes on)

- usually the transition between 2 & 3 has a 'wait', so you cant unhide it after while 2 is being processed...
- maybe your variable is pointing to another unit?...
- other than that, post triggers...

 

[Adiktuz]

If there is a transmission going on, then unhide won't really work until that transmission is going...

 

[Marsmallos]

Ok here are the triggers, I know they leak but it is of no concern since this is a single player cinematic that I will use to create a video. None of the unhide actions in this trigger actually unhides the units that are hidden earlier in the trigger

• Trailer cin
  • Events
    • Player - Player 1 (Red) types a chat message containing -trailer as An exact match
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Destructible - Close Massive Ruined Gate (Horizontal) 0370 <gen>
    • Game - Set the time of day to 18.00
    • Cinematic - Turn cinematic mode On for (All players)
    • Cinematic - Turn on letterbox mode (hide interface) for (All players): fade out over 2.00 seconds
    • Cinematic - Disable user control for (All players)
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in Camp <gen>) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Hide (Picked unit)
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in Cinematicintro1 <gen>) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Hide (Picked unit)
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in Cinematicintro2 <gen>) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Hide (Picked unit)
    • Wait 2.00 seconds
    • Camera - Apply Trailercam1 <gen> for Player 1 (Red) over 0.00 seconds
    • Camera - Apply Trailercam2 <gen> for Player 1 (Red) over 9.10 seconds
    • Wait 9.10 seconds
    • Camera - Apply Trailercam3 <gen> for Player 1 (Red) over 0.00 seconds
    • Camera - Apply Trailercam4 <gen> for Player 1 (Red) over 5.04 seconds
    • Wait 5.04 seconds
    • Camera - Apply Trailercam5 <gen> for Player 1 (Red) over 0.00 seconds
    • Camera - Apply Trailercam6 <gen> for Player 1 (Red) over 4.90 seconds
    • Wait 4.90 seconds
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in Cinematicintro1 <gen>) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Unhide (Picked unit)
    • Camera - Apply Trailercam7 <gen> for Player 1 (Red) over 0.00 seconds
    • Camera - Apply Trailercam8 <gen> for Player 1 (Red) over 5.30 seconds
    • Wait 5.30 seconds
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in Cinematicintro2 <gen>) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Unhide (Picked unit)
    • Camera - Apply Trailercam9 <gen> for Player 1 (Red) over 0.00 seconds
    • Wait 3.30 seconds
    • Camera - Apply Trailercam10 <gen> for Player 1 (Red) over 0.00 seconds
    • Wait 3.20 seconds
    • Camera - Apply Trailercam11 <gen> for Player 1 (Red) over 0.00 seconds
    • Wait 3.30 seconds
    • Camera - Apply Trailercam12 <gen> for Player 1 (Red) over 0.00 seconds
    • Wait 3.30 seconds
    • Camera - Apply Trailercam13 <gen> for Player 1 (Red) over 0.00 seconds
    • Wait 4.00 seconds
    • Cinematic - Enable user control for (All players)
    • Cinematic - Turn off letterbox mode (show interface) for (All players): fade in over 2.00 seconds
    • Cinematic - Turn cinematic mode Off for (All players)
    • Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in Camp <gen>) and do (Actions)
      • Loop - Actions
        • Unit - Unhide (Picked unit)
    • Destructible - Open Massive Ruined Gate (Horizontal) 0370 <gen>

If this is yet another weird bug that only my world editor seems to have I might use this as a solution

you can use, animation and change the units vertex coloring, and set its transparency to 100%.

Still very curious why it doesn't work like I'm doing it now though

 

[LordDz]

It doesn't work because units that are hidden does not show up in the "pick every unit in location"

Add them to a unit group instead, then use pick every unit in unitgroup -> hide/unhide.

 

[Marsmallos]

It doesn't work because units that are hidden does not show up in the "pick every unit in location"

Add them to a unit group instead, then use pick every unit in unitgroup -> hide/unhide.

Ooooh it's that simple? Haha thank you very much!