[General] Use multiple models for one unit

[mordorguy]

Hi all, I'm trying to use multiple models for human footmen (one with a spear, one with a sword, one with no shield, one with no helmet, etc...), but I want it to all be under the footman unit, so that when they spawn they choose randomly from the model pool but it's the same unit just a different model each time. Is this possible?

 

[Chaosium]

That shouldn't be too hard, here is how I would do it:

• Init
  • Events
    • Map initialization
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Set Footman_Unit[1] = Footman (No Helmet)
    • Set Footman_Unit[2] = Footman (No Shield)
    • Set Footman_Unit[3] = Footman (Spear)
    • Set Footman_Unit[4] = Footman (Sword)

• Training
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit enters (Playable map area)
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Triggering unit)) Equal to Footman (Dummy)
  • Actions
    • Unit - Replace (Triggering unit) with a Footman_Unit[(Random integer number between 1 and 4)] using The old unit's life and mana

Footman (Dummy) would be a temporary unit with no model, it only serves in your barracks interface or whatever, and whenever in enters the map, it is instantly replaced by a random footman unit, that you have set up in the first trigger (with a unit-type variable with an array)

 

[mordorguy]

That shouldn't be too hard...

Perfect solution, should work. Thanks!