Walk animation problem

[JeffreyQ]

Is there a way to make a unit play it's walk animation repeatly without needing to make the unit move? This might sound easy, but the below 2 triggers i tried didn't work.

**Don't worry about the picked unit, it has nothing wrong with it, even if i select the units i want it to play individually it will be the same.

• Animation - Play (Picked unit)'s walk animation, using only Common animations

• Animation - Play (Picked unit)'s walk animation

I tried using "Walk" instead of "walk", but it gives the same result. The unit play it once very quickly and won't ever do it again.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Use the custom script:
"call SetUnitAnimation (your unit here, "walk")" or "call SetUnitAnimationByIndex (your unit here, X)". In the place of the "X" you will add the number of the animation. Every model has a list of animation, that JASS reads them as numbers, e.g. Animation 0, Animation 1, ..., and so on. You can experiment with trial-error, by replacing that X with a number, until you find the walk animation, or get http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tools.php?id=yzpnex to convert the model you want in mdl, open it in the notepad and check the animations. When you find the walk animation of the model, start by counting the previous animations from 0 (zero) to the animation you want. So, if the animation if the fourth in the list, its number is "3". If it's the first, its number is 0.

 

[JeffreyQ]

So what is the difference between custom script and gui? And what is making it not playing its animation repeatly?
I will give the index a try, but SetUnitAnimation is the same thing as

• Animation - Play (Picked unit)'s walk animation

 

[Pharaoh_]

I know, but sometimes it works, especially for those special animation, of type "walk/attack/stand alternative". The "ByIndex" is forcefully calling an animation to work, while no other animation can interfere at that time. The Animation - Play Unit animation might get interference by the in-queue animations.

 

[JeffreyQ]

I tried all, non works.. it plays the rest of the animation fine but not walk.. any other solutions?

 

[Pharaoh_]

Which model are you using?

 

[JeffreyQ]

Blizzard's default Chaos Grunt. I also tried on other units, it just don't work =/

 

[Pharaoh_]

I don't suggest things without being sure
Here: View attachment Walk Test.w3x

 

[JeffreyQ]

Okay i tried it and it works. But once i base the model as Blademaster or basing it using other heroes using Chaos Grunt, it won't work.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Well, hello, each model doesn't have the walk animation represented with the same number. For the Blademaster, the animation number is "6". I told you the way to do it. Export the model via Warcraft III Viewer, and get MDLX converter to convert it. Open it with notepad (it automatically does it) and go to animations. The first animation is considered the number 0. The Chaos Grunt had the walk animation first in the list, that's why it responds to the "0" animation. The Blademaster has the walk animation seventh in the list, but the number of the animation is "6", since we start counting from 0, not 1.

 

[JeffreyQ]

Doesn't work. And i use blademaster as a base model while changing its model to chaos grunt. By logic it should use the chaos grunt's walk so it should be 0.

What i did,
1. i create a custom Blademaster
2. I change its model to chaos grunt
3. Play the walk animation
4. Fail

 

[Pharaoh_]

Seriously, what's wrong with your trigger editor?
There: View attachment Walk Test.w3x

 

[JeffreyQ]

You've help alot, +rep to you.

I just figure out the problem
Event - A unit starts the effect of an ability

This will cancel out any animation call. Unless i pause the unit before playing an animation.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Don't pause, just remove the animation names from the ability.

 

[JeffreyQ]

I tried, it didnt work..
Here is the map i test it on.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Hehe, since you base it off Channel, you need to check how much time the walk animation requires for a single round. For the Chaos Grunt it requires 0.666 seconds. So, go to the Channel ability, go to Follow Through Time and replace the 0.00 to 0.7.

 

[JeffreyQ]

Interesting... [: Although it stops after playing once.. but i guess that is good enough. Thanks again Pharaoh.