spell animation

[BRUTAL]

im using a water elemental, and i looked up its animations in War3modeleditor, anyways, it has 3 stand animations, and for the spell i want to use "Stand 2" so i tried putting like "stand 2" and "stand2" in the animation field for the spell, but it does 1 of the 3 randomly each time, how can i just make it do the one stand animation that i want?

 

[Flare]

You need to use the JASS function to play that animation

native SetUnitAnimationByIndex takes unit whichUnit, integer whichAnimation returns nothing

so, for example, if you wanted triggering unit to play a specific animation (i dont know the anim indexes for water ele, lets just say u need to use no. 2)

call SetUnitAnimationByIndex (GetTriggerUnit (), 2)

 

[Zedzy]

You could always leave it blank and trigger the animation.

Edit: Beaten

 

[Tinki3]

You could use the "SetUnitAnimationByIndex" function.
But first, you will need to find which value plays the animation you want.
A simple method like so will display each index value from 1 to 15 over 30 seconds for some unit:

Actions
    Set My_Unit = <your unit>
    For Each (Integer A) from 1 to 15 do (Loop Actions)
        Loop - Actions
            Custom script:    call SetUnitAnimationByIndex(udg_My_Unit, bj_forLoopAIndex)
            Game - Display to (All Players) the text: (Integer(Integer A))
            Wait 2.00 seconds

 

[BRUTAL]

lol
i did what tinki3 did, was cool all the animations
+rep all
o shit, wait this is related to the hero contest, and jass cant be used for anything but removing leaks
T_T

 

[Flare]

looks like your screwed in that case :S well, at least you will know it in future if you ever need it

 

[BRUTAL]

Animation - Play blah's stand2 animation, using only Rare animations

that works

 

[Flare]

wouldnt that have a chance to play the stand 3 animation as well?

 

[BoterhaM]

ive checked that little trigger and animation 10 suits the best for my spell animation but it doesnt work
tried:

Animation - Play <unit> stand10 animation, using only Rare animations
Animation - Play <unit> attack10 animation, using only Rare animations
Animation - Play <unit> stand10 animation
Animation - Play <unit> attack10 animation

TT

 

[Flare]

1) I don't think the number does anything if you use it via strings (e.g. attack 2, stand 2)

2) Does the unit have 10 stand animations?

 

[BoterhaM]

i guess not but the 10th animation is the one i want to use, but i dont know how T_T XD

 

[Flare]

You need to use the JASS function to play that animation

native SetUnitAnimationByIndex takes unit whichUnit, integer whichAnimation returns nothing

so, for example, if you wanted triggering unit to play a specific animation (i dont know the anim indexes for water ele, lets just say u need to use no. 2)

call SetUnitAnimationByIndex (GetTriggerUnit (), 2)

That's how

Just replace GetTriggerUnit () with your unit, and 2 with 10

End result:

call SetUnitAnimationByIndex (udg_MyUnitVar, 10)