Dead guys not dying

[Mattador]

So here is my problem. I have some guys summoned as an ability. They dont expire after time so they are virtually permanent. But, when those guys die they die with the same animation as when they were summoned. In other words they summon with, say the puff smoke animation, and when they die they also die with the puff smoke animation.

Is there a way to make summoned units permanent and have them die a normal death just like the unit would normally, with a corpse and all?

 

[xPheRe]

Check in the Object Editor if the summoned unit has the field Combat - Death Type set to Can (or Can't) raise, Does decay
Also, in order to make the unit decay and show a corpse, its model must have a Decay Flesh or a Decay Bone animation

 

[Heptameron]

It depends on the ability that summons them, I believe (unless xPheRe has discovered something). For example, Summon Water Elemental plays the death animation.

 

[xPheRe]

For example, Summon Water Elemental plays the death animation.

Water Elemental have no Decay Bone or Decay Flesh animation, so it shows only Death animation.

unless xPheRe has discovered something

Thanks for spelling my name as is

 

[Heptameron]

Water Elemental have no Decay Bone or Decay Flesh animation, so it shows only Death animation.

I could've sworn there was one case where I used a spell that summoned and I based it on Water Elemental, which used the Death animation for a unit with Decay Bone and Decay Flesh... then I switched to Feral Spirit and it used the different desummoning effects.

Thanks for spelling my name as is

C&P FTW.

 

[Duwenbasden]

got "Dark Portal"?

 

[Mattador]

The Right Direction

Thanks guys. That was a tip in the right direction.

Turns out that the Summon Lava Spawn has death, and decay animation in it.