Is it possible to change art model file with JASS?

[MerrillPhish]

Is it possible to change the art model file with JASS?

I looked all though out the JASS manual and couldn't find anything.

 

[SFilip]

Not possible.

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

Depends on what sort of unit it is. You can have a blank dummy model and attach the unit model as a special effect, and then destroy/recreate it to change, but I believe the animations fail. This could be fine for a projectile, or for a ghost or something, though.

 

[Rheias]

Are you sure? I tried it once, and if I recall correctly it didn't work.

 

[Doom-Angel]

you could change scaling or colors and animation speed and such but not any further than that...

 

[MerrillPhish]

So i guess i have to take the bullets and just make all my td lvl units in object editor....

thanks for the help

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

Are you sure? I tried it once, and if I recall correctly it didn't work.

Off memory, I tried it and it worked. I mean why wouldn't it? The only special thing you need is a model with nothing but the origin attach point. Without that, it fails.

> make all my td lvl units
Yes, unless they're all ghosts, or all want to slide along the ground for some other reason... Or maybe flying units. Actually, this would work pretty sweetly for flying units. I think there's even a way to make the death animation work on attached models.

 

[Jazradel]

It thought animations didn't play on attached models.

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

They don't. But you can play the death animation by destroying the effect when the unit dies.

Destroying an effect plays it's death animation.

Now, the stand animation is fine for movement for ghosts and flying units as long as they don't attack, so you could really have a good play with this...