Play Certain Animation on Attack

[Saiza]

Hello!

I'm creating a ranged Mountain King, and I want him to use the spell throw animation each time he attacks. This is how I did it:

• Alliance Strength Ranged Attack Animation
  • Events
    • Unit - A unit Is attacked
  • Conditions
    • (Unit-type of (Attacking unit)) Equal to Mountain King
  • Actions
    • Custom script: local unit Attacker = GetAttacker()
    • Unit Group - Remove (Attacking unit) from MountainKing_AttackGroup
    • Animation - Play (Attacking unit)'s spell throw animation
    • Unit Group - Add (Attacking unit) to MountainKing_AttackGroup
    • Wait 1.36 seconds
    • Custom script: set udg_Unit[1] = Attacker
    • If (All Conditions are True) then do (Then Actions) else do (Else Actions)
      • If - Conditions
        • (Unit[1] is in MountainKing_AttackGroup) Equal to True
      • Then - Actions
        • Animation - Play Unit[1]'s stand animation
      • Else - Actions

The point with the unit group is that I need to play the stand animation after the attack is done so he doesn't look frozen. I am wondering if there is any easier way to change his attack animation without editing the model?

 

[sLsIDK]

I think you can make a dummy spell and base it off of cleave, then set the animation of the spell to the spell throw animation. Then you can hide the spell in a spellbook and remove it (not sure how to do this, sorry).

I have not tested this.

EDIT: And just incase you didn't assume so, the cleave spell needs to be useless (unless he has a cleave spell already, then you can just use that)

 

[Saiza]

Sorry, didn't work. :\

 

[sLsIDK]

Try it with critical strike then, but I don't know about removing the red text.

I'm trying to think of skills that modify attacks with animations, as I'm not at a computer with World Editor.

 

[Bogrim]

• Actions
  • Animation - Play Unit's spell throw animation
  • Animation - Queue Unit's stand animation

Rocket science.

 

[Saiza]

Bogrim: Thanks, +rep