preventing animation change on walk

[substance]

I'm trying to make an ability that , when casted, makes the unit run a certain animation and that unit will STAY in that animation even if he's orderd to move.

I tried making a .02 timer that constantly sets his animation to the one i wanted but this looked terrible. I also messed with the channel ability but that didnt work either.

Anyway, I've seen this done before so I know it's possible.

 

[Tom Jones]

function ...
    local unit u = ...

    call SetUnitTimeScale(u,0)
    ...
endfunction

 

[SFilip]

> I've seen this done before so I know it's possible.
Where and in what way?

It's generally not possible to stop the unit's animations such as attacking and moving as they depend directly on the unit's attack/movement speed.

 

[substance]

> I've seen this done before so I know it's possible.
Where and in what way?

Dota, Juggernaught's blade fury.
AoM, Rifter's ult (dunno name)

function ...
    local unit u = ...

    call SetUnitTimeScale(u,0)
    ...
endfunction

tried it, didnt work.

 

[Tom Jones]

Dota, Juggernaught's blade fury.
AoM, Rifter's ult (dunno name)

They are using SetUnitAnimationByIndex(whichunit,index). That'll overwrite other animations. Only thing is that you can't get the current animation of a unit, so you wont know which index to use.

 

[substance]

They are using SetUnitAnimationByIndex(whichunit,index). That'll overwrite other animations. Only thing is that you can't get the current animation of a unit, so you wont know which index to use.

I think you misunderstand, I know how to make him play the animation i want.. I just want him to STAY in that animation even when you do other things (such as issue a move order).

**Oh ok, they just used the bladestorm ability.

 

[Tom Jones]

Let me rephrase then, they are using SetUnitAnimationIndex(unit,index) together with a timer for movement. Spirit Charge is done in this way. Blade Fury is simply a modified whirl wind ability.