Currently making a new structure for TS

DarkVen9109

It's a Nod War Factory except it's not like the war factory you guys would expect to see where in the unit will appear like it will move straightly out of the factory but it's more like this:

When the unit is ready the entrance will open horizontally and the unit will ascend to the battlefield. In other words, my Nod war factory's gonna be similar to that of C&C3 but I'll try not to make look like similar. The War Factory does have some unique characteristics including a lift that spins the vehicle up to ground level.

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

like this then

DarkVen9109 wrote:

When the unit is ready the entrance will open horizontally and the unit will ascend to the battlefield.

Not possible. The unit is spawned instantly on a specific fixed location inside the factory. You can't make it visually ascend with the lift or give the unit any special scripted movement.

But good luck with your project.

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DarkVen9109 · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 6:27 am Post subject:

But how about in DTA's case, the airstrip? Nod Cargo plane will drop the unit down into the battlefield. How was that possible?

Graion Dilach · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 6:30 am Post subject:

ProductionAnim is oversized.

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DarkVen9109 · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 6:36 am Post subject:

In which one? The previous one I asked about or my first post in this topic?

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

DarkVen9109 wrote:

But how about in DTA's case, the airstrip? Nod Cargo plane will drop the unit down into the battlefield. How was that possible?

Dooranim has part of the runway in it. Thus it covers the unit which is rendered behind the "door".
Parallel to that plays the production anim which has the plane in it. When the plane arrives, the runway part in the dooranim is removed, revealing the unit behind it.

It's all just making an anim that covers the unit until the right point is there for the unit to move the usual way to southeast and leave the factory.

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Bittah Commander · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 1:30 pm Post subject:

I used to do it like that, but the airstrip's door anim actually already doesn't serve a purpose anymore; instead the unit entirely gets covered up by the production anim, which includes both the cargo plane and a part of the airfield which covers up the unit until the plane arrives. This way the timing of when the unit becomes visible is more accurate.
So it's still like LKO said, but with everything included in the production anim.

And in case you're wondering what the difference in functionality between the DoorAnim and Production anim is; they both start playing exactly when a unit's production is finished and it's about to leave the War Factory, but the door anim will first play through all frames before the unit exists the war factory and then plays all frames again backwards after the unit is out, while the production anim will just play once in regular order.

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DarkVen9109 · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 1:47 pm Post subject:

At first I thought that was a hex edit.