Standing frames for SHP vehicles?

NewGuy · Missile Trooper **Joined**: 24 Feb 2008

Is there any way to make a shp vehicle have standing frames, I cant get it to work.
TS and YR have the same codes so if anyone knows how to make it in TS please tell.

Dny · Energy Commando **Joined**: 28 May 2008

StandingFrames=
Facings=
WalkFrames=
FiringFrames=
StartStandFrame=
StartWalkFrame=
StartFiringFrame=

Hope that helps you

NewGuy · Missile Trooper **Joined**: 24 Feb 2008

It still dont work, I think its hardcoded.
Its piss poor and pointless of westwood to do that. Did standing frames work in TS? Never played it

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

In TS standing frames work perfectly well. I even got it work to have turreted units with standing frames in TS. Just take a look at my Exciter which you can find here.
The art.ini code is in the zip.

So if this doesn't works in RA2 you know that they've changed something, since it works in TS.

note: there is a difference between standing frames for turreted and non-turreted SHP units.
for non-turreted it's unimportant how the frames are ordered in the shp.
But for turreted SHP units you have keep a certain order of the frames in the SHP
1. walking frames (without turret)
2. the 32 frames of the rotating turret
3. the standing frames (again without turret)
4. firing frames (but works only on the leg section) and all other frames like deathanim

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DaFool · Defense Minister **Joined**: 07 Nov 2006

I use standing frames in my mod for YR, they work fine...

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NewGuy · Missile Trooper **Joined**: 24 Feb 2008

Here is codes:

Quote:

[ROBOT]
WalkFrames=16
FiringFrames=20
Voxel=no
Cameo=madogicon
AltCameo=madoguico
Remapable=yes
PrimaryFireFLH=-20,-120,400
SecondaryFireFLH=90,-180,250
StartStandFrame=0
StandingFrames=16
StartWalkFrame=0
StartFiringFrame=128

ROBOT.SHP

Quote:

Frame 0-127 = Walk frames
Frame 128-287 = Firing frames
Rest = Shadow

DaFool: Could you show me your codes and prehaps upload the shp so I can look at it?

DaFool · Defense Minister **Joined**: 07 Nov 2006

I'm on vacation right now and don't have access to my indivdual files, but here's something: http://www.ppmsite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19384 Download the demo at the bottom, I have .shp files that stand in the mixes, and the rules and art inis are in the second mix iirc.

CHARIOT is probably a good example.

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NewGuy · Missile Trooper **Joined**: 24 Feb 2008

I explained my problem bad, I can get StandFrames to work perfect, but not standing frames.
Exempel, a unit dance while not moving.
CHARIOT did have a stand frame for each direction but not standing frames.

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

ah yes. that is whole different thing.

No this doesn't works in TS too. You can have only 1 frame for standing and no animation.
If you want an animation while standing you have to use one of the workarounds.
1. Turretspins=yes where the turret always loops an animation and takes the moving part of the unit
2. SmallVisceroid=yes or LargeVisceroid=yes though i don't know if they still work in RA2
3. i don't know what kind of keys RA2 has. Doesn't the squid had a standing anim?