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So it looks like you can't do this either, which is unfortunate as I have multiple objects I'd like to insert. Why would you need to? You can dump multiple objects into [modify_unit anyway, so just put the [insert_tag] directly in there (like in your second example, but with name=object ). That mak...

It seems quite logical to me. If a [lua] block returns a valid WML tag, I would expect that to have the same result as if I had typed in said tag at that location. Clearly, I'm wrong, but it's what I would expect. I'm not sure how viable that interpretation is. It would be equivalent to allowing [l...

I've noticed that it seems I can't do much inside [modify_unit]. For example, I have tried an failed to print/save the value of $this_unit in various ways, but whatever I try seems to be silently ignored. I don't think there's any way to debug the value of $this_unit in [modify_unit] . You could us...

That's at least mentioned here. Maybe that's too easy to miss…?

This is very easy. The first dialog (ie, the one in the background) must call the second dialog in either the pre_show or a callback function (depending on how your logic works). That example you posted is about placing things on top of things within a single dialog, so it's not relevant to the ques...

What's weird is that there's nowhere a word about your frame tags in the documentation. …what are you talking about? In the frames section , it clearly says this: Animation frames are defined using either the [frame] tag or a prefixed version of it, like [xxx_frame] . The xxx can be any sequence of...

When I type 'gamemap_x_offset' into the Lua console returns an error. Of course it would, as that's a WFL variable, not a Lua variable. There is a WFL console, but that variable wouldn't be found there either, as the WFL console uses the AI context of the current side whereas that variable is part ...

Well, it's possible in a unit animation. Maybe you could also try putting several items on the same hex, each with a different halo.

It's pretty likely that that's not possible (short of image editing).

BLIT works on images, not animations. So no.

Since the default defend animation is pretty formulaic, you might be able to get away with just substituting $this_unit appropriately into the definition of the DEFENSE_ANIM macro (which requires you to use [modify_unit] to add the animation), and otherwise do just as I described above. However, it ...

The [animation] tag doesn't support "apply_to." …what are you talking about? Yes it does. The [animation] tag is rarely actually used for animations though, so you won't see it very often. None of the animation tags that are generally used support apply_to – only [animation] specifically....

Thank you. If you could get that info onto the wiki, I think it would help a lot. Or maybe it's there and I skimmed the page looking for what I wanted instead of reading from start to finish. I added more info clarifying that the content of [if] is the same as the content of the toplevel animation,...

I agree, a variable condition with no valid condition should raise an error, not simply return always true.

1) The only thing I see for the animation-if is hits=yes|no. I can't find a list of conditionals. Is there a list? My understanding is that the content of the [if] and [else] subtags are essentially just an animation – that is to say, anything that can be put at the top level of the animation can a...