Help on animate_unit tag

[pyrophorus]

Hi everybody !

Here is the code which bothers me:

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	[event]
		name=side turn
		first_time_only=no
		[filter_condition]
			[not]
				[have_unit]
					id=Lestiviel
				[/have_unit]
			[/not]
		[/filter_condition]
		[unstore_unit]
			variable=Lestiviel_back
			find_vacant=yes
		[/unstore_unit]
		[animate_unit]
			flag=healing
			hit=yes
			text="Reappearing !"
			[filter]
				id=Lestiviel
			[/filter]
			with_bars=yes
		[/animate_unit]		
	[/event]

First part works correctly (i.e. the unit whose id is Lestiviel come back in the game), but the anim fires not. No anim, no text, nothing...

Actually, I would like to start a custom anim in this event, but I don't know exactly how to declare such an animation. Using a [extra_anim] tag seems to get the anim played forever. Can I use any tag to define an animation (like [my_defend]) ?
(IMHO, the wiki lacks some non-trivial examples here).

Thanks in advance !

LS

[Astoria]

Hi everybody !

Here is the code which bothers me:

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	[event]
		name=side turn
		first_time_only=no
		[filter_condition]
			[not]
				[have_unit]
					id=Lestiviel
				[/have_unit]
			[/not]
		[/filter_condition]
		[unstore_unit]
			variable=Lestiviel_back
			find_vacant=yes
		[/unstore_unit]
		[animate_unit]
			flag=healing
			hit=yes
			text="Reappearing !"
			[filter]
				id=Lestiviel
			[/filter]
			with_bars=yes
		[/animate_unit]		
	[/event]

First part works correctly (i.e. the unit whose id is Lestiviel come back in the game), but the anim fires not. No anim, no text, nothing...

Actually, I would like to start a custom anim in this event, but I don't know exactly how to declare such an animation. Using a [extra_anim] tag seems to get the anim played forever. Can I use any tag to define an animation (like [my_defend]) ?
(IMHO, the wiki lacks some non-trivial examples here).

Thanks in advance !

LS

Use a foo_anim tag in your unit .cfg.

[zookeeper]

And once again you should actually ignore the above. Giving people broken WML advice really seems to be in vogue these days...

[Anonymissimus]

hit should be hits (but the key doesn't make sense for a healing animation) and text= should be translatable but both probably don't break the thing.

I'd try triggering [foo_anim] with flag=foo then.

[SkyOne]

That is possible to happen. The game does not recognize the unit id to animate the unit as well right after unstoring it.
If I were you, the first thing I would try was to spread the event, like unstore unit in a new turn [event], then animate the unit in a side turn [event].
Not so sure though.

[pyrophorus]

Thanks for your replies,

Sorry, I made the modifications you suggested, but it doesn't work...

I'm sure the [animate_unit] don't work and I can't see why. The unit exists, as you can see, and the healing anim too (Elvish Shaman).

LS

[zookeeper]

Well, test whether the fact that you're triggering it in a side turn event and right after unstoring the unit has anything to do with it. Does it work in a simple moveto event, for example?

[SkyOne]

If nothing works, you can install another same unit (Elvish Shaman?) before unstoring Lestiviel with the same name (but different id, like "Lestiviel 2"), then animate it. After the healing animation, just [kill] her, then unstore real Lestiviel right after it on the same hex. This must work (although this is the final attempt).

In this case, you probably have to set variable the unit by depending on her level in post advance [event](s) previously.
The HP and EP does not show (I think) during the animation, so it won't be a problem.

[Kapoue_II]

Can you check your .sterr (or run wesnoth via terminal if you use mac/linux) to give us the exact error message?

[pyrophorus]

Hi everybody !

Thanks for the great support (if professional software were supported like that, it would be fantastic !).

I tried everything and here are the conclusions:
- Skyone's solution is the only one which works with a regular animation (defend or healing).
- customs anims defined with [foo_anim], and flag=foo or flag=foo_anim don't work in any case.
- The situation is exactly the same in a moveto event (triggered by another unit of course).

I don't know if this is important but all events are embedded in a unit type declaration not directly in the scenario.

Sorry, I didn't try to run Wesnoth in terminal.

Cheers,

LS

[zookeeper]

For what it's worth, this works just fine for me:

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    [event]
        name=moveto
        first_time_only=no

        [filter]
            side=1
        [/filter]

      [animate_unit]
         flag=healing
         hits=yes
         text="Reappearing !"
         [filter]
            x,y=$x1,$y1
         [/filter]
         with_bars=yes
      [/animate_unit]
   [/event]

And just to make sure: using arbitrary animation tag names like [foo_anim] has never been supported.

[Reepurr]

using arbitrary animation tag names like [foo_anim] has never been supported.

What about [extra_anim]?

[zookeeper]

using arbitrary animation tag names like [foo_anim] has never been supported.

What about [extra_anim]?

It works because it's not an arbitrary name.

[pyrophorus]

@zookeeper
... using a location filter instead of unit filter ? I probably try this to investigate.
Here, it's not easy to use because the unit disappears when attacked and shows again later, so other units can go on its original hex meanwhile. Using find_vacant=yes allow to find a free hex, but unit's coordinates are uncertain. I would have to store the unit again to get the final coordinates. Not very smart...

BTW, can you tell us more about [extra_anim] tag ? The wiki is rather silent about it.

[zookeeper]

@zookeeper
... using a location filter instead of unit filter ? I probably try this to investigate.

Huh? x,y=$x1,$y1 is as much of a unit filter as id=Lestiviel is.

BTW, can you tell us more about [extra_anim] tag ? The wiki is rather silent about it.

Not much to tell, and it should be easy enough to find out by trying.

If your unit has an animation like this:

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[extra_anim]
    flag=myanim
    ...

Then presumably you trigger it like this:

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[animate_unit]
    flag=myanim
    ....