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| 18:14.43 | temhawk | is there a way to remove an animation variation if the variation is embedded in the model itself without having to edit the model file? or a way to pick a specific variation via data or triggers? |
| 18:21.14 | ArcanePariah | Yes, when you play an animation, you specify the props for it. Normally the game does a lazy form of evaluation. So if model has Stand, Stand 01, and Stand 02, and you tell it to play Stand, it will play any of those 3 at random. Adding more props lets you narrow down what animation you want. You can also tell it to be strict in its evaulation so if you tell it Stand, it won't try to do Stand 01 or Stand 02 |
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| 18:48.37 | temhawk | ArcanePariah: okay. how do I know what the specific variations are called? I have in actor events: "AnimBracketStart BSD Birth Stand Death ContentPlayOnce" I want to play a specific death animation, but if I change "Death" to e.g. "Variation 00" nothing happens. there's no "Death 01" |
| 18:49.46 | ArcanePariah | The animations are listed on the model, use Cutscene Editor to view the model data. |
| 18:49.58 | ArcanePariah | Is this a unit? |
| 18:55.28 | temhawk | ahhhh, okay, I found it. it shows only one animation sequence called "[0: Death]". this is TerranLargeUnitDeath.m3. I guess the variations I'm seeing are from the effects/particle system. I guess there's no way to change that outside of editing the model file... |
| 20:56.09 | temhawk | what are data tables for? when would you use them instead of global variables? |
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| 21:25.34 | ArcanePariah | Data tables let you store stuff on the fly, without knowing how much you are storing in advanced. For variables, you either need to know the type, or how many (array sizes are static). |
| 21:25.34 | ArcanePariah | The global data table isn't much different then global variables. The local data table however, is thread local. That means if I start a trigger, and store something in the local data table, and call an action, the action can access those values, using the local data table. |
| 21:27.20 | ArcanePariah | Whereas a global variable is accessible from everywhere. In general, good programming practice specifies that global variables are a terrible thing, since they are almost impossible to debug. SC2 gets away with it to a degree because of the locked down nature of the editor, but you should still try to avoid using them. Mind you, this is also a limit of procedural computer langagues, which SC2 uses. |