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[Easterling26]

Hello everybody.

 

After I managed to fix all problems with my mod

the work can carry on.

 

My main goal for a first release is to complete the faction Arnor.

At the moment I am busy with Arnor Rangers and i made

a Ranger model only with a sword.

 

The thing is now, how can I make the code for the ranger?

He is only going to use his sword. He is also using the gu_ranger skl.

Ingame they use their sword once an enemy comes too close.

 

I was already looking at their code but I could not find anything

that would force the Ranger to only use his sword.

 

Or would it be possible to add a weapon toggle to the vanilla rangers?

 

[Before]

I have no idea (as usual) but just a question, how stable is your mod? Could it be like the next 2.03 patch stable or is it just like another addon

[Easterling26]

The mod is now stable again but there are still a few things I need

to do before I might release a alpha version or something like that.

 

You see, the thing is, that just a Arnor Faction is nothing special.

I doubt people will go and dowload the mod with just Arnor

being nearly 100% done.

 

I will probably only release the mod when Harad and Rhún are playable.

Getting the AI to play as these faction will not be possible in the near future.

If there will be a demand or interest in a Arnor faction with 2 subfactions (Hobbits

and Lindon) then I will release it as a addon for now. This however will most likely not be the

case so first release will be with Rhún and Harad.

[Dúnedain76]

You have a bit of a problem here, as the guranger skeleton doesn't have a complete set of animations for their swords. I know GothmogtheOrc had his own system set up with his sword wielding ranger scouts in Kings of the West, try taking a look there.

[Easterling26]

Thanks for your answer.

 

Would Faramirs skl work ?

I saw that the Rangers in Edain 4.4 use Faramirs melee attack animations.

[Dúnedain76]

Faramir's skl would definitely work. Keep in mind you would be sacrificing fear animations as Faramir does not have those.

[Easterling26]

Would the loss of fear animations cause any game breaking bugs?

 

Another problem with Faramirs skl is that his bones are bigger than the

Dunedain Ranger bones. Is there any easy or good way of putting mesh and the bones

perfectly together?

[Dúnedain76]

https://www.the3rdag...tem-306?addview

Check the Ithilien/Dunedain Rangers file. The file's pictures are sadly gone due to a certain image hosting site, but if I remember correct those models were already properly sized and bound to Faramir's animations.

The best way to do such a thing though, is to import faramir's model and then scale the ranger's model around to match it up as best as possible.

[Easterling26]

Thank you for your answer.

 

Ok I will give it a try. I however noticed that these Rangers also have bows.

If I edit the models everything should still work right?

 

 

I managed to make my own ranger with faramirs animations.

The only problem is now that it still has the bow animations but

it does not have a bow and arrow. Is there a way to force my model

to start with the sword in its hand?

 

I have to use toggle weapon in order to use the sword.

I have to do this with every squad of ranger when they spawn.

Edited by Easterling26, 14 August 2016 - 02:23 PM.

[Ridder Geel]

you gotta switch the anims from the weaponset1 or something like that (don't have code in front of me) with the ones that don't have it..

One set is used when its in that weapon toggled state and the other when its not, so switching the two should do that

[Easterling26]

Thanks for your answer.

 

Must I change that in the units ini or in the hordes ini?

[Rider of Rohan]

What you need to do is probably remove the toggle weapon from the commandset then force the weaponset toggle in the horde.

I used Weaponset toggles to get my "phalanx" working:
 

        RankInfo = RankNumber:1 UnitType:GondorTowerShieldGuard Position:X:34 Y:0            Position:X:34 Y:10                Position:X:34 Y:-10                Position:X:34 Y:20                Position:X:34 Y:-20 RevokedWeaponCondition:WEAPONSET_TOGGLE_1
        RankInfo = RankNumber:2 UnitType:GondorTowerShieldGuard Position:X:22 Y:0 Leader 1 0    Position:X:22 Y:10 Leader 1 1    Position:X:22 Y:-10 Leader 1 2    Position:X:22 Y:20 Leader 1 3    Position:X:22 Y:-20 Leader 1 4 GrantedWeaponCondition:WEAPONSET_TOGGLE_1
        RankInfo = RankNumber:3 UnitType:GondorTowerShieldGuard Position:X:10 Y:0 Leader 2 0    Position:X:10 Y:10 Leader 2 1    Position:X:10 Y:-10 Leader 2 2    Position:X:10 Y:20 Leader 2 3    Position:X:10 Y:-20 Leader 2 4 GrantedWeaponCondition:WEAPONSET_TOGGLE_1

The "GrantedWeaponCondition:WEAPONSET_TOGGLE_1"

Will force the unit to use it's toggle. But you will have to also adjust the horde's weapon since it's main weapon is a range weapon finder.

Just change the horde's weaponset to:
 

	WeaponSet
		Conditions = None 
		Weapon = PRIMARY    NormalMeleeHordeRangefinder
	End

[Easterling26]

Thank you for your answer.

 

I will try if it works.

 

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Thank you it did work.

Now another problem appeared all of the sudden.

When my Ranger squad moves to a new location

and they stop once they have reached their new location,

they still have their running animation.

They run on the spot.

 

Is there a way to fix that?

Edited by Easterling26, 19 August 2016 - 12:25 PM.

[Rider of Rohan]

Perhaps double check the animation code, perhaps something is missing or misspelled.

[Easterling26]

I checked the code again and everything seems to be alright.

I copied Faramirs code so there should not be anything at all.

 

I have another question, is it actually possible to remove or deactivate

animations? There are almost everytime 3 different animations for something

for example the idle animations. So would it be possible to deactivate one of those animations?

[Ridder Geel]

Sure, change the w3d draw code (usually around the top of the unit's code) and remove the animations you don't want

[Easterling26]

Thank you for your answer I will give it a try.

[Mig73]

Is this mod still being worked on i’m looking for complete and nice arnor mods