Animations or something

[Alt3c]

Hello, im new here and I have a question:
Example:



The idea is to make a unit stand like the guy in the front and the one next to him
And how to make them kneel? anyone know's that?

[Drozdov]

Kneel as in what? As in crouch? Or kneel down? Try either of these...

unitname switchmove "fxtokneel" *

unitname switchmove "combattocrouch"

* Only available in Resistance

[Alt3c]

K, thanks... do you also know how to make the units stand like the soldiers on the picture?

Hmmm anaimations don't work, too bad

[Drozdov]

I don't. :help:

[Harkonin]

you need them set to safe and if you want them to crouch for an extended time you'll need a loop


_crouchloop = 0
#loop
_crouchloop = + 1

dude switchmove "crouch"

~.001

? _crouchloop == 300: goto "stand"

goto "loop"

#stand
exit

and if you want them to go back to normal after an event put in a condition
for example

?(endcrouch):goto"stand"

endcrouch being whatever you want to happen - enemy detected or something.

Hope that helps.

[KJAM]

go to www.ofpnews.info and in the search look for JSDF or something similar there are a lot of animations which are cool

[Alt3c]

K, find that... read the instructions,
quote:

In my ADDON, there is some standing animations and marching animations. To
use it, put the JSDFcustomanim.pbo to ADDONS folder. In the OFP editer, use
UNIT switchmove "ANIMATION" to start the animation. (List is below).


But i got the list, now how do I use it in-game?

[Kaliyuga]

use
UNIT switchmove "ANIMATION" to start the animation

you could try using that

[Alt3c]

Ok, done, but what to do after that?

[unkie]

wot do u mean? theres your animation....if it doesnt work in the init field (i think it does) use it in a trigger...that way you can get them back to normal too

[Alt3c]

Still doesn't work, my soldiers are staying normal when I set the anims in the init and i tried to stand them safe or normal

plz help...

[GrimMonkey]

You may have already done some of this but I'm going to tell you again:
Get a soldier,
Type: this setbehaviour "safe"; this switchmove "JDSFGuard1", in his command line.

It might not be JDSF but JSDF, hmmm, not sure...
You can also select "Safe" in a waypoint. It should come with a list of all the animations.


Beware the GrimMonkey

[Alt3c]

Done exactly what you said:



Still only stands on "save"

[Jo Jo Joni]

As far as I know switchmove or playmove commands won't work if you use them in unit init's field.  

You can try to insert a trigger with these parameters:
Condition: true
On Activation: unitname switchmove "whatever"

You could also try to write that in the "init.sqs" script (don't know if this will work as i've never tried it).

[KyleSarnik]

Yes Jo Jo Joni is right, switchmove and playmove only work when activated by a trigger, WP, or script. Putting it in the init line will get you no where.