Tiger! (11/16/2005)

[Supa]

A new animal unit.



Link!
Warning, it's a RAR file

(First thread)

[DeathPantera]

Whaoh very great!!!

[Agraza]

More please! Cougars, Polar Bears, Panda Bears, White Lions!

Maybe even Giant Squid

[CrazyAce]

Sweet I'll try it out again...

Cool it works, to bad it's only one and not a pack of them. Umm in the world builder there is no icon for the tiger, just a blank magneta icon. What did I miss?

[Supa]

It's normal if there is only one tiger. Tiger are lone hunters. You can change easily that in xml\units\CIV4UnitInfos.xml

The pink icon is definitly not normal. Make sure that Supa_Resource_Atlas.dds is in Art\Interface\Button\ (without S! it's a typo but if you didn't corrected the xml bit you copied, it must be there) and tiger_button.dds in Art\units\tiger\

[CrazyAce]

With out the "S" ok I got it thank you.

[WildWeazel]

Looks great. It's surprising how much you can do with just a skin.

[Stuporstar]

Very cool! Question: how do you change it so there's only one panther as well? Heh, and for the bears, a mother bear with cubs instead of three hulking adult bears would be very cool too.

[Supa]

Originally Posted by Stuporstar

Very cool! Question: how do you change it so there's only one panther as well? Heh, and for the bears, a mother bear with cubs instead of three hulking adult bears would be very cool too.

For the panther, it's very easy: In XML\Units\CIV4UnitInfos.xml, search

<UnitMeshGroups>
				<iGroupSize>3</iGroupSize>
				<fMaxSpeed>1.75</fMaxSpeed>
				<iMeleeWaveSize>3</iMeleeWaveSize>
				<iRangedWaveSize>0</iRangedWaveSize>
				<UnitMeshGroup>
					<iRequired>3</iRequired>
					<EarlyArtDefineTag>ART_DEF_UNIT_PANTHER</EarlyArtDefineTag>
				</UnitMeshGroup>

And replace all 3 by 1

For the bear, it's almost as easy.

In Art\CIV4ArtDefines_Unit.xml, add

<UnitArtInfo>
			<Type>ART_DEF_UNIT_BEAR_CHILD</Type>
			<fScale>0.25</fScale>
			<fInterfaceScale>1.0</fInterfaceScale>
			<NIF>Art/Units/Bear/Bear.nif</NIF>
			<KFM>Art/Units/Bear/Bear.kfm</KFM>
			<SHADERNIF>Art/Units/Bear/Bear_FX.nif</SHADERNIF>
			<ShadowDef>
				<ShadowNIF>Art/Units/01_UnitShadows/BearShadow.nif</ShadowNIF>
				<ShadowAttachNode>LionBip Spine</ShadowAttachNode>
				<fShadowScale>.6</fShadowScale>
			</ShadowDef>
			<fBattleDistance>0.35</fBattleDistance>
			<fRangedDeathTime>0.31</fRangedDeathTime>
			<bActAsRanged>0</bActAsRanged>
			<TrainSound>AS2D_UNIT_BUILD_UNIT</TrainSound>
			<AudioRunSounds>
				<AudioRunTypeLoop/>
				<AudioRunTypeEnd/>
			</AudioRunSounds>
		</UnitArtInfo>

and in XML\Units\CIV4UnitInfos.xml, replace

<UnitMeshGroups>
				<iGroupSize>3</iGroupSize>
				<fMaxSpeed>1.75</fMaxSpeed>
				<iMeleeWaveSize>3</iMeleeWaveSize>
				<iRangedWaveSize>0</iRangedWaveSize>
				<UnitMeshGroup>
					<iRequired>3</iRequired>
					<EarlyArtDefineTag>ART_DEF_UNIT_BEAR</EarlyArtDefineTag>
				</UnitMeshGroup>
			</UnitMeshGroups>

with

<UnitMeshGroups>
				<iGroupSize>3</iGroupSize>
				<fMaxSpeed>1.75</fMaxSpeed>
				<iMeleeWaveSize>1</iMeleeWaveSize>
				<iRangedWaveSize>0</iRangedWaveSize>
				<UnitMeshGroup>
					<iRequired>1</iRequired>
					<EarlyArtDefineTag>ART_DEF_UNIT_BEAR</EarlyArtDefineTag>
				</UnitMeshGroup>
<UnitMeshGroup>
					<iRequired>2</iRequired>
					<EarlyArtDefineTag>ART_DEF_UNIT_BEAR_CHILD</EarlyArtDefineTag>
				</UnitMeshGroup>
			</UnitMeshGroups>

[CrazyAce]

Phew… man that took a lot; it works though :-)

[WildWeazel]

You're going to club the poor little bear cubs in the head?

Any chances of getting a seal?

[Stuporstar]

Right on, thanks Supa! I'm going to try this out tonight!

[CrazyAce]

Originally Posted by Weasel Op

Any chances of getting a seal?

Possibly yes... But if one were to be made now, the animation wouldn't look right. Hopefully when the 3ds max plug-in becomes available soon, new animations can begin and also hopefully some one will figure out how to program both land and sea based objects, like a hover craft or seal

[WildWeazel]

I know that, I was just referring to the fact that warriors club the animals in the head.

[Tommy1234567890]

lol i thought it was a tiger tank

[Viper1812]

Originally Posted by Tommy1234567890

lol i thought it was a tiger tank

Your not alone. I thought that as well!

[Zuul]

I sure like your Tiger and Lioness. Any thread about skinning? I would like to make a Polar Bears, Cave Bears and a Cheetahs, and maybe Whild Dogs. I'm new to skinning 3d but should not be too hard, much experience with sprites and such.

[al_thor]

Yeah, maybe some BABY seals. That would be sweet. There's nothin like clubbin some baby seals. Too bad there isn't blood and splatter animation.

[CrazyAce]

Not with the default Civ animation, though you know that some one will make a unit that bleeds.

[EdCase]

Originally Posted by al_thor

Yeah, maybe some BABY seals. That would be sweet. There's nothin like clubbin some baby seals. Too bad there isn't blood and splatter animation.

Ever thought of moving to Canada ?

Tried the real thing have you? There is nothing "cool" about it. It is sometimes required to cull, but to call it "sweet" is plain sick.

[On Topic] Nice skin Supa