DarkScythe
Hunkalicious Holo
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Thanks for the heads-up!
I wasn't sure if this file was crafted for the wolves or not, but if not, I might go through the other files again and see what I can put together with the other units. (For one, I think it'd be pretty cool to pull the heavy footsteps of those war elephants for my giant wolf unit.)
I did have a suspicion that there was some weird synchronization issue, but I had no proof, nor knowledge of how anything worked. I'm glad you confirmed that.
As for your suggestion, that did the trick.
I followed your guide, though I suppose in reverse, since your guide wanted to use the flaming arrow for a normal attack. However, I didn't just copy the sound triggers; I copied everything from 1100 to 1160, which included one "Action" trigger.
I also saw that the models referenced event code 2100, so I went ahead and copied that into 1180.
What happens now is that the unit will cycle through the attack animation once on the city, then stop, and damage numbers appear as normal. I believe there was one instance where no animation happened and damage numbers appeared, so there's probably still a small bit of synchronization mismatch going on, but it's definitely not as bad as with the torches.
I also think I fixed all the other models/skins from Civitar's Wolf pack, using your corrected animations. I say think, though, because I'm not sure if the process I used was correct, or if it might have accidentally broken something due to my lack of knowledge about the process.
What I did was to separate all of his skins' DDS files into separate folders, then I copied your working fxsxml and gr2 model files into each folder. Then I renamed everything, and edited the fxsxml to reflect the correct names. Finally, I loaded up each individual gr2 in NexusBuddy2 and set their BaseTextureMap to their matching DDS files. Saved everything, and tossed them into ModBuddy, and off I went.
It seems to be working, but if I've made a terrible mistake here, please let me know!
Otherwise, I am loving the diversity, and you even managed to keep the Howling animation intact!
Spoiler :
With all that said, and having tried out the trigger replacement following your guide (it felt a lot simpler than it looked..) I think I'll try to put together some more triggers from the cavalry-type units, although I'm still not quite clear on which event codes are the minimum necessary. At least, I assume I should have something for every event code you have listed in your provided file, and I shouldn't remove any, but it sounds like if I add any more, they would only be randomly picked.
Is there any sort of reference for which event codes do what?
