Aerial Artillery Unit Request

[Blue Monkey]

Blue Monkey... I can make the "Missile Cat" for you but need to know how you want to use it. What should I call the Unit? "Rocket Cat" ?

Rocket Cat is good. People can always rename it. I like the civ-color strap in Delta_Strife's image unless you had something else in mind.

The Problem is that as a Cruise Missile, the Cat would need to be in the Air at all times because there are no Flcs that can show the Cat Launching from the ground unless you want the cat to Blast Off or Jump and land one tile at a time until it reaches its Target.

If you want the Cat to Jump one tile at a time to get to the Target before exploding, should it simply Jump on its own or should it Blast Off using the Vase.

I assume this is to be used as a Missile or did you just want the Cat to move to the Target then Explode?

You can take a Look at the Cruise Missile to see the animations used to see what I am talking about.

It would be nice to see the cat moving to target. Maybe the "jumping" effect can be made to look like a spluttering rocket - more of a hesitation than a jump? You know better than I what looks good & works well in game. I'm sure whatever you come up with is fine.

 

[timerover51]

Hmmm, reminds me of the Russian anti-tank dog mine of World War 2. Have to see if I can find my illustration of that. It was still showing up in US Landmine manuals through 1958. The Germans claimed that it blew up more Russian tanks than German, but also had orders to its units to shoot any dog that was seen.

 

[Vuldacon]

Blue Monkey... I believe it should be set up as a Cruise Missile due to the type of Unit it is. It needs to vanish after the Attack and if set up as a "normal" Land Unit, it would use the Attack over and over until it won or was defeated. That would not work at all.

...If I made the Run animation so it Jumped, it would have to Jump to each Tile and then explode or Burn on the Target the last tile. There would be on real Flight that way.

I think I will just animate it as a Cruise Missile.

Jerry'sGoldfish... There is no way that I am aware of to set a Cruise Missile so it can be captured.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Vuldacon - I trust your judgement.

 

[Vuldacon]

Although I know of no way to have a Cruise Missile captured, it is interesting that a Cruise Missile will use a Fidget animation so that flc can be added to a different unit that is set as a Cruise Missile.

 

[W.i.n.t.e.r]

Gives the old phrase that it is "raining cats and dogs" a whole new meaning.

 

[Vuldacon]

Gives the old phrase that it is "raining cats and dogs" a whole new meaning.

... yes indeed.

I have the animations finished and have to make the Preview and other pcx files so I will be uploading the Unit in the next couple of days.

This Unit comes under the category of "Strange Units", although there is no such category in the database so it will go in "Other Units".