Extended_Paradrop (Skyranger) Anim Bug

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Created a Civ dedicated copy of the XCOM Squad (changed nothing except the Type, necessary thing to duplicate a unit and assign it to a specific civ)

Turns out that the Extended Paradrop Anim is somehow linked not to the UnitClass as expected, but to the Unit Type so that since i changed it, now when i paradrop them, the anim that i see is that of the paratrooper....

Couldnt find where or how that link between the unitype and the anim is done so i can clone it for my new unit...

Someoen knows it or have any clue?

Thanks.

 

[whoward69]

There's nothing specific to the XCOM Squad in the core DLL (excluding the one achievement reference), so unless it's a specific XML/Database entry (but I thought animations were tied to CombatClass not UnitClass nor UnitType) my guess would be that it's hard-coded in the UI DLL (which we don't have the source code for) a bit like the AA animations are - which will crash if you try to get them to fire at paratroopers.

 

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(I thought animations were tied to CombatClass not UnitClass nor UnitType) ...

... like the AA animations are - which will crash if you try to get them to fire at paratroopers.

Ok, I get that; but even if it was... why the anim should not crash but Switch to that of a Paratrooper? It doesnt make any sense... there must be somewhere coded that the unittype change or even the Combatclass change would redirect the anim from that of the Xcom to that of a standard paratrooper...

U said u thought that anims were linked to the Combatclass... why u think so? there is a xml stating that? if u got some idead i' d like to try them...