LUA play animation?

[FurionHuang]

Hey folks,

I was looking into Fire Tuner's panel codes and found these lines:

<Action>if (g_SelectedPlayer ~= nil and g_SelectedPlayer &gt;= 0 and g_SelectedUnitID ~= nil and g_SelectedUnitID &gt;= 0) then
    local pPlayer = Players[g_SelectedPlayer];
    if pPlayer ~= nil then
        local pUnit = pPlayer:GetUnits():FindID(g_SelectedUnitID);
        if (pUnit ~= nil) then
            SimUnitSystem.SetAnimationState(pUnit, "DEATH");
        end
    end
end
</Action>

That makes think it might be possible to trigger some unit animations in game play via lua.
YET, I also discovered this "SimUnitSystem" was only FT code. When copy-paste into lua script, the game doesn't know what function was that.
So I believe there must be somewhere we can find how to translate this "SimUnitSystem.SetAnimationState" to an actual LUA code. I started looking at FT .dll files but found nothing relevant. Would you guys happen to have any idea?
@LeeS would you be interested?

 

[Gedemon]

It seems that SimUnitSystem is not available in gameplay script context, only UI context.

 

[FurionHuang]

It seems that SimUnitSystem is not available in gameplay script context, only UI context.

Oh I totally forgot that! I see hope now. Thanks so much!

 

[FurionHuang]

It seems that SimUnitSystem is not available in gameplay script context, only UI context.

So how do I add LUA script to my MOD as UI context? Gameplay is straight forward, but when I added the script under AddUserInterface, game went back to start menu when initiating. And then I created another xml file with this code:

<Context Name="DS_PlayAnim">
</Context>

This "DS_PlayAnim" is both lua and xml name. Ran the game, nothing happened. Moved the xml under AddUserInterface, back to start menu again.

 

[Gedemon]

modinfo

        <UserInterface>       
            <Properties>
                <Context>InGame</Context>
            </Properties>
            <Items>
                <File>Scripts/YnAMP_InGame.xml</File>
            </Items>
        </UserInterface>

 

[FurionHuang]

modinfo

        <UserInterface>      
            <Properties>
                <Context>InGame</Context>
            </Properties>
            <Items>
                <File>Scripts/YnAMP_InGame.xml</File>
            </Items>
        </UserInterface>

Ahhh properties. Got it!
Thanks!

 

[Tiramisu]

Is it possible to change the position of unit graphics?
My problem is that you can start the attack animation using

SimUnitSystem.SetAnimationState(pUnit, "ATTACK");

but I have not found a way to let the unit graphics move on the opponent's plot like in a real combat animation.