New Unit: Pietone (February 14, 2005)

[utahjazz7]

@Kal-El : southpaw ? What is it ?

He's left-handed.

 

[zulu9812]

He's left-handed.

Although, I do find it odd that he attacks with his left hand but hammers to build the road with his right

 

[utahjazz7]

Although, I do find it odd that he attacks with his left hand but hamemrs to build the road with his right

Oops. I didn't think about that!

 

[mrtn]

Well, my dad's right handed, but he hammers with his left. This unit must be his evil twin.

 

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Not sure, but I think that in Old Italian (and I'm Italian) the word Pietone doesn't exist. Could be better Pedone? (it is the name of the minor chess piece)

 

[utahjazz7]

Not sure, but I think that in Old Italian (and I'm Italian) the word Pietone doesn't exist. Could be better Pedone? (it is the name of the minor chess piece)

Yeah, I think Pietone is the French equivalent.

 

[Norsk_Viking]

i like it a lot! good job!

 

[Theov]

I have a question about this 10 year old unit...

When I load a game, the worker animation isn't working anymore.

So a Pietone that is working on a road, he doesn't look like he's working when I open a game.
How can I fix this?

ps. an excellent unit by the way.

 

[Erebras]

At first blush, I'd say the animation isn't assigned in the file that determines which flcs and wav files are used by the unit. If no flc is assigned to a task, then no animation will be shown. It's kind of like if you don't have a Victory flc or Fortify flc, then if you win a combat or dig in, it just shows the unit in Default mode. Take a look at the ini file and make sure everything is in order there.

 

[Theov]

At first blush, I'd say the animation isn't assigned in the file that determines which flcs and wav files are used by the unit. If no flc is assigned to a task, then no animation will be shown. It's kind of like if you don't have a Victory flc or Fortify flc, then if you win a combat or dig in, it just shows the unit in Default mode. Take a look at the ini file and make sure everything is in order there.

the animation is working, only it's not happening when I load a game...

 

[T-mun]

the animation is working, only it's not happening when I load a game...

Not sure what you mean by "load a game". Do you mean you have been playing your mod, saved a game, modified the rules in the editor and then reloaded the saved game ? If it's the case, then it won't work. Your have to start a new game. If I did not understand you, then did you check the .ini file as erebras told you ?

 

[Jorsalfare]

I think I know what you mean. It's when you save a game, closes down Civ3 and when you later restarts and reloads that game, then the animations no longer plays (for instance a worker building a mine just plays default.flc while he actually is performing the build-action). This behaviour happens in my game too (modded game). I noticed it first on the user-made units, but it is possible that Firaxis-units are affected as well. It don't know why this happens, though.

 

[Theov]

Not sure what you mean by "load a game". Do you mean you have been playing your mod, saved a game, modified the rules in the editor and then reloaded the saved game ? If it's the case, then it won't work. Your have to start a new game. If I did not understand you, then did you check the .ini file as erebras told you ?

when I save a game and come back to it (load game) then the animation for the Pietone isn't working.

I think I know what you mean. It's when you save a game, closes down Civ3 and when you later restarts and reloads that game, then the animations no longer plays (for instance a worker building a mine just plays default.flc while he actually is performing the build-action). This behaviour happens in my game too (modded game). I noticed it first on the user-made units, but it is possible that Firaxis-units are affected as well. It don't know why this happens, though.

yes, the Firaxis workers appear as it should. I have a 'serf' unit that is a Middle Ages worker in my mod, and that animation appears too when I load a savegame.

Only the Pietone animation doesn't work and I don't know where this setting is.