Tiger! (11/16/2005)

[Supa]

A new animal unit.



Link!
Warning, it's a RAR file

(First thread)

 

[DeathPantera]

Whaoh very great!!!

 

[Agraza]

More please! Cougars, Polar Bears, Panda Bears, White Lions!

Maybe even Giant Squid

 

[CrazyAce]

Sweet I'll try it out again...

Cool it works, to bad it's only one and not a pack of them. Umm in the world builder there is no icon for the tiger, just a blank magneta icon. What did I miss?

 

[Supa]

It's normal if there is only one tiger. Tiger are lone hunters. You can change easily that in xml\units\CIV4UnitInfos.xml

The pink icon is definitly not normal. Make sure that Supa_Resource_Atlas.dds is in Art\Interface\Button\ (without S! it's a typo but if you didn't corrected the xml bit you copied, it must be there) and tiger_button.dds in Art\units\tiger\

 

[CrazyAce]

With out the "S" ok I got it thank you.

 

[WildWeazel]

Looks great. It's surprising how much you can do with just a skin.

 

[Stuporstar]

Very cool! Question: how do you change it so there's only one panther as well? Heh, and for the bears, a mother bear with cubs instead of three hulking adult bears would be very cool too.

 

[Supa]

Very cool! Question: how do you change it so there's only one panther as well? Heh, and for the bears, a mother bear with cubs instead of three hulking adult bears would be very cool too.

For the panther, it's very easy: In XML\Units\CIV4UnitInfos.xml, search

<UnitMeshGroups>
				<iGroupSize>3</iGroupSize>
				<fMaxSpeed>1.75</fMaxSpeed>
				<iMeleeWaveSize>3</iMeleeWaveSize>
				<iRangedWaveSize>0</iRangedWaveSize>
				<UnitMeshGroup>
					<iRequired>3</iRequired>
					<EarlyArtDefineTag>ART_DEF_UNIT_PANTHER</EarlyArtDefineTag>
				</UnitMeshGroup>

And replace all 3 by 1

For the bear, it's almost as easy.

In Art\CIV4ArtDefines_Unit.xml, add

<UnitArtInfo>
			<Type>ART_DEF_UNIT_BEAR_CHILD</Type>
			<fScale>0.25</fScale>
			<fInterfaceScale>1.0</fInterfaceScale>
			<NIF>Art/Units/Bear/Bear.nif</NIF>
			<KFM>Art/Units/Bear/Bear.kfm</KFM>
			<SHADERNIF>Art/Units/Bear/Bear_FX.nif</SHADERNIF>
			<ShadowDef>
				<ShadowNIF>Art/Units/01_UnitShadows/BearShadow.nif</ShadowNIF>
				<ShadowAttachNode>LionBip Spine</ShadowAttachNode>
				<fShadowScale>.6</fShadowScale>
			</ShadowDef>
			<fBattleDistance>0.35</fBattleDistance>
			<fRangedDeathTime>0.31</fRangedDeathTime>
			<bActAsRanged>0</bActAsRanged>
			<TrainSound>AS2D_UNIT_BUILD_UNIT</TrainSound>
			<AudioRunSounds>
				<AudioRunTypeLoop/>
				<AudioRunTypeEnd/>
			</AudioRunSounds>
		</UnitArtInfo>

and in XML\Units\CIV4UnitInfos.xml, replace

<UnitMeshGroups>
				<iGroupSize>3</iGroupSize>
				<fMaxSpeed>1.75</fMaxSpeed>
				<iMeleeWaveSize>3</iMeleeWaveSize>
				<iRangedWaveSize>0</iRangedWaveSize>
				<UnitMeshGroup>
					<iRequired>3</iRequired>
					<EarlyArtDefineTag>ART_DEF_UNIT_BEAR</EarlyArtDefineTag>
				</UnitMeshGroup>
			</UnitMeshGroups>

with

<UnitMeshGroups>
				<iGroupSize>3</iGroupSize>
				<fMaxSpeed>1.75</fMaxSpeed>
				<iMeleeWaveSize>1</iMeleeWaveSize>
				<iRangedWaveSize>0</iRangedWaveSize>
				<UnitMeshGroup>
					<iRequired>1</iRequired>
					<EarlyArtDefineTag>ART_DEF_UNIT_BEAR</EarlyArtDefineTag>
				</UnitMeshGroup>
<UnitMeshGroup>
					<iRequired>2</iRequired>
					<EarlyArtDefineTag>ART_DEF_UNIT_BEAR_CHILD</EarlyArtDefineTag>
				</UnitMeshGroup>
			</UnitMeshGroups>

 

[CrazyAce]

Phew… man that took a lot; it works though

 

[WildWeazel]

You're going to club the poor little bear cubs in the head?

Any chances of getting a seal?

 

[Stuporstar]

Right on, thanks Supa! I'm going to try this out tonight!

 

[CrazyAce]

Any chances of getting a seal?

Possibly yes... But if one were to be made now, the animation wouldn't look right. Hopefully when the 3ds max plug-in becomes available soon, new animations can begin and also hopefully some one will figure out how to program both land and sea based objects, like a hover craft or seal

 

[WildWeazel]

I know that, I was just referring to the fact that warriors club the animals in the head.

 

[Tommy1234567890]

lol i thought it was a tiger tank

 

[Viper1812]

lol i thought it was a tiger tank

Your not alone. I thought that as well!

 

[Zuul]

I sure like your Tiger and Lioness. Any thread about skinning? I would like to make a Polar Bears, Cave Bears and a Cheetahs, and maybe Whild Dogs. I'm new to skinning 3d but should not be too hard, much experience with sprites and such.

 

[al_thor]

Yeah, maybe some BABY seals. That would be sweet. There's nothin like clubbin some baby seals. Too bad there isn't blood and splatter animation.

 

[CrazyAce]

Not with the default Civ animation, though you know that some one will make a unit that bleeds.

 

[EdCase]

Yeah, maybe some BABY seals. That would be sweet. There's nothin like clubbin some baby seals. Too bad there isn't blood and splatter animation.

Ever thought of moving to Canada ?

Tried the real thing have you? There is nothing "cool" about it. It is sometimes required to cull, but to call it "sweet" is plain sick.

[On Topic] Nice skin Supa