Mech Factory v2.0 final, warning: big gifs Options

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

After i saw that nearly all of my mechs were to big for the normal GDI/Nod Weapon Factorys i decided to make a new one.
This Factory is supposed to produce even the biggest units the battlefield has ever seen and is this way the biggest i know.
Here it is.
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new version 2.0 with enhanced damage frames. Thanks to all for your constructive criticism to improve this.
Mech Factory Icon GDI: Nod:
new Buildup:
Ingame building Annihilator:
Ingame new damaged building Annihilator:
I know the gifs are quite big, but they show best all features of the building.

Zip with all shp's:  LKOmechfact20.zip ( 163.32K ) Number of downloads: 5812

have fun and credit me if you use this in your mod.

btw the code example for art and rules is in the zip
note
the first undamaged anim still shows the old press anim that is shown through the annihilator.
the second damaged shows the new one that stops the press while a unit is leaving the factory. The code how this is done is also in the zip.
And so it works right now. (just a short description) Press anim is a Production anim. after the first unit is build it starts and loops until the next unit leaves the factory. it stops for a fixed duration (quite as long as a unit needs to come out) and then starts looping again.

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question
as you can see, the press anim is showed through the annihilator. Does anyone know how to avoid this?
Is there a way to deactivate the anim while a unit is build? (At least this happens only while very high units are coming out, and stops after the unit has entered the bib and switches to player control)
And for what purpose is the command AnimActive=x,y,z good for?

P.S.: the building has no snow frames. For me it was to much work to add those in the 3dmodel, but i know we have very good picture artists here. maybe someone is willing to make them.

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: Apr 26 2007, 11:05 PM

[Aro]

Hahaha, Disturbed you dumass .

Very very nice LKO, i love this thing already, mind if i use this in my mod too please?

[Lin Kuei Ominae]

Very very nice LKO, i love this thing already, mind if i use this in my mod too please?

I have problems to understand this sentence right. (german school english ; the word order is strange to me, especially the word mind doesn't makes sence to me) Do you ask if you could use this? If so, of course. It's for all and for free as long as you credit me if you release the mod.

@Ixith, ORCACommander, Team Black
i already used spheres in 3dsmax to cut out the craters from the building. I don't know in which way i can make it look more damaged due to weapon fire. Would it be better if i lay some kind of fog or transparent textured planes over the building so it looks on some areas darker and more dirty. I have no idea how i can else achieve the weapon damage with 3dsmax.

@Bittah Commander
to foundation buildup
i already use 50 frames for the buildup. so i cant add more without causing some graphical problems while the anim is showed ingame. But i think i can make it grow (like the gaweapmk) while the main building is coming up.

to press activeanim
i already tried around with the zadjust values. As you can see the problem only exists while the unit is coming out. If you now move any unit in front of the anim, the unit covers the anim in a correct way.(even if it stands on the bib, showed when the annihilator turns east)
If i would lower the zadjust value the anim wouldn't be shown anymore, because the building covers it. But it is shown as soon as a new unit is coming out, because the anim is on the same place where the MECHFACT_1 shp is placed. And while a unit is build the _1 shp (like for naweap or gaweap too) is always used for the background, so the unit that is coming out definitely covers it and is on top. The _2 frame is for the part of the building that covers the unit. (the roof)
And due to the fact that the building uses _1 and _2 shps for the leaving phase, the active anim is now showed. It makes a good production anim (because only showed while a unit leaves the factory) but doesn't helps in my case.

The only way (I can think of) to solve this problem is by simply exactly removing the pixels of the building on exactly the spot wher the animation is supposed to play. Now to prevent a hole from appearing at certain moments, you'll have to add the part you cut out from the building to the bib... There's only one drawback; the bib doesn't have a damage frame, meaning that part of the building should look exactly the same in the normal and damaged state.

hmm assuming i raise the zadjust that much, that it works while the unit leaves the factory, all units that are standing behind the pressanim would then cover it, what they shouldn't do if standing behind.
btw bibs do have a damage frame

This post has been edited by Lin Kuei Ominae: Feb 5 2007, 12:42 PM