Luke Hero enabled for Galctic Campaign(for ground). Need help with animations.

[Master Nikolaos]

Hey there, I was playing around to see if I could enable Luke for landbattles(with the existing model he has at the end of a rebellion win game). I enabled everything for him exept for his squadron for space battles(I think I can figure that one out easily after looking in to it with more time). However, much of the information I used to enable him for ground battles was copied form Kyle Katarn. The end result was a Luke that moved and acted like Kyle but talked like luke and looked like luke. I noticed there where models for Luke to use in certain animations(demolition, firing, etc) in the models folder.

 

I wonder how you can add them to Luke's hero for ground battles, because there's no where in the named heroes.xml or Herocompanies.xml files which points to assigning certain characters animation models, and yet, Luke was practiaclly doing everything like Kyle(run, idle shooting and such).

 

I almost forgot to say, Luke can shoot and kill, but there's no weapon in his hands. Any ideas?

[gswift]

no weapon, funny. they may have only set him up for the ending scene, so there's no weapon. that's too bad. Have you compared to Mara Jade, or a regular infiltrator? Maybe you can find a hint there. There's probably another XML file that links the annimations together with a unit. Try looking at some of the existing space mods that link/change explosions with hardpoints.

 

I found this in one of the old mods: in "NamedHeroUnits.xml"

 

<LandBehavior>SELECTABLE, SURFACE_FX, WALK_LOCOMOTOR, IDLE, TARGETING, WEAPON, REVEAL, HIDE_WHEN_FOGGED, DAMAGE_TRACKING, UNIT_AI, ABILITY_COUNTDOWN</LandBehavior>

 

and this was in "Herocompanies.xml":

<Company_Units>Boba_Fett</Company_Units>

<CategoryMask>LandHero | SpaceHero</CategoryMask>

 

There's some comments in the herocompanies xml that may help you.

[Darth_Torpid-PG]

Assuming you are trying to put Kyle's animations on the Luke model, try this line in Luke's XML:

 

<Land_Model_Anim_Override_Name>

RI_KyleKatarn.alo

</Land_Model_Anim_Override_Name>

 

This line overrides the model's animations and replaces them with those of another model.

[Master Nikolaos]

Not working. What lines determines which animation models a unit gets?

[Loki_Kane]

I was under the impression that the animation files were part of the ALA and ALO files, meaning you wont be able to add a blaster? If im wrong then great

[Master Nikolaos]

Me too, but the fact that I copied information from Kyle and got a clone(basically) is tentalizing, unless his animations are exactly the same as those of Kyle. The next problem to fix then would be the missing weapon...

[Darth_Torpid-PG]

Unfortunately I think that because that model was cinematic only that it's missing some of the skeletal structure and bones necessary to make him a full land unit. I could be wrong though. I know that when we pulled the Imperial Guard from cinematic to ground unit, it required a model refurbish.

[Master Nikolaos]

Darn it, the mistery deepens...(in a Winduish profetical tone).

 

EDIT: Actually, I got another idea. Would anyone care to see luke as a pilot for land battles(using the pilot model). I believe I could create a hero out of the model. Any thoughts?

[Rhedd-5]

I want to see speeders spawn rebel pilots when they die, like Imperial speederbikes do. ^_^

 

And I specifically remember Mace Windu saying "Darn it." Or, at least it sounds like something he MIGHT say.

[Master Nikolaos]

Yeah, darn it is definetly in his vocabulary . The rebel pilots on the speeders thing is a pretty good idea...wonder how it works...

[Loki_Kane]

That would be pretty cool, but would that allow for any special abilities?

[Master Nikolaos]

What exactly do you mean by that?(Special abilities)

[Loki_Kane]

Such as Chewie's take over vehicle or hans sprint. would these abilities be clones of another hero?

[Master Nikolaos]

Oh!, you mean the pilot right? And the answer is yes. All you need to do is copy/paste another character's abilities into the Luke entry with the pilot model. Should be easy enough. I still have to figure out the red squadron thing though.

[Taurian]

if you want luke to act like luke you need to add his LUA script to his model. its what tells it how to act. the file name is LUKEPLAN.LUA in the file it should look like this -

 

<Lua_Script>LUKEPLAN</Lua_Script> .

 

as for weapons, have you tried adding the lightsaber abilities to him to see if they will work? if not, you will need these lines of text to try it.

 

<LandBehavior> SELECTABLE, SURFACE_FX, WALK_LOCOMOTOR, IDLE, REVEAL, HIDE_WHEN_FOGGED, TARGETING, WEAPON, DAMAGE_TRACKING, UNIT_AI, ABILITY_COUNTDOWN, IMPOSING_PRESENCE, HOLSTER_WEAPON </LandBehavior>

 

<!-- Lightsaber holstering data -->

<SFXEvent_Draw_Weapon> Unit_Light_Saber_On </SFXEvent_Draw_Weapon>

<SFXEvent_Holster_Weapon> Unit_Light_Saber_Off </SFXEvent_Holster_Weapon>

<Holster_Weapon_Bone_Name> b_saber </Holster_Weapon_Bone_Name>

<Holster_Drawn_Bone_Translation> 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 </Holster_Drawn_Bone_Translation>

<Holster_Holstered_Bone_Translation> 0.0, -5.835, 0.0 </Holster_Holstered_Bone_Translation>

<Holster_Transition_Time_In_Secs> 0.17 </Holster_Transition_Time_In_Secs>

<Holster_Minimum_Drawn_Time_In_Secs> 15.0 </Holster_Minimum_Drawn_Time_In_Secs>

<Holster_Disable_Engine_Loops> Yes </Holster_Disable_Engine_Loops>

 

<Projectile_Types>Proj_Lightsaber</Projectile_Types>

<Projectile_Appearance_Delay_Frames> 8 </Projectile_Appearance_Delay_Frames>

<Projectile_Fire_Recharge_Seconds>0.7</Projectile_Fire_Recharge_Seconds>

[Taurian]

btw i found out through trial and error you cant just add any weapon you want to a land model, like you can for space models. they seem to be enabled to only handle their "assigned" weapon, as per the model itself. i found this out trying to make jedi and sith warriors, and finally did it, but you have to use land models that are set up for it.

[Master Nikolaos]

I tried both methods, and I got nothing. I obviously knew I had to have the lukeplan in, but the weapon holstering(as you mentioned) is unavailable to Luke.

[Taurian]

ahhh. hes prob. set to use something else then. i dont know. i'll play with it too and see if i can find something....good luck

[Master Nikolaos]

Thanks, I'll see what i can muster.