setting to swim anim while on land

i wanna make a Basilisk desert boss that can burrow into the sand and thresh around.

how do i set a unit's animations (namely, naga myrmidon's) to 'swim' while on land.
"Animation - required animation names : swim" doesnt work;
doesnt work.
???????

p.s. it can be done i've seen it on Desert of Exile.

Make a new unit for the boss and in the object editor add animation tag "Swim" for all the unit object animation fields on it. It should pretty much play all the swim animations then. Check the demon hunter for examplage.

how then?

Don't update the bones setting, swim animations don't morph the unit and require the original attachment names.

The actual morph of the Naga is their submerge ability.

The native you want to use is AddUnitAnimationProperties(MyUnit, "swim", true). And yes, it works, trust me.

Forgot to mention - Amphibious movement will override the Animation Properties value (when it comes to the "swim" string). If you're still having problems, you must set the unit to 'Foot' movement type.

whether setting animation properties to 'swim' by object editor or by triggers, it seems that for this to work the unit's movement type must be amphibious as sophismata said.

case closed c: c:

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can this animation be done without JASS?

I added the animation tag and it still doesn't work

I'll try some variations later

thanks