Make a Normal Unit a Raven all the time.

I am trying to create a Unit which can be bought from a regular building (IE not hero) That needs to ALWAYS be the Storm Crow or Raven form of Medhiv or the Talon.

The problem is everytime i attempt this it always shows up as the Talon in Night elf form and hes hovering above the ground (Not to mention he leaves footprints in midair...)


I tried everything i could think of and drove myself half insane in doing so. Does anyone know how i make a unit look like a raven without it being too complicated to do so? Thanks.

Hmm ... what's your base unit? You might try selecting an aerial unit (ie Gryphon Rider) as the base and give it the Storm Crow as its Art - Model ... any attacks should correspond accordingly ...

Ok, but as for the model it says...

"Druid of the Talon (Night Elf Form), Druid of the Talon (Storm Crow Form)"

Its all in 1 selection... so how do i get just the storm crow?

In the unit editor, find the field called "Art - Required Animation Names". Type in alternateex. Then go down two fields to "Art - Required Attachment Link Names". Type in alternate. Go down one more field to "Art - Required Bone Names" and fill this one in with alternate also.

What you're doing is telling the model to use only animations that include a certain word, in this case "alternate" and "alternateex". Since both the druid and crow forms of the Druid of the Talon are part of the same model, Blizzard uses this to differentiate between them.

It will still look wrong in the World Editor after you do this, but it should work in-game.

Alternatively, you can force the unit to play any animation by using a relatively simple trigger. Let me know if the first way doesn't work, and we can write that trigger.

or if u don't know how to use animation related triggers, just make a trigger that will activate the "crow form" skill when the unit is bought......
btw, if u activate the raven form ability thru triggers and then remove it (also thru triggers), what happens ? does the unit goes back to its "normal form", or the game crashes ?

I dont have "Art - Required attachment link names" or "Art - Required Bone Names"

I only have Warcraft 3, I dont have the Frozen throne so our editors might be different :\

I see, you only have Reign of Chaos.

In the future, be sure to mention that right away, since 99% of the people in here use TFT and everyone will assume that you do, as well.

I believe there's still a trigger action to play a certain animation in RoC. Look for it.

Once you purchase TFT, mapping becomes much, much easier, because the World Editor is much more capable and complete.

Ok thanks, i'll see if i cant get The frozen throne sometime soon so i can complete this map easier... I saw it for only 20 bucks somewhere, i just wish i had money with me at the time...

Hmm another question, if i change like 30 units, is there a way to export them and import them into another map? My plan is to make nothing more than a Melee type of map with new races, but id like to implement it in about 4 or 5 different Pre-Made maps and 1 my friend is making.

Thanks again ^_^

there is, its called "Export All Custom Data" and its somewhere under File or Edit toolbar... after that, you just have to open up a map and click "Import data" or custom data, and select the file.... NOTE: when u import the file, it overwrites ALL of the units in that map, so if u plan on making some changes and additions, do it AFTER importing all the units.... in other words, you can't combine :)

Thanks, I was afraid id have to remake the units over again >.< That'd have been bad heh

If you get TFT, you can just use the Beastmaster's Hawks... they only have 1 form.

Hmmm i wont be getting TFT for at least 19 more days >.<

Oh well, i'll work on some of the other races till then...

Anyone know a good program to make new spells or edit existing ones with, or did the people who made things like the spider queen and dota do all that text stuff that i dont understand?