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02-03-2005, 10:13 PM#1
Golden Yak
This is probably asked all the time, but damned if I can find the answer to it.

I've got a hero based off the Demon Hunter in Demon Form, but he keeps showing up as the regular Demon Hunter when I test the map. How do I set it up so he stays in Demon Form always?

Another problem I have is with my Troll Berserker Hero. He shows up in Berserker form just fine, but there's a problem with one of his abilities. It's based off Locust Swarm, and whenever he finishes using it, he swtiches back into his normal Head Hunter form. any ideas on how to keep this from happening? I tried messing with Locust Swarm's animation strings, but it doesn't help.
02-03-2005, 10:47 PM#2
Guest
Hmm.. morph and meta forms and spells are very.. very buggy. The only thing that I can think of is just make a dummy caster use the locust swarm instead and trigger the life gain. I will try to do what I can.. play around with it and such.
02-04-2005, 01:58 AM#3
Golden Yak
Happily, the Berserker's spell has no life gain on it, so that problem is easily taken care of. Getting the demon hunter to appear and remain Metamorphed still has me stumped, however. I tried messing around with the animation names in the Unit Data section, but it hasn't helped.
02-04-2005, 04:15 AM#4
saek
I know that setting the duration of the spell to zero makes it perm
02-04-2005, 05:22 AM#5
sc_freek
If you're using the normal Headhunter model without the berserker alternate animations, you can remove the '_V1' part in the model path and check 'Reign of Chaos' in the field right below that.
02-04-2005, 01:32 PM#6
Guest
Quote:
Originally Posted by saek
I know that setting the duration of the spell to zero makes it perm

Why dont you just change the used model? Instead of trying to make it perm.
02-04-2005, 04:25 PM#7
Vexorian
Map initialization:

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Unit Add Animation tag : alternate to Demon hunter 3022 gen
02-04-2005, 05:03 PM#8
Shark
just base the unit off Alternate Form Illidan Evil or normal DH...... it may look like a normal DH in WE, but it will be alternated in game.....
had the same stress, found out a couple of methods, first one was vexorians, the second one was mine :)
02-06-2005, 04:37 AM#9
Golden Yak
Shark - I'd much rather have the Demon Hunter's demon form that Evil Illidan. I'd considered it, but for the character I've created the demon form suits it much better.

Lord Vexorian - Thanks. This might help with my Berserker problem too...
02-06-2005, 08:31 AM#10
Whitehorn
Yuo dont even need a trigger. In the object editor, you can specify to use 'alternative' for the model.