Shimmering portal birth animation...

In my cinema I want to have a shimmering portal that spawns out of no whwere, but I want it to go through its birthing animation... How can I do this,

It should play it's birth animation if used as a special effect, I think.

Could you give me more specific details? So far all I have it as, is a placed doodad that is initially hidden, and then un-hides.. But it doesn't look that cool, I want it to appear but through its birth animation...

use a unit and give it the " Shimmering portal" as model, then create it at the time and location you want it, and then add a trigger "Animation - Play "yourunit" stand animation".
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I tried that but it still doesn't work. The portal just appears and is there, the animation doesn't play through

"Create 1 Dark Portal at center of Region"
"Play Last Created unit's stand animation"

The portal appears but the birthing animation doesn't occur, are you sure its the stand animation?

thats because you should be playing the BIRTH animation.

Honostly, some people.

Oops, my bad for not changing stand to "birth", btw you do not have to write them in capital letters though, just incase you thought that.

I think setting the doodad's HP to 0 in editor (or by triggers) and then ressurecting it should work too.¨

This solution would take about exactly as much effort, but it seems a bit more nice to me =)

Welcome kingklear, now that you have made your first revive, ill tell you not to in the future like a good mod :)