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Philip Dunscombe
Squire

posted 05-15-03 07:41 PM CT (US)

Hi guys I was in the editor when I found something interesting.

Possibly someone out there may know,but I have stumbled upon a way to remove the dead bodies of a unit after its been killed. "No matter what state of decay."

It gave me some ideas which I found interesting. I am going to leave this one open ended for now.

Possibly someone shoveling corpses on a cart or people falling off a horse then having the body removed and replaced by a fresh one without the messy thing on the ground. Meaning you have the laying on the ground animation in the scene.

Possibly many already know this?

[This message has been edited by Philip Dunscombe (edited 05-15-2003 @ 07:56 PM).]

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Daveguy_700
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posted 05-15-03 08:06 PM CT (US) 1 / 21

I sure didn't. How do you get the bodies to stay there WITHOUT decaying?

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Dragon_Sword
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posted 05-15-03 08:08 PM CT (US) 2 / 21

n/m

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Adder
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posted 05-15-03 08:23 PM CT (US) 3 / 21

Dave: Repeating Create/Destroy trig I think...
I dont think it's been done but then what do I know?

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LoserWithCoolName
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posted 05-15-03 08:52 PM CT (US) 4 / 21

I already have used this trick in Plauge. You start out lying in the sand, then stand up. Bon told me about this last year sometime.

You want fries with that?

crasher
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posted 05-15-03 09:13 PM CT (US) 5 / 21

Now this trick I need to know, for at least two scenes in Immortal Prey... Please do tell, someone.

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CrystalCrown
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posted 05-15-03 09:24 PM CT (US) 6 / 21

I figured this out by accident while I was testing a blood and started deleting people, leaving dead bodies by the spawn. The bodies, however, kept disappearing.

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Frogdude
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posted 05-15-03 09:34 PM CT (US) 7 / 21

Neat!
How's it done?

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Philip Dunscombe
Squire

posted 05-15-03 09:55 PM CT (US) 8 / 21

When you create an object over a dead body it vanishes put the remove object in the same trigger to remove the newly created unit.

The dead body will no longer be there :-).

Clayperboy
Squire

posted 05-15-03 11:26 PM CT (US) 9 / 21

Thats a good one Philip , and simple to do.
I wish i had the gift of the editor.

Is there a bottom to that bag of yours ?? Hope not.

AnastasiaKafka
Squire

posted 05-16-03 02:55 AM CT (US) 10 / 21

Yes, Philip...I planned to make a scene similar to this. I was thinking about this for one of your cuts too, maybe you can guess.

Anyway, this is great cause I was going to have path so the body would sink below it to create the scene.

Did you try just the remove object inside the same trigger that kills the unit?

fishface60
Squire

posted 05-16-03 04:57 AM CT (US) 11 / 21

I need to know how to do this, I kill a unit and create a skeleton so the corpse won't decay so when the necromancer comes he revives him, I created new units and removed them but it didn't work, it seems that the unit must be in the dead center of the square to work

Haven't been here in years

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posted 05-16-03 07:58 AM CT (US) 12 / 21

I found thius out shortly before TC was released, in a (for the rest) crappy scenario where two archers were fighting it out. They were created within range of each other, and when one of them died, he would be recreated in the same spot, making it look like he got to his feet.
It's a useful trick, though I haven't used it anymore after that.

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Philip Dunscombe
Squire

posted 05-16-03 08:01 AM CT (US) 13 / 21

Quote:

Did you try just the remove object inside the same trigger that kills the unit?

I needed it to be on the ground for an amount of time to be effective in the capacity I used it for.

Surge
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posted 05-16-03 08:36 AM CT (US) 14 / 21

I was going to guess that!

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CROPI2
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posted 05-16-03 12:16 PM CT (US) 15 / 21

And what about making the bodies stay just in the first state of decaying??? Is there any way?

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Deathmatch
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posted 05-16-03 01:14 PM CT (US) 16 / 21

I figured it out when I was playing an old blood map early last year.

I found no real use for it, though.

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Philip Dunscombe
Squire

posted 05-16-03 02:41 PM CT (US) 17 / 21

Quote:

And what about making the bodies stay just in the first state of decaying??? Is there any way?

I did infact find that out a while ago.

Daveguy_700
Squire

posted 05-16-03 06:22 PM CT (US) 18 / 21

I didn't know that, philip!

Tell me us how! i've always wondered how to do that!

CROPI2
Squire

posted 05-16-03 09:23 PM CT (US) 19 / 21

Hey! Hey! Hey! I found a way!!!!! (I dunno If it's Philip's one)
Put down any unit
Make a Trigger to kill the unit
Make a Trigger with the condition: destroy object (that unit)
In that trigger, make the effect Create Object: Gaia-Rock, where the unit dies (I tried with a rock, maybe another things can also work)
Again, in the same trigger, Remove Object: Gaia-Rock (In the place you selected to create the rock)

Test It

Give me all the cookies!!!!!

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LoserWithCoolName
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posted 05-16-03 09:32 PM CT (US) 20 / 21

Map revealers are the best, they aren't visible, even for a split second. Discoved by mistake.

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CROPI2
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posted 05-17-03 02:55 PM CT (US) 21 / 21

Yeah... You're right... Map revealers can also work...

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