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Broken Model Death Anims / Spawn Nugget

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Hi everyone. :)

From my original post earlier this year (trying to WrathEd working) I've managed to make quite a bit of progress, mainly adding true hover vehicles (all terrain), various new artwork, music etc, a recoloured MoK Obelisk (Obelisk of Darkness) and some big changes to the gameplay style; but I've been having 2 relatively big problems with regards to a death animation on a model; specifically, this:

 

https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-end-of-all-things/addons/mastadon

and this; the Kane's Wrath XML provided along with it:

https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-end-of-all-things/addons/mastadon-addon

Basically, when the Mastadon dies, it instantly disappears, whilst spawning the debris, I've looked in w3x viewer and it seems like there's no problem with the model, but no changes I've made so far to the XML has made any difference to the death animation.

Below is the code used for the model / animation states.

				<ModelConditionState
					ParseCondStateType="PARSE_NORMAL"
					ConditionsYes="DYING USER_6">
					<Model
						Name="W3DContainer:GUVEHICLEL_DIEA" />
					<Texture
						Original="GUVehicleL"
						New="GUVehicleL_D" />						
					<ParticleSysBone
						BoneName="chassis"
						FXParticleSystemTemplate="GDIDebrisSmallFire"
						FollowBone="true" />
					<ParticleSysBone
						BoneName="Chassis"
						FXParticleSystemTemplate="GDIDebrisSmallFireDistortion"
						FollowBone="true" />
					<ParticleSysBone
						BoneName="chassis"
						FXParticleSystemTemplate="GDIDebrisSmallSmoke"
						FollowBone="true" />
					<ParticleSysBone
						BoneName="b_turret01"
						FXParticleSystemTemplate="GDIDebrisSmallFire"
						FollowBone="true" />
					<ParticleSysBone
						BoneName="b_turret01"
						FXParticleSystemTemplate="GDIDebrisSmallFireDistortion"
						FollowBone="true" />
					<ParticleSysBone
						BoneName="b_turret01"
						FXParticleSystemTemplate="GDIDebrisSmallSmoke"
						FollowBone="true" />
				</ModelConditionState>
				

				<ModelConditionState
					ParseCondStateType="PARSE_NORMAL"
					ConditionsYes="DYING">
					<Model
						Name="W3DContainer:GUVehicleL_DIEA" />
					<ParticleSysBone
						BoneName="chassis"
						FXParticleSystemTemplate="GDIDebrisSmallFire"
						FollowBone="true" />
					<ParticleSysBone
						BoneName="chassis"
						FXParticleSystemTemplate="GDIDebrisSmallFireDistortion"
						FollowBone="true" />
					<ParticleSysBone
						BoneName="chassis"
						FXParticleSystemTemplate="GDIDebrisSmallSmoke"
						FollowBone="true" />
					<ParticleSysBone
						BoneName="b_turret01"
						FXParticleSystemTemplate="GDIDebrisSmallFire"
						FollowBone="true" />
					<ParticleSysBone
						BoneName="b_turret01"
						FXParticleSystemTemplate="GDIDebrisSmallFireDistortion"
						FollowBone="true" />
					<ParticleSysBone
						BoneName="b_turret01"
						FXParticleSystemTemplate="GDIDebrisSmallSmoke"
						FollowBone="true" />
				</ModelConditionState>

				<AnimationState
					ParseCondStateType="PARSE_NORMAL"
					ConditionsYes="DYING"
					EnteringStateFX=""
					FrameForPristineBonePositions="0"
					ShareAnimation="False"
					AllowRepeatInRandomPick="False"
					SimilarRestart="False">	
					<Animation
						AnimationName="GUVEHICLEL_DIEA"
						AnimationMode="ONCE"
						Distance="0"
						AnimationBlendTime="5"
						AnimationSpeedFactorMin="1"
						AnimationSpeedFactorMax="1"
						WeaponTimingOrdering="PRIMARY_WEAPON"
						WeaponTimingSlotID="1"
						AnimationPriority="1"
						FadeBeginFrame="-1"
						FadeEndFrame="-1"
						AnimationMustCompleteBlend="False"
						UseWeaponTiming="False"
						FadingIn="False" />
					<Script>
						CurDrawableHideSubObject("GUN_UPGRADE")
					</Script>
				</AnimationState>

 

The model works fine in gameplay, but destroying the vehicle and having it end with a tiny explosion is a bit anti-climatic 😋

 

The other issue I have is trying to change or fix the "DamageAndSpawnNugget", mainly because I want the Tiberium Troopers to use Visceroid spawning as an effect.                              

I combed through the old posts on the forum and setup my mod directory with "Mods\returntotiberia\Assets\Static" with a file called "WeaponTemplate.xml" that looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<AssetDefinition xmlns="uri:thundermods.net:SAGE:WrathEdXML:AssetDefinition">
	<Asset
		id="DamageAndSpawnNuggetType">
		<EntryInheritance
			id="base"
			AssetType="DamageNuggetType" />
		<Entry
			id="SpawnProbability"
			AssetType="SageReal"
			IsAttribute="true"
			Default="1.0" />
		<Entry
			id="SpawnedModelConditionFlags"
			AssetType="ModelConditionBitFlags"
			IsAttribute="true" />
		<EntryReference
			id="SpawnTemplate"
			AssetType="GameObjectWeakRef"/>
	</Asset>
</AssetDefinition>

But the asset compiler doesn't recognise it, nor do I know if it will actually work lol, but if anyone has worked around this any help would be useful. :)

 

A final problem that I do have is trying to create a Spectre Artillery with a permanent deployment function, so that it doesn't have to deploy to shoot every time and stays static in-place, but the states of deployment are confusing me atm lol; currently I have it so that there's 2 artillery objects, like the Rig, one deploys into another and replaces the original object, and vice versa for the artillery to move again; but all the animations are screwed up when it comes to firing lol; I'll probably make another thread at some point about it. 😀

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As far as I know, DamageAndSpawnNugget is either broken in KW, or WE doesn't properly compile that code nugget

A work around; I recommend experimenting with the 'OCL death spawn' nugget used by the Redemption SP in the nod militants xml

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The Rig is like  the MCV; it changes into a building - look at the code and replace the animations and make a building the deployed specter model

Edited by commanderKW

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The XML that you have shown, does not contain a 'SlowDeath' module, and the 'CreateObjectDie' module does not reference anything.

Simply put, this public release does the minimum necessary to allow you to have a functioning Mastadon, but does not put in the extra work that would allow for a nice death animation.

Talk to Styg's, to see if he will have mercy on you...

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I can help you in PMs if you still have the issue, I want to ask something as well ;)

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