As part of my entry for
Super StarCraft Modders Brawl, I'm trying to convert the Terran Marine into a flying unit.
Thus far, I've made the following changes:
units.dat: Modified basic stats (hp, shields, armor), gave it Flyer, Regenerate, and Spellcaster properties.
flingy.dat: Set Move Control to flingy.dat control, modified settings to mimic the dropship.
iscript.bin:
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# This header is used by images.dat entries:
# 239 Marine (terran\marine.grp)
.headerstart
IsId 78
Type 12
Init MarineInit
Death MarineDeath
GndAttkInit MarineGndAttkInit
AirAttkInit MarineGndAttkInit
Unused1 [NONE]
GndAttkRpt MarineGndAttkRpt
AirAttkRpt MarineGndAttkRpt
CastSpell [NONE]
GndAttkToIdle MarineGndAttkToIdle
AirAttkToIdle MarineGndAttkToIdle
Unused2 [NONE]
Walking MarineWalking
WalkingToIdle MarineGndAttkToIdle
SpecialState1 [NONE]
.headerend
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
MarineInit:
imgul 240 0 0 # MarineShad (terran\tmaShad.grp)
imgol 249 0 0 # SCVGlow (thingy\tscGlow.grp)
playfram 0x00 # frame set 0
goto MarineGndAttkToIdle
MarineDeath:
playsndbtwn 296 298 # Terran\Firebat\TFBDth00.WAV, Terran\Firebat\TFBDth02.WAV
imgol 332 0 0 # TerranBuildingExplosionsmall (thingy\tBangS.grp)
wait 3
end
MarineGndAttkInit:
playfram 0x00 # frame set 0
wait 1
playfram 0x11 # frame set 1
wait 1
playfram 0x22 # frame set 2
MarineGndAttkRpt:
wait 1
nobrkcodestart
playsnd 69 # Bullet\TMaFir00.wav
attackwith 1
playfram 0x33 # frame set 3
wait 1
playfram 0x22 # frame set 2
wait 1
playfram 0x33 # frame set 3
wait 1
playfram 0x22 # frame set 2
wait 1
playfram 0x33 # frame set 3
wait 1
playfram 0x22 # frame set 2
wait 1
nobrkcodeend
gotorepeatattk
ignorerest
MarineGndAttkToIdle:
setvertpos 1
waitrand 8 10
setvertpos 2
waitrand 8 10
setvertpos 1
waitrand 8 10
setvertpos 0
waitrand 8 10
goto MarineGndAttkToIdle
MarineWalking:
playfram 0x00 # frame set 0
setvertpos 0
goto MarineGndAttkToIdle
When I build a marine, the game crashes. WHAT THE EFF AM I DOING IT WRONG
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Try taking out the SCV glow. Just a hunch, but I think that might be the problem...
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Quote from name:TassadarZeratul
Try taking out the SCV glow. Just a hunch, but I think that might be the problem...
I did, and it works perfectly fine now, what the
fuck.Should I add it as an underlay? Also, how would I go about displacing it's shadow?
By which I mean, liek how all air units have their shadows some ways 'below' them, to give the illusion of flight.
Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Mar 30 2009, 11:02 pm by HailFire.
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The reason it crashes is because it wouldn't have the same headers the marine is calling, and image overlays inherit animations. You'll have to edit the scvglow iscript.
Show them your butt, and when you do, slap it so it creates a sound akin to a chorus of screaming spider monkeys flogging a chime with cacti. Only then can you find your destiny at the tip of the shaft.
I remember trying to give units SCV glows... eventually I gave up and had someone add it into the unit grp.
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The reason it crashes is because it wouldn't have the same headers the marine is calling, and image overlays inherit animations. You'll have to edit the scvglow iscript.
There are only two references in iscript.bin for SCVGlow; one in the SCV script that calls it up as an overlay, and the other here:
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# This header is used by images.dat entries:
# 943 ValkyrieAfterburners (thingy\tbmAfter.grp)
# 942 ValkyrieOverlay2 (thingy\tbmGlow.grp)
# 941 ValkyrieOverlay (thingy\tbmGlow.grp)
# 249 SCVGlow (thingy\tscGlow.grp)
# 225 DropshipGlow (thingy\tdrGlow.grp)
# 220 BattlecruiserGlow (thingy\tbaGlow.grp)
# 132 ArbiterGlow (thingy\pabGlow.grp)
.headerstart
IsId 291
Type 15
Init Engines_GlowHeaderInit
Death Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
GndAttkInit Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
AirAttkInit Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
Unused1 [NONE]
GndAttkRpt Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
AirAttkRpt Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
CastSpell Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
GndAttkToIdle Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
AirAttkToIdle Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
Unused2 [NONE]
Walking Engines_GlowHeaderInit
WalkingToIdle Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
SpecialState1 [NONE]
SpecialState2 [NONE]
AlmostBuilt Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
.headerend
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
Engines_GlowHeaderInit:
engset 0
wait 1
engset 1
wait 1
goto Engines_GlowHeaderInit
Engines_GlowHeaderDeath:
wait 1
end
What the hell am I supposed to do with that?
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Make a new ISID and clone the scv glow to it then make your changes.
Show them your butt, and when you do, slap it so it creates a sound akin to a chorus of screaming spider monkeys flogging a chime with cacti. Only then can you find your destiny at the tip of the shaft.
Make a new ISID and clone the scv glow to it then make your changes.
Fuck that.
Also, I can jack the wraith's glow overlay perfectly fine, the marine just has this giant jet of fire out the back of his head. Thus, it's just a matter of finding one that looks good and isn't going to be a dick.
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Scout glow is serving my purposes, I just have to edit it so that it doesn't vanish when the unit moves and stops, and edit its position so that it's coming out of the marine's back, and not the air behind him.
Need to edit the shadow so it doesn't look retarded, and TZ got it on the wrong axis; using his method displaced it to the right, not down.
Following that, implimenting the .grp and making it's weaponry.
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lol isid is as simple as making an images.dat entry have a new number and changing isid in the iscript. Lets you fuck with the glow without breaking all of the others that use the default entry.
Show them your butt, and when you do, slap it so it creates a sound akin to a chorus of screaming spider monkeys flogging a chime with cacti. Only then can you find your destiny at the tip of the shaft.
lol isid is as simple as making an images.dat entry have a new number and changing isid in the iscript. Lets you fuck with the glow without breaking all of the others that use the default entry.
Yeah, but I don't feel like dicking around with more iscript than I need to.
Besides, the scout's engine overlay's cooler.
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Ran into another hurdle:
In order to fix the bug wherein the scout's engine overlay would disappear when the marine stopped (and then not turn back on), I gutted pscGlow.grp's iscript;
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# This header is used by images.dat entries:
# 142 ScoutGlow (thingy\pscGlow.grp)
.headerstart
IsId 162
Type 12
Init ScoutEnginesInit
Death ScoutEnginesInit
GndAttkInit ScoutEnginesInit
AirAttkInit ScoutEnginesInit
Unused1 [NONE]
GndAttkRpt [NONE]
AirAttkRpt [NONE]
CastSpell [NONE]
GndAttkToIdle ScoutEnginesInit
AirAttkToIdle ScoutEnginesInit
Unused2 [NONE]
Walking ScoutEnginesInit
WalkingToIdle ScoutEnginesInit
SpecialState1 [NONE]
.headerend
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
ScoutEnginesInit:
wait 1
engframe 0
wait 1
engframe 17
goto ScoutEnginesInit
This was intended to make the overlay loop infinitely, and it works- to a point. When the marine attacks (after 2-3 repeats), the overlay freezes and an odd line appears on the screen, flashing in time to the marine's attacks. If the marine moves or stops attacking, the line fades away (and the overlay resumes looping as normal). If the marine attacks while drifting to a stop, however, the game crashes.
Oh, also; due to the scout's architecture, the overlay doesn't seem to be inclined to match the marine on all frames simultaniously when using the iscript coordinates. Is it possible to specify the location of the overlay in relation to each frame/direction, or would it be easier to do that ISID mojo for the SCV overlay?
Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Mar 31 2009, 5:23 am by HailFire.
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Oh, also; due to the scout's architecture, the overlay doesn't seem to be inclined to match the marine on all frames simultaniously when using the iscript coordinates. Is it possible to specify the location of the overlay in relation to each frame/direction, or would it be easier to do that ISID mojo for the SCV overlay?
Modify the .lo? file used.
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Oh, also; due to the scout's architecture, the overlay doesn't seem to be inclined to match the marine on all frames simultaniously when using the iscript coordinates. Is it possible to specify the location of the overlay in relation to each frame/direction, or would it be easier to do that ISID mojo for the SCV overlay?
Modify the .lo? file used.
I'll keep that idea in reserve, since I don't know how to use LoEdit.
In the meantime, I've been experimenting; trying Mesk's ISID idea, wherein I make an entirely new iscript header for tscGlow.grp, so that I can bend it to my will without fucking up any/everything else. I'm pretty sure I'm on the right track here...
What I did: Copy/pasted pscGlow.grp's (scout engines) iscript entry to the bottom of a new .txt file, removed SCVGlow from the list of dependants on IsId 291 and pasted it in it's appropriate position in the new iscript entry, gave the entry IsId 412 (unused, 411 is MaelstromHit), proceeded to make changes.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# This is a decompile of the iscript.bin file 'data\scripts\iscript.bin'
# created on: Tue Mar 31 11:56:08 2009
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
[cut marine's iscript entry to conserve space; no changes were made]
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# This header is used by images.dat entries:
# 943 ValkyrieAfterburners (thingy\tbmAfter.grp)
# 942 ValkyrieOverlay2 (thingy\tbmGlow.grp)
# 941 ValkyrieOverlay (thingy\tbmGlow.grp)
# 225 DropshipGlow (thingy\tdrGlow.grp)
# 220 BattlecruiserGlow (thingy\tbaGlow.grp)
# 132 ArbiterGlow (thingy\pabGlow.grp)
.headerstart
IsId 291
Type 15
Init Engines_GlowHeaderInit
Death Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
GndAttkInit Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
AirAttkInit Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
Unused1 [NONE]
GndAttkRpt Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
AirAttkRpt Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
CastSpell Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
GndAttkToIdle Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
AirAttkToIdle Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
Unused2 [NONE]
Walking Engines_GlowHeaderInit
WalkingToIdle Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
SpecialState1 [NONE]
SpecialState2 [NONE]
AlmostBuilt Engines_GlowHeaderDeath
.headerend
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
Engines_GlowHeaderInit:
engset 0
wait 1
engset 1
wait 1
goto Engines_GlowHeaderInit
Engines_GlowHeaderDeath:
wait 1
end
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# This header is used by images.dat entries:
# 249 SCVGlow (thingy\tscGlow.grp)
.headerstart
IsId 412
Type 12
Init MarineEnginesInit
Death MarineEnginesInit
GndAttkInit MarineEnginesInit
AirAttkInit MarineEnginesInit
Unused1 [NONE]
GndAttkRpt [NONE]
AirAttkRpt [NONE]
CastSpell [NONE]
GndAttkToIdle MarineEnginesInit
AirAttkToIdle MarineEnginesInit
Unused2 [NONE]
Walking MarineEnginesInit
WalkingToIdle MarineEnginesInit
SpecialState1 [NONE]
.headerend
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
MarineEnginesInit:
engset 0
wait 1
engset 1
wait 1
goto MarineEnginesInit
Unfortunately, SCVs seem unaffected by these changes (I would think that the overlay would loop infinitely after the SCV moves/stops, but it acts normally), and the Marine still crashes on build.
I'm pretty sure I'm making some obvious fuck-up here, but I have no idea what. Help plz?
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Wow, you're making this way harder than it is. Abandon everything you've done with the glow and just simply add
" imgol 142 0 0 # ScoutGlow (thingy\pscGlow.grp)"
under each header thingy in the iscript file for the marine like so:
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MarineInit:
imgul 240 0 0 # MarineShad (terran\tmaShad.grp)
imgol 142 0 0 # ScoutGlow (thingy\pscGlow.grp)
MarineWalkingToIdle:
imgol 142 0 0 # ScoutGlow (thingy\pscGlow.grp)
playfram 0x44 # frame set 4
MarineLocal04:
waitrand 63 75
randcondjmp 25 MarineLocal00
randcondjmp 128 MarineLocal03
goto MarineLocal04
MarineLocal00:
imgol 142 0 0 # ScoutGlow (thingy\pscGlow.grp)
playfram 0x00 # frame set 0
wait 1
playfram 0x11 # frame set 1
wait 1
playfram 0x22 # frame set 2
randcondjmp 192 MarineLocal01
turnccwise 2
wait 3
turnccwise 2
wait 3
turnccwise 2
wait 3
turnccwise 2
wait 3
turnccwise 2
wait 3
wait 6
turncwise 2
wait 3
turncwise 2
wait 3
turncwise 2
wait 3
turncwise 2
wait 3
turncwise 2
wait 3
wait 6
turnccwise 2
wait 3
turnccwise 2
wait 3
turnccwise 2
wait 3
goto MarineLocal02
MarineLocal03:
imgol 142 0 0 # ScoutGlow (thingy\pscGlow.grp)
playfram 0x55 # frame set 5
wait 1
playfram 0x66 # frame set 6
wait 1
turnrand 3
wait 1
playfram 0x55 # frame set 5
wait 1
goto MarineWalkingToIdle
MarineLocal01:
wait 13
MarineLocal02:
imgol 142 0 0 # ScoutGlow (thingy\pscGlow.grp)
playfram 0x11 # frame set 1
wait 1
playfram 0x00 # frame set 0
wait 1
goto MarineWalkingToIdle
MarineDeath:
playsndbtwn 276 277 # Terran\MARINE\TMaDth00.WAV, Terran\MARINE\TMaDth01.WAV
setfldirect 0
playfram 0xdd # frame set 13
wait 2
playfram 0xde # frame set 13
wait 2
playfram 0xdf # frame set 13
wait 2
playfram 0xe0 # frame set 13
wait 2
playfram 0xe1 # frame set 13
wait 2
playfram 0xe2 # frame set 13
wait 2
playfram 0xe3 # frame set 13
wait 2
playfram 0xe4 # frame set 13
wait 2
lowsprul 236 0 0 # MarineDeath (terran\tmaDeath.grp)
wait 1
end
MarineGndAttkInit:
imgol 142 0 0 # ScoutGlow (thingy\pscGlow.grp)
playfram 0x00 # frame set 0
wait 1
playfram 0x11 # frame set 1
wait 1
playfram 0x22 # frame set 2
MarineGndAttkRpt:
imgol 142 0 0 # ScoutGlow (thingy\pscGlow.grp)
wait 1
nobrkcodestart
playsnd 69 # Bullet\TMaFir00.wav
attackwith 1
playfram 0x33 # frame set 3
wait 1
playfram 0x22 # frame set 2
wait 1
playfram 0x33 # frame set 3
wait 1
playfram 0x22 # frame set 2
wait 1
playfram 0x33 # frame set 3
wait 1
playfram 0x22 # frame set 2
wait 1
nobrkcodeend
gotorepeatattk
ignorerest
MarineGndAttkToIdle:
imgol 142 0 0 # ScoutGlow (thingy\pscGlow.grp)
playfram 0x11 # frame set 1
wait 1
playfram 0x00 # frame set 0
wait 1
goto MarineWalkingToIdle
MarineWalking:
imgol 142 0 0 # ScoutGlow (thingy\pscGlow.grp)
move 4
wait 1
playfram 0x55 # frame set 5
move 4
wait 1
playfram 0x66 # frame set 6
move 4
wait 1
playfram 0x77 # frame set 7
move 4
wait 1
playfram 0x88 # frame set 8
move 4
wait 1
playfram 0x99 # frame set 9
move 4
wait 1
playfram 0xaa # frame set 10
move 4
wait 1
playfram 0xbb # frame set 11
move 4
wait 1
playfram 0xcc # frame set 12
move 4
wait 1
playfram 0x44 # frame set 4
goto MarineWalking
The scout glow now plays on the marine all the time no mater what it's doing (idle/walking/attacking). I tested it myself and it works fine. You can also just do this with the scv glow if that's what you're going for.
If you don't care to .lo edit the glow to the right spot, you could always just manually move the glow in each frame closer to the center and recreate the glow grp. Of coure this is far more tedious and time consuming though.
Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Mar 31 2009, 7:13 pm by TriggR_HappE.
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But then you'd be spamming images and hit the image limit and get lolfuckups... Right?
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Quote from name:TassadarZeratul
But then you'd be spamming images and hit the image limit and get lolfuckups... Right?
Umm, I'm not really sure, I don't have a full understanding of this. I guess it might be spamming images in a sense that you're constantly playing the glow grp, but I don't think you'd hit the image limit. SC already plays the glow grp like this while its moving, you're just telling it to also play it while standing still and attacking. I have multiple units in the mod I'm working on use this glow method and I've never had any lolfuckups.
Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Mar 31 2009, 8:33 pm by TriggR_HappE.
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Update:
units.dat and flingy.dat editing should be done.
iscript is done to the point that the unit and overlay (no lolfuckups; it does stack, but not to a harmful degree) work as they should; still need to iscript weapons and change frame opcodes to better match the .grp.
Need to firegraft any planned spells/abilities; should be easy.
.lo* editing = not yet done; which .lo* file do I need to edit? There don't seem to be any relevant .lo* files in unit\protoss\, and there are only .grps in unit\thingy\
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.lo* editing = not yet done; which .lo* file do I need to edit? There don't seem to be any relevant .lo* files in unit\protoss\, and there are only .grps in unit\thingy\
You can steal another unit's .lo? file (I don't think the marine has one) and give it to the marine.
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