SpecialAnim: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 09:54, 26 April 2025

Flag:	SpecialAnim
File(s):	Art(md).ini
Values:	Strings: Normal text. (Limited to: Animations)
Default:	none
Applicable to:	BuildingTypes

Specifies a special animation attached to this building. The condition and function of the animation depends on the building type:

Tiberium/Ore silo fill animation (requires SiloDamage=yes)
First stage of the service depot/repair depot/naval yard vehicle/ship repair animation
Weapon charging animation
Grinder grinding animation
Tank bunker extend animation to appear in front of the tank

Bugs/Side-Effects/Unexpected Limitations

In Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge, using special anims with refineries gives highly unusual results; if the harvester has no ore, then the animation will not be played at all. It appears that the animation plays frames, up to a short but unknown limit, depending on how much ore the harvester deposits. Presumably this is part of an unused logic to play an 'ore dumping' animation.
If SpecialAnim is used with IsAnimDelayedFire and all related flags, the Image from Primary and ElitePrimary is ignored.

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-SpecialAnims are used for object specific functional art such as silo anims, repair depot anims, grinder anims, tank bunker anims, and weapon charging anims.
+Specifies a special animation attached to this building. The condition and function of the animation depends on the building type:
+* [[Storage|Tiberium/Ore silo]] fill animation (requires {{f|SiloDamage|yes|link}})
+* First stage of the [[UnitRepair|service depot/repair depot/naval yard]] vehicle/ship repair animation
+* [[IsAnimDelayedFire|Weapon]] charging animation
+* [[Grinding|Grinder]] grinding animation
+* [[Bunker|Tank bunker]] extend animation to appear in front of the tank
 {{Bugs}}
-Using special anims with refineries gives highly unusual results; if the harvester has no ore, then the animation will not be played at all. It appears that the animation plays frames, up to a short but unknown limit, depending on how much ore the harvester deposits. Presumably this is part of an unused logic to play an 'ore dumping' animation.<br>
+* In {{ra2}} and {{yr}}, using special anims with refineries gives highly unusual results; if the harvester has no ore, then the animation will not be played at all. It appears that the animation plays frames, up to a short but unknown limit, depending on how much ore the harvester deposits. Presumably this is part of an unused logic to play an 'ore dumping' animation.
-If the [[SpecialAnim]] tag is used with the logic [[IsAnimDelayedFire]] and all other tags related to [[IsAnimDelayedFire]] logic. This will cause [[Image]] from [[Primary]] and [[ElitePrimary]] to be completely ignored.
+* If {{f|SpecialAnim}} is used with {{f|IsAnimDelayedFire|link}} and all related flags, the {{f|Image|link}} from {{f|Primary|link}} and {{f|ElitePrimary|link}} is ignored.