[Tutorial] Simple .ANI Tutorial

@Derwing
what??? seriously what encryptor? you are not suppose to encrypt or decrypt anything script.ani files script.ani files are naturally unencoded, and keep it that way. never touch script.ani files with the encoder

@Rellik
sure, copy paste it yourself, just don't redistribute it ANYWHERE

Sorry,i dont get it.Arent we edit decrypted .ani files from .ani output folder? ooooooor......?
At least i make beam sword instead of axe for sinanju and its work fine....almost..

no... You need to decrypt or encrypt or do whatever things to the script.ani file, its already there for you to edit

Thank you for the guide.I understand almost anything,but have a little problem with beam sword.I can"t attach beam blade to the glint.Changing beam texture,beam length or swrod.x wont help - there is little but seen distance beetwen glint and blade.

And second problem - why with such values simple beam shot destroy frames with just in one or two hits?What did i miss?

that is cause you used a laser attack with 100 dmg =.=, with a value of 45, it is already enough to ko a mech. Thus, if you want a laser whip, don't add any damage at all, that is my recommendation. Add it in the sword attacking folders. Or if you really want, change the damage to 5-10, then the laser whip would act like a laser sword, but it is a "whip", or you can change 24 to 55 and make it a laser sword instead of laser whip

Its clear now,thanks

wow..i was to ask about that thing..^^ hehehe tnx...^^..just one more thing... what texture is used for zog mech's riffle beams(? kind a hard to find it...its kinda different kind of beam i gues,those that stays and looks like some kind of a "ray" i just tot of a pasteurized cannon beams or sumthing^^

hmmm. Question,
How do I make the Funnels go longer in battle like Ephemeral's ANI?

Add this line on the script.

@int[155]=??;

Note, make sure the mech you used this script only has one life if used on funnels because due to game engine fault. It may hang.

Here are some values you may want to experiment.

Code:


@int[2] - Energy
@float[100] [103] - Flying State (Map Position Coordinate)
@int[153]| [152] - Hit Weapons (Values 1 to 3)
@int[155] - (Value=10000000000 above (infinity) EX Burst
@Int[192] - Special type
@int[198] [190] - Movements
@int[151]  0 average positions, 1 = Falling down)
@int[186] 0 - Hold rapid fire, Add with ExecScriptEveryTime(?); before if statement
@int[182] - Rapid fire no hold. , Add with ExecScriptEveryTime(?); before if statement


Just remember... you can remove the , if the if statement has no parameter.

E.g. int[151],==,0; to int[151]==0; But if the statement has a correspoding value, do not remove the , int[151],==,1;

I know it isn't that clear but you'll probably notice the pattern. :3

Ruby Poyo wrote:if the if statement has no parameter

mind elaborating on this?

It's kinda like this...

Example in shot folder you'll see something like this... try folder 51 on Windom XP SP3

IF(@int[151],==,1); on the first line. If you remove the , (comma) and apply it to the game. When you fall into the air and try to make a shot. No beam will come out but the hod pose will still commence. This is because it has a parameter or condition like 1,2,3 moving,shot,forgot this x_x. Though for example IF(@int[151],==,0); You can remove the , (comma) because it has no parameter or condition. E.g. IF(@int[151],==,0); to IF(@int[151]==0); That's why you'll see some scripts have commas while some have non.

Well this is one of the ways to add more lines. XD

as in, what do you mean by parameters? I'm not a computer tech guy, i learn modding just for fun as a hobby, never learned coding etc before, so i have no idea what parameter means

Oh, the parameters are the conditions on the if statement or integers. It' kinda vary. XD

Thought in the case earlier, It's the values after the conditions (><=|)

ok uh How do u change the textures for the beam when there's a Beam rifle shot?
PS: also changing sound?

Hello everyone! And especially author of this guide.
I have a couple of n00b questions to ask.
1. Why do I can't remove the comments in tail.dat in order to earn some extra space for my script?
2. Why does the spaces outside of statement (e.g after ; or before RunProc) causes game to enter infinite loop and cosume all of RAM?
3. How much of projectile-spawning procs can I use under one ATTACK block?

1. Don't remove/delate. Replace. Use any hex editing programs.
2. don't get you
3. Depends on the tail.dat

zeranto,can you explain for me?plz. .i can't edit ani file,it just gave me error,even i used 1.005 ver ani.i don't know why it gave me error.can you help me?

no idea what you are asking, try applocale, and dun beg. i hate beggars. request, would be more appropriate.

Thanks for answer. Perharps, I don't explained well. I can gather all spaces and CrLfs around the file in one place then replace with code I want or spread and rearrange them, but I can't touch a single bit in comments because if I do, then game will start, work for some time and enter infinite loop consuming memory and CPU time. Leaving spaces before or after any operand is not a good idea either. And about my 3rd question: how much of, let's say, RunProc2's I can use in one script statement (between IF and ENDIF), assuming that I have an extra space for them?
P.S. Please, forgive my English if I say smth. wrong. EN is not my native.

heypz i'm here once again..hehe still looking for some answers.. i realy got messed up with qant's fannels.. i tried editing the body, meged with fannles ,positioned on the shoulders guard/shield, then i copy pasted it 6x.as it has 6 fannles.. but with the fannles in ther different positions.. but when played ,the fannels were scattered ..











fannels not realeased yet...



is ther any way to position weapon points and out puts.. ? :( specially fannels.?(exept for its original outputs/weapon points)

@ZmeYGr
you don't need to create 2 accounts..
your 3rd question, yes, but it depends. your second question, sorry don't understand.

@cr0zzmeheart
.HOD editing. you want the things to stay in place? then your body has to be stucked in a single position throughout, from what i see. try placing it as outputs instead of weaponpoints, then release the funnels from outputs

2 accounts? That's forbidden by forum rules. I have just a single. Well to my questions.

Here I can take spaces marked red and place them anywhere I want

Just like this. And game will run without any troubles.

BUT if I place them as follow and don't replace with custom code, game will hang after few minutes. Also if I change even a single byte in comments (marked blue) game will hang either. Sometimes it hangs right before level start, sometimes after few minutes of play, but it always raises a MsgBox saying "BlahBlahBblah s-script Blah". That is my problem.

ok..i'll try it..still working on someone's mod..hehe wish me luck ^^

@ZmeYGr

right sorry about that, i mistook you for someone else. REMOVE the [0]WP......... as well

Nevermind. I already tried to remove next string, but result is same. Must I try to remove ALL comments from file? But I don't need so much space just because, as you said before, count of RunProcs depends on filesize. Originally it had 4 of them. How can I figure out can I add some or not?