====== 6. Animations ======


===== 6.1. When I give a creature a spell and try it in the game the animation is broken =====

This is a common problem. The problem is that when you give a non-caster creature the ability to cast, there is no animation for the casting ability. But there is a way to fix this. In the example we are going to fix it with the Titan, which currently looks like he's a cross. Go to ''_(AnimSet)\Creatures\Academy\Titan-areana.(AnimSet)xdb'' which is the Titan's animation xdb file. Between <animations> and </animations> you need to add the animation. Now here we are going to have two options. If you want the Titan to start a ranged attack and then cast the spell, add this:

<code xml>
  <Item>
    <Kind>cast</Kind>
    <Anim href="Titan-arena-rangeattack.xdb#xpointer(/BasicSkelAnim)"/>
  </Item>
</code>

If you want him to do the Call Lightning animation, add this:

<code xml>
  <Item>
    <Kind>cast</Kind>
    <Anim href="Titan-arena-specability.xdb#xpointer(/BasicSkelAnim)"/>
  </Item>
</code>

What we just did is tell the game to do the Call Lightning/range attack animation (the <Anim href="*"/> part) when casting spells (<Kind>cast</Kind>. You can do this to every creature, but use the animations in its own ''*Creature*-arena.(AnimSet)xdb'' file and copy paste the <Anim href="*"/> under the <Kind>cast</Kind>. Remember the <Item> and </Item>.


===== 6.2. How do I make my own animation? =====

Unfortunately, I don't know how so sorry.


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