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Force Shield temporarily removes ActiveAnimSpecial(s) rather than pausing it.

Bug #896129 reported by Rogan
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Bug Description

I have a ActiveAnimSpecial-only building where it spins as if it was a power turbine.

When I am low on power, it keeps spinning.
When it gets EMP'd, it stops spinning until the effects wear off.
But if I use the force shield, it disappears...

I understand the first two, but I find the force shield's behavior very strange,

##### STEPS TO REPRODUCE #####
-Have a building with a blank base image and an ActiveAnim image.
-Set PoweredSpecial on the bulding in the rules entry.
-Set all the necessary codes in the Art entry, including ActiveAnimSpecial
-Use a force shield in game.

Alternatively, you can try this with the tesla power plant.

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cranium (cranium) wrote :

just out of curiosity, your not using ActiveAnimSpecial= are you? I dont know if it's a typo on your part, but isnt it supposed to be
ActiveAnimPoweredSpecial=

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Rogan (pdrogan) wrote :

Ah, right, sorry. That's a typo on my part but the issue still remains.

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Black Temple Gaurdian (black-temple-gaurdian) wrote :

Not really, if you had, say the pre-release Soviet Battle lab, which shots flares into the sky, you wouldn't want a flare suspended in air.

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cranium (cranium) wrote :

his problem is, he's using a blank .shp for the actual structure. ForceSheild shuts down activeanims, thus leaving him with a imageless structure.

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YR M0ddEr (yr-m0dder) wrote :

The problem is not that force shield dont shut down ActiveAnimPoweredSpecial, the problem is that EMP dont shut down ActiveAnimPoweredSpecial.
Like BTG said.

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Rogan (pdrogan) wrote :

Well, how else would I get the anim to pause or keep going or a mix in all three cases without removing it temporarily?

I forgot to mention this now: the building is a power plant-type building.

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cranium (cranium) wrote :

make a proper structure instead of using a blank .shp for the actual building. That way when the anims are shut down the building image will still exist. you can easily have your anims play over the main building simply using ActiveAnimZAdjust=

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