Searched the forum and couldn't find an answer to this... is it possible to change the animation that plays when you select your unit class (the reload animation that loops)? From what I can tell, ifs_charselect and interface_util.lua probably have a lot to do with it, but whats puzzling is that charselect makes reference to a "fnBuildScreen" which I can't find anywhere but seems like it would contain all the goodies.

Here's the section of ifs_charselect.lua to which I'm referring:
Probably didn't need to post that whole section, but I figured it may help for context. Anyway, am I barking up the wrong tree here, or am I just poking at something that is hard-coded? Thanks!

I believe ifs_charselect is used for console game versions (PSP, PS2, Xbox) to make the rotating character wheel, it might be unused in PC so I don't think anything would be there. And second, I think the reload animations are stored somewhere in the side files, can't confirm because I never mess with this.

I believe ifs_charselect is used for console game versions (PSP, PS2, Xbox) to make the rotating character wheel

That would explain some of the stuff I saw about rotations, thanks for clearing that up. The animation that is playing during unit selection is, as far as I can tell, human_rifle_stand_reload_full. That animation is stored in data_abc/common/munged, but I figured it would have to be called by a script. Still not certain which one though. I'm currently reading through ifs_pc_spawnselect.lua, so perhaps that will help.

Download an app called Fileseek. It can search inside files inside multiple folders. I use it all the tiem. Point it to your mod folder. Search for the animation name and it'll look through every file to try and find it. If it does then you'll find your answer.

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Thanks Teancum, very useful program Unfortunately nothing substantial has come up yet, but I intend to keep looking. Somewhere some line of code has to tell that anim to play, it's just a matter of finding it.

I think the evolved mod uses new spawn screen animations - and it is a side mod so that is why I think you should search around in the side assets.

Whatever a unit uses for its first primary weapon's idle and reload animations are what will be shown on the spawn screen. So if you change the default animations for those two like what the Evolved mod does, they will also be reflected on the spawn screen as well as once the unit actually spawns. It seems Oceans14 is just trying to change which animations are shown on the spawn screen independently of what is used when unit actually spawns. That I do not know.

AQT wrote:It seems Oceans14 is just trying to change which animations are shown on the spawn screen independently of what is used when unit actually spawns.

Exactly. So far it seems this is hardcoded, because I haven't been able to find any line of code that tells the game to use that particular animation. My goal was just to see if it was easy to replace the stock anim with something like the crouching reload or idle "lookaround" for a little variety.

Anyway, seems that even if this is possible to do, it isn't a simple task. I'll keep poking around here and there, of course, and post if I make a breakthrough. I appreciate everyone's help!

Teancum wrote:Download an app called Fileseek. It can search inside files inside multiple folders. I use it all the tiem. Point it to your mod folder. Search for the animation name and it'll look through every file to try and find it. If it does then you'll find your answer.

https://www.fileseek.ca/Download/ (30 day trial)

Notepad++ can also do this (for free) with the Find In Files feature.

By specifying the filter with the * wildcard, you can search in files with a specific part of a file name or file extension, like so:

ABC_* : This would search in all files beginning with ABC_
*.lua : This would search in all files ending with .lua as their file extension

Also, you can specify multiple filters with a semicolon!

*.lyr; *.wld : This would search in all files ending with .lyr or .wld as their file extension
Seriously haha, SUCH a useful and powerful feature.