AnimList

The impact animations of the warhead, chosen by the damage the blast deals.

Specification

Applies to

WarheadType

File

rules.ini

Section

[<ObjectType ID>]

Value

list of AnimTypes

When omitted

none

The blast’s damage picks one entry. Each entry covers a 25-point band in list order: the first covers 1 to 24 damage, the second 25 to 49, and so on. The last entry also covers all damage above its band.

rules.ini

[MyShellWH] ; example WarheadType
AnimList=MYBANG16,MYBANG24,MYBANG34 ; 1-24, 25-49, 50 and above

A blast that deals exactly zero damage plays no animation. So does a warhead with an empty list; AnimList=none empties it.

Two settings change the choice. EMEffect=yes picks an entry at random instead of by damage. Conventional=yes plays a splash from the shared splash list instead when the blast lands on water.

An entry that names an animation missing from the [Animations] list is added as a new animation, not rejected. A misspelled entry therefore gives no error and shows no explosion.

Give these warheads a list

Some explosions play their animation without checking that one was chosen. The game crashes the first time one of them has no animation. They are certain blasts of C4Warhead, the lightning of IonStormWarhead, and the blasts of the weapon that DropPodWeapon names. Each of those pages lists its events. Give each of these warheads a non-empty list. A blast from them that deals zero damage also has no animation and crashes the same way.

Keep healing weapons off warheads with a list

Negative damage also picks an entry by band. When the weapon’s Damage is between -1 and -24, the first entry plays as normal. At -25 or lower, the game reads before the start of the list. A Debug build stops on an assertion, and a Release build reads an invalid animation and typically crashes on impact.

Related resources

• Warheads and damageFeature or system

See also — EMEffect, Conventional, SplashList, C4Warhead, IonStormWarhead, DropPodWeapon

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