Explicit Rotation

Site Operation (Explicit Rotation) (Actor)

Site Operation (Explicit Rotation)

Description

SOp used to tilt and turn actors to get them to face the desired direction/orientation

Hint

May need alot of fine tuning to get just right

Example Usage

SOp180

SOp used to reverse the direction the actor faces relative to the direction it is currently facing without altering the vertical axis of the model

URL

As SOp180 is already in the editor, no URL is needed

Zerg Building Facing

SOp used to adjust the direction the Spire Build actor faces relative to the global map grid

URL

As Zerg Building Facing is already in the editor, no URL is needed

Fields Description

Actor - Aliases

Aliases that refer to the actor in Events or in Hosting as a subject

Actor - Filter

Determines what players can see the actor depending on their diplomatic status eg. Nuke Target/Indicator
Pointless as this actor has no visuals

Actor - Flags

Add To External Finder (Unknown)
Not Saved (Unknown) used by all tempory Model actors
Scale To Host overides any scaling the actor has and sets it to the host Unit actor
Suppress Creation Errors (Unknown)

Actor - Fog Visibility

Determines how the actor appears under the fog of war
Not sure how it interacts with the UI - Fog Visibility under the Units data type
Pointless as this actor has no visuals

Actor - Forward

Rotates the actor around the up axis to face a specific direction relative to the host or global map grid
Negative y is forwards
Negative x is right
Negative z is down
The largest vector number is always scaled to 1 and all smaller vector numbers are scaled down relative to it

Actor - Hold Position

If enabled the actor with this SOp is locked in the position relative to the global map grid but turns to face the desired direction
Useful for stationary abilities or structures that have parts which need to face a moving target

Actor - Hold Rotation

If enabled the actor with this SOp is locked with it's rotation facing the direction of creation relative to the global map grid

Actor - Is Local

When disabled makes the rotation relative to the global map grid
When enabled makes the rotation relative to the default rotation on the host

Determines to what degree the same actor is shared by a unit if there are multiple functions refering to it
Always means the actor is always shared
None means the actor is never shared
Per Effect Tree means that effects within an effect tree share the actor but different effect trees can't

Actor - Up

Tilts the vertical axis of the model so the top of the model points parallel with the desired direction
Negative y is forwards
Negative x is right
Negative z is down
The largest vector number is always scaled to 1 and all smaller vector numbers are scaled down relative to it

Event - Events+

Series of minitriggers that determine the motions and visual effects of the model
Covered in detail in the Events+ section of the wiki
Apparently have no effect on SOps

Event - Macros

The Event Macro actors used to supplement the events

Event - Remove - Send

(Unknown)

Event - Remove - Target

(Unknown)

Event - Remove - Terms

(Unknown)

Event - Terms

(Unknown)

Hosting - Host Supporter - Actor

Actor Find (Not Sure) means the actor has to be found using the scope
Creation (Not Sure) is the actor that creates this actor is given priority for hosting if there is a choice of several
Implicit is the default

Hosting - Host Supporter - Effect

The effect whose scope is used in combination with the Hosting - Host Supporter - Scope field to determine valid subjects

Hosting - Host Supporter - Fail If No Host

Causes the model to be automatically destroyed if no host

Hosting - Host Supporter - Scope

Implicit is the default but gives an error message if using the scope of an effect
Scope Caster: (Unsure) Uses the scope of the caster of the effect to choose the caster unit as the subject
Scope Effect (Unknown)
Scope Missile (Unknown)
Scope Outer (Unknown)
Scope Source (Unknown) Uses the scope of the source of the effect to choose the source unit as the subject
Scope Target (Unknown) Uses the scope of the target of the effect to choose the target unit as the subject

Hosting - Host Supporter - Subject

Actor, alias or reference refered to by the ::Supporter system reference for Events+

Properties - Accepted Property Transfers

When this actor is in the Hosting - Host - Subject field of another actor, this field determines what properties are able to be inherited from this actor
As this actor has no visuals this field is pointless
- Cast Shadows allows the attached actor to cast shadows
- Cloak Effect allows the attached actor to show the cloaking bluish effect
- Decal allows the attached actor to show the host unit decal
- Local Tint Color (Unknown)
- Model Scale makes the actor inherit the scale for the host model
- Opacity spreads the opacity set by the Set Opacity event to attached actors
- Physics State (Unknown)
- Scale transfers the scale of the host actor to the attached actors
- Team Color makes the attached actor show the team colour if it can
- Time Scale means the animations of the attached actor are the same as the host actors timescale
- Tint Color (Unknown)
- Visibility allows the attached actor to share the host actor's Actor - Fog Visibility
- Warp Group (Unknown)

Properties - Accepted Transfers

As this actor has no visuals this field is pointless

Animation Properties (Unknown)
Animator (Unknown)
Fog Of War Color (Unknown)
Fog Of War Shader (Unknown)
Model (Unknown)
Position (Unknown)
Rotation (Unknown)
Status (Unknown)
Textures (Unknown)

Properties - Inherit Type