1) This is an Event issue with the actors causing them to play the death animation before self destructing. Alter the events to suit your needs so they do not do the death animation.
2) Beams are mostly emissive with a semitransparent diffuse layer. Try retexturing them or altering the HDR.
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1) This is an Event issue with the actors causing them to play the death animation before self destructing. Alter the events to suit your needs so they do not do the death animation.
2) Beams are mostly emissive with a semitransparent diffuse layer. Try retexturing them or altering the HDR.
Contribute to the wiki (Wiki button at top of page) Considered easy altering of the unit textures?
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