A Land Far Away

Kest wrote:This is something I was trying back in September but never managed to figure out. How do you:

1. Freeze a character's animation so they are not constantly swaying and looking around.

Add this at the bottom of the statue's OnSpawn script:

// Petrify the spawning creature
object oTarget = OBJECT_SELF;
effect ePetrify = EffectPetrify();
ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_PERMANENT, ePetrify, oTarget);

2. Give them the stoneskin effect.

In the creature's Properties tab find Appearance (visual effect) and apply the file sp_stoneskin from the list. I'm not too keen on this because you also get the crumbling dust effect as well as the stone texture. If you want to get rid of this you need to get into editing things with the Visual Effects Editor. If you need pointers on that let me know.

Some other hints - don't make them "Plot", it prevents the petrify effect working. Make a new faction that is friendly to all other factions and make the statue part of that faction, otherwise hostiles will attack it. You probably want to give it a huge number of hit points and a huge natural AC so it doesn't get damaged/killed (although it will still stand up if it is..). Needs to be Un-bumpable, too. Save your finished statue as a blueprint and then you can just change the appearance each time you paint one down.



Teric

Kest wrote:Is there a way to make only the skin stonelike?

hollyfant wrote:You mean like a dressed statue?