TrailerSeperation

Flag:	TrailerSeperation
File(s):	art(md).ini for Animations
Values:	Unsigned integers: All non-negative whole numbers from 0 to either 32767, 2147483647 or 4294967295.
Default:	0
Applicable to:	Animations

Specifies the delay, in frames, between trailer animations. The longer the delay, the less trailer animations will be spawned from the parent animation. Only works in conjunction with TrailerAnim.

Random Variation

In-game, there appears to be slight variation in how many trailer animations the parent animation will spawn. Most of the time the parent animation will spawn as many trailer animations that fit within its lifetime, however there's a small chance each instance of the parent animation will spawn 1 more or 1 less trailer animations.

When the infantry enters the green cell at the bottom left, an invisible animation is spawned on each of the three green cells at the top right. This animation then spawns the rings as TrailerAnim. The parent anim has End=2, Rate=60, TrailerSeperation=15

Notes

This flag is valid despite the spelling mistake (TrailerSeperation). Using the correct spelling (TrailerSeparation) won't work.

Bugs/Side-Effects/Unexpected Limitations

Although VoxelAnims also use TrailerAnim, so in theory they can be limited using TrailerSeperation, however, in fact, for them, this interval is hard-coded as 2 to handle.

References

Starting from Phobos Build#48, for VoxelAnims, a new flag called Trailer.SpawnDelay can be used to define the interval. Refer to Phobos documentation.

See Also

• Trailer and SpawnDelay
• TrailerAnim
• ExpireAnim and BounceAnim
• Spawns and SpawnCount
• Next