# void Ship::ShowBuildAnimation(point)

[Family: Ship](/en/CKS/familias/ship/)

## Exact signature

```text
void Ship::ShowBuildAnimation(point)
```

## Description

Slides an already created ship from the shipyard exit along the given vector over about 800 milliseconds, like a launch. It is not a construction sequence.

## Usage notes

The game data only calls it from the shipyard script, after CreateShip and with the central building's exit vector. The position is updated during the slide. The visual result was not captured.

## Parameters and return type

**Return type:** `void`

The member is called on an object. Its receiver is not repeated among this signature’s arguments.

| Position | Type |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | `point` |

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