Amita12

Challenging map! Really well done . The sounds the skeletons were making made it hard to pinpoint their location, which definitely added to the horror feeling of this map!

Haha, that is so awesome. I hope that guy does well for himself, soon - if not already.

Cool, here you go ~ http://rapidshare.com/files/440848632/beggarWalk.zip

I do have the files, but I'd like to revisit it and give it another shot - if that's cool. This time, I'll use the proguard rig instead of using the same rig used in idle_beggar. That should clear some of the errors up. Thanks! Animation is really fun, I highly recommend it mike

That's weird, since I was using the rig from the idle beggar animation...

About the arm swings, that's what I'm thinking about. I guess it's really just more of a balance to have inbetween stiff arms and lively arms. I'll see what I can do to make them less lively, but in the meantime I've put the md5anim file in the beggar-2010 folder. Also, I tried testing the animation in-game again and it gave me an error saying that the beggar mesh has a different number of joints than the animation . mike

Made a second cut and improved some aspects of the animation with ideas and comments given (both here and on youtube). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FMdeaKLYB8 I'll work on making a sitting anim for the beggar as well as a lying down anim. mike

Well, like I said, man, it's always a great idea to collaborate with people! I think that through collaboration you could make something really unique, balanced, and heavily worked upon. But, that opinion is only coming from my current project with a large group of friends (i'm making a 2d animated series). I think that your idea about the visions is a great one! It's a very unique idea I've never really heard of in the thief/TDM community and could probably be very successful if done right. I wish you luck, man mike

Haha, I see. I was just goin for what I was told. I had this walk idea from the description, which was that he was "shuffling". Maybe I'll make another version, though, idk. Haha, I can see that. I was going for "down on his luck", but I guess it would help more if I was able to show the animation in-game with the beggar model. That's lame :\ ... I'll put in an md5anim file. Alright, I'll update it with less stiff arms. Thanks for the crits, it helps! mike

That'd be awesome if there was an animation viewer program EDIT: Here is a playblast of the animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1rwOmJJI2c I'm open to critique, so don't hold back! mike

Holy crap, this sounds amazing . I'm sure that if you post a project proposal topic in one of the threads with an outline, ideas, and concepts that you could collaborate with a group of people in making such a mission. Good luck, man! I look forward to playin either FM's mike

2009 You can open it up in an older version and save it out as such. There's a setting in Maya (that I can't remember where it is) that allows you to ignore software versions. Or, if you like, I can give you a copy of the md5anim file instead. I'm not sure of the rules of access, but I'll post a playblast soon for critique. If you're interested in animating, i can point you in a good direction . I've got loads of material and resources (i kinda have to because of school ), if anyone is interested. mike

The beggar.ase was before I used your method. If you'd like to give it a shot, it's in the model_src repository in the beggar-2010 folder. It's titled walk_beggar.

Yeah, I used the rig from the idle_beggar

Yes. I think it's because I didn't export the animation with the beggar mesh. The only problem is that I can't get the beggar mesh in Maya 2009. It keeps crashing at the last step.

I just tested the animation, but it didn't work. I was able to Dmap the map and load the map, but the beggar was using the normal walk instead of the walk i animated... @Serpentine: It's no big deal . If you're interested in animating, i recommend getting the book The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams

Great, I'll try that out today!

What musicians do you like or highly recommend? I love The Cars are the Stars (formerly known as PLAYDOH), Massive Attack, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bonobo, and The Kills. How about you guys? mike

Ok, I've been working on the beggar walk. Is there a specific way I can see it in-game? I tried exporting the models and such, but have only gotten errors like beggar.ase could not be recognized (or something like that). Or, should I just put out a playblast to show you how it looks? I'm going to put it in the model_src/beggar-2010 folder for now... mike

Ooo, I've never seen the movie, but I'd love to see this completed . It would be a great scene to use for an FM. I'm sure this may sound silly, but I'd say that the new Sherlock Holmes movie would be good inspiration for an FM. The scenery is beautiful, gritty, and dark. It's given me a couple ideas for some FM's. mike

...Zork-ish? XD

I see. In that case, I apologize for creating this thread. I understand how much of a nuisance it is to see this sort of thing popping up at such frequency

Wow, guys, I love how people have put words into my mouth as if I was under appreciating the work that's already been done (and with hostility). I never said the words "I wish", I merely joked at the idea. I am not even implying that there is even a need for a swap of engines. Everyone seems to either be misreading my posts or not reading them completely and judging my viewpoint by the title of this thread. As I've explicitly stated, on several posts, I KNOW how FAR-FETCHED it all is. I DO know the amount of time such projects take as I am well educated in the pipeline of the game industry. I am in school (a senior, now) for a bachelor's in animation, however I started out with a game art degree, learning how much work, time, and effort it takes to even produce a game. I've even partaken in projects that never got finished because of the amount of time it was taking to even get it all complete. My original intention of creating this thread was NOT to incite chaos or hostility, it was a playful idea that I KNEW was FAR-FETCHED and utterly RIDICULOUS to even think about. I was hoping to read more laughter at the thought or at least playful comments, as is the usual case with Off-Topic threads. If I was serious about this whole idea, I would have posted it in a different place.

Great! I'll get to work immediately. Also, The noblewoman voices are going to have to wait until the weekend after next, because next week is when my next term starts and they apparently don't keep the audio studio open during break (which is... lame, considering the amount of money I'm paying). mike