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I've been working this week on trying to replace one of the D3 heads that we will no longer be able to distribute when we go standalone.

 

It's not an easy task, trying to match a face that already exists, but not copy it exactly. I still need to tweak the normalmap a bit more and hammer out a few small issues. It's not perfect, but I think this is about as close as I can get without starting from scratch. The hair needs a bit more work, but I plan to update the hair for all our characters for 1.09 anyway.

 

I think it demonstrates that it can be done. No one would suggest that one is just a copy of the other, but they're close enough that players should still be able to recognize characters who get replaced.

 

If greebo can rig the zombie to our existing skeleton, it will be feasible to replace the necessary animations...that just leaves the werebeast as the big hurdle for standalone TDM. We might be able to pull it off after all. :)

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Yes yours looks better; I agree it's clearly a "different person" in every respect so no claim for copying; and most importantly it gets rid of one more D3 derivative from our package. When those are all gone, then we have a much freer hand for us & other people to experiment with standalone versions to our heart's content.

 

Edit: The one thing I'd add is make sure the face texture also looks very different side-by-side, also like it was made from scratch (Just looking on the model it looks like it does). The "pixel overlay" strategy does not work well.

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Looking good. :)

 

If greebo can rig the zombie to our existing skeleton, it will be feasible to replace the necessary animations...

I already rigged the low-poly model to the proguard skeleton and got him in-game, that is working very well. Though I'm not satisfied with the visuals. The legs are looking nice, but the upper body and the head are not as good as I imagined it to be (I can dig up a screenshot when I get home). I'm going to retopo a new lowpoly mesh onto him.

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If you didn't mention it wasn't from scratch

 

Oh, it's from scratch. I just meant that I would have to start over again to try and match the original further.

 

Glad people like it! :)

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I've been working this week on trying to replace one of the D3 heads that we will no longer be able to distribute when we go standalone.

Very impressive young man, that farmer to the far right is very realistic!

 

Heh.. It is a transformation from William Riker into Chuck Norris.

ROTFL, that cracked me up.

 

I have already rigged the low-poly model to the proguard skeleton and got him in-game, that is working very well. Though I'm not satisfied with the visuals.

keep up the good work Greebs!

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Looks real sleazy in his hat! :)

 

Good job. I am always impressed by you modellers, especially since I have zero knowledge about making a model.

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