Needed for Standalone: Animated Werebeast

[Springheel]

The upper red box is the collision model for the head. While it moves correctly so it lays on the floor, the head does not move with it, although all the bones of the head are part of said body.

 

 

This may have something to do with the fact that the head is attached to the body, which isn't the case for most of our models. I remember when using a D3 zombie that had an attached head his head was non-solid to arrows, and I had to def_attach an invisible bounding box to it to register collisions. No idea if that's what's going on here but it's possible. I know very little about AFs, and can't address the other issues.

[Diego]

Just curious to know how this thing's going. Did you give up on it?

[Obsttorte]

It's paused. The restriction setup for the ragdoll is very messy, especially as most of the preview options from doom3 doesn't seem to work (properly) anymore.

[Sotha]

Does the werebeast really need a separate model and rig?

 

We have the beast head, don't we?

 

Could the werebeast simply be a reskinned and propped (def_attach some fur) standard TDM guard with new animations?

 

A werewolf with a more human shape, but feral animations (goes on all fours and sniffes the AI). Same animations could be used for, say, insane townsfolk.

[Obsttorte]

That's something we could do additionally. But it would be a shame to throw away the model made by Diego. Doing the restrictions is more ore less the last step to get it working in game, it's just very clumsy, and I got carried away with real life stuff. Except some minor experiments here and there everything TDM related is currently on hold, whichs sucks like hell, but I can't change it.

 

I have six weeks of in summer, which should give me enough time to regenerate my energy and motivation to spend a lot of time in TDM again, what is something I'm really longing for. It's a shame if you can't do what you want simple due to a lack of motivation and/or energy.

[Diego]

Totally understandable. You did a lot already! I would say you did more than I with the model and animations. Who'd know that was the easy part.

[Springheel]

It's paused. The restriction setup for the ragdoll is very messy, especially as most of the preview options from doom3 doesn't seem to work (properly) anymore.

 

 

Could you run these tests in an earlier version of TDM (probably pre 2.0)? Or go back to D3 itself? Didn't D3 come with an af_editor?

 

https://www.iddevnet.com/doom3/editor_af.php

[Obsttorte]

Things I do when I am bored.

 

https://youtu.be/iVpCqr8eZoI

 

But seriously. I've continued working on the werebeast again and making good process. I start to understand how the af editor works. So there is a good chance it can be included in the next release.

[Obsttorte]

The werebeast is almost done. Some constrains are missing and I have to apply a few settings in the def it seems. I should be able to upload a version for testing purposes within the next two days.

[Springheel]

Awesome! I've missed him since going standalone.

[Springheel]

should be able to upload a version for testing purposes within the next two days.

 

 

Did you run into problems?

[Obsttorte]

Nope.

http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/18413-werebeast-status/?p=395106

[Destined]

Demagogue mentioned that there might still be some animations missing for the werebeast. Is this correct? If so, I would be wiling to try my hands on it.

[Springheel]

The werebeast currently has:

 

walk

melee attack

idle

 

 

He needs, at a bare minimum:

 

pain

running

searching

 

Ideally, it would be nice to have:

 

random idles (to break up the current idle loop)

alternate melee attacks

[Destined]

Ok, how can I get access to the (ideally Blender) file? I think I already have an idea for the searchin animation. Something like a bent over sniffing type while slowly moving forward.

[Springheel]

This is the pk4 Obstortte posted that has the relevant TDM files. Not sure if the blender file is among them. http://www.mediafire.com/file/hkxpq6t66sbly34/werebeast.pk4

[Destined]

Thanks! I will have look, what I can do.

[NeonsStyle]

I really like that antler guy, especially with the antlers, they really make it and give it an other worldliness.

[Obsttorte]

I also need to setup the ik. Haven't done that yet. But if you are working on the werebeast anyways you can do that, too, if you like to.

[Destined]

Hm, I have never done that before, but I am sure I can find a tutorial. Anyway, it appears, that I would need the original blender file. In the pk4 Springheel provided, there is only the md5mesh, but the md5 importer does not work with my current blender version. By the way, in which version was the werebeast created? It might be necessary for me to get an older version in order to avoid complications...

[Destined]

I have tried to PM Diego, in order to ask him, if he could provide the blender file of the werebeast, but I get an error, that he cannot recieve any PMs. Is there another way to contact him or must I hope, that he reads this?

[Springheel]

He posted a status update a few days ago. You could try replying to that.

[Bikerdude]

I have dropped him an email to the address on his member profile.

 

And if you have a cgsociety.org account yo0u could try PM'ing him there.

 

- http://dieblein.cgsociety.org/

[Destined]

Thanks for writing the e-mail!

No, I don't have a cgsociety account. I will just hope, that he will respond to your e-mail. It is the weekend, after all, and thus it is quite likely that he has other things to do.

[Diego]

I have been summoned!

 

I still have the links I shared here on my dropbox:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8011761/UpdatedWereBeast.rar

Then there's this other file https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8011761/werebeast_idle.md5anim I'm not sure why it's separataed though.

 

The catch is that it's not blender. It's a 3ds max file.

 

I have no idea why I can't receive PMs though. I'll see what my settings panel says.