Arcturus' animations

[Arcturus]

I wanted to see if you can have more then one idle animation for a head just like there are for the body. I quickly made several md5.anim files and added them to a list in tdm_ai_heads.def

anim idle    models/md5/chars/heads/npcs/head_idle.md5anim
anim idle1    models/md5/chars/heads/npcs/head_idle_1.md5anim
anim idle2    models/md5/chars/heads/npcs/head_idle_2.md5anim
anim idle3    models/md5/chars/heads/npcs/head_idle_3.md5anim
anim idle4    models/md5/chars/heads/npcs/head_idle_4.md5anim

They are all just 2 frames long, except the one with the open mouth which is 12. It takes a lot of time to cycle through them. Did you know that TDM head has two joints for the tongue alone?

It seems like a new animation is picked at random only after NPC says something?

[Arcturus]

Created an animation testing some expressions. Unfortunately some Darkmod NPCs had undergone botox injections and can't emote very well.

BTW, isn't that the guy from Doom 3?

[Arcturus]

NPCs play various idle animations on their torso channel while they are walking. They are listed in tdm_ai_humanoid_newskel.def

// Animations only playing on the torso channel. Applicable anytime.
"idle_animations_torso"
"idle_cough,idle_nosewipe_short,idle_cough02,idle_armwipe,idle_arm_scratch,idle_sneeze,idle_adjusting_belt,idle_eat,idle_spit,idle_stretch,idle_check_hand"

Perhaps there might be some animations that could be on that list but currently aren't. Some NPCs have animations swapped in their def files. For example builder priest plays "idle_shifting2" instead of "idle_nosewipe_short", and "idle_shifting1" in stead of "idle_spit", and hands don't move in those animations. This looks bad in game:

Edit: I thought "idle_spit" looks bad, but it's rather short. It's those "shifting" animations which serve as replacement for other anims that are causing problems.

[Arcturus]

I went through .def files for NPCs and changed wherever "shifting" animations were used as replacement. I also added sounds to be played on certain frames where appropriate, so NPCs will make a bit more noise. Also builder guard will now use both walk animations.