[Animation] What do you want changing?

Duckitt · Post by **Duckitt** » 2006-11-15 21:59

Just been reading about the runnning when crouched idea and it made me think there maybe other animation stuff you want changing.

This inbcludes any motion related thing, 1p or 3p, and also on weapons. If you are unsure if it is an animation task - post it anyway and I'll reply!

Happy posting!

Oh! And try to give reasons!

List:

**** SA-80 with other hand + slightly different method.

Pantera · Post by **Pantera** » 2006-11-15 22:31

The SA-80 should be cocked with the left hand instead of the right...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... A-80&hl=en

oh and reason - becuase its "Reality"

Duckitt · Post by **Duckitt** » 2006-11-15 22:32

Already got that one - but I'll set up a list so people can check

Pantera · Post by **Pantera** » 2006-11-15 22:34

'[R-CON wrote:Duckitt']Already got that one - but I'll set up a list so people can check

Sweet.

Guerra norte · Post by **Guerra norte** » 2006-11-15 22:36

A proper stand to prone, crouch to prone animation.

A lean left and right animation for peaking around corners.

Moving your head without having to move you whole body.

Roll sideways while prone.

And a general "get in" animation for vehicles.

Duckitt · Post by **Duckitt** » 2006-11-15 22:42

Guerra norte wrote:A proper stand to prone, crouch to prone animation.

Way ahead of you

Guerra norte wrote: A lean left and right animation for peaking around corners.

Not possible in engine

Guerra norte wrote: Moving your head without having to move you whole body.

Not possible in engine.

Guerra norte wrote: Roll sideways while prone.

Hmmm - explain more!

Guerra norte wrote: And a general "get in" animation for vehicles.

Good idea!

Guerra norte · Post by **Guerra norte** » 2006-11-15 22:45

Originally Posted by Guerra norte
Roll sideways while prone.

Hmmm - explain more!

Like this.

Duckitt · Post by **Duckitt** » 2006-11-15 22:46

Okay.....not sure if codeable....I could edit the move Left/Right whilst prone animation.

Pantera · Post by **Pantera** » 2006-11-15 22:47

HOLSTER !!! I WANT TO HOLSTER MY WEAPON !!!!

is that possible ? u know when ur running, the weapon comes down to your chest with the barrel pointing to the floor, is what i want, that'll give it a realism affect...

Post by **eggman** » 2006-11-15 22:49

I like the roll sideways when prone for the "strafing when prone" movement. Ideally though the 1p view is also affected.

I also think we need to lose the hideous "stop, drop and roll" animation in BF2. The 3p animation looks ridiculous (and is actually more suited to the "strafing when prone" animation mentioned above). And there is no 1p representation of this aside from a little "wiggle" in your view.

Guerra norte · Post by **Guerra norte** » 2006-11-15 22:49

'[R-CON wrote:Duckitt']Okay.....not sure if codeable....I could edit the move Left/Right whilst prone animation.

No, just make it so you press and hold a spesific button while prone, and then you press left and right.

Post by **eggman** » 2006-11-15 22:51

Darth.Skyline wrote:HOLSTER !!! I WANT TO HOLSTER MY WEAPON !!!!

Stuff like this would be about # 1,234,912 on the list. Sorry to say but it's purely eye candy. There's a lot of stuff that can affect game play dynamics that can be done with animations that would be in the top 1,000 on the to do list.

Duckitt · Post by **Duckitt** » 2006-11-15 22:51

I ain't got a list!

dunkellic · Post by **dunkellic** » 2006-11-15 23:18

say, in what kind of format are the bf2 animations safed, because actually, making animations in 3dsmax is pretty easy

Duckitt · Post by **Duckitt** » 2006-11-15 23:20

Well they are exported by magical elves so I'm not sure.

However, I use Motionbuilder for 3P and 3ds for other stuff. If you think you can do well - smack me up and we'll get working.

[HF]MOOCH · Post by **[HF]MOOCH** » 2006-11-15 23:51

Reloading

I posted this elsewhere.... but probably more pertinent here:

This has likely been brought up elsewhere, but I haven't seen it yet... US Reloading animations could use some work... You don't need to pull the charging handle after inserting a fresh mag in a real m4/m16... the bolt should already be in the rear position, you only need to hit the bolt release and tap the forward assist (if even).

Same for pistols... the slide should lock back after the last round and all you would need to do is slap in a new mag and hit the slide release.

Personally, I'm right-handed and always reload with my left hand, never raising the weapon (waving my barrel at the enemy... "hey guys I'm right here!") or taking my eyes off of the target... well... I should say thats what I TRY to do... takes quite a bit of training and practice to get it right. It would be awesome to at least give SF class a quicker reload animation.

Shoulder-Fired rocket transition ...orignally brought up by fuzzhead:

It should take a lot longer to transition to these weapons (getting into position, turning off safeties, popping out sights, etc.), and they should only be able to be fired from standing or crouched positions, if possible.

Post by **e-Gor** » 2006-11-15 23:57

Shoulder launched AA - particularly reload anims. Probably the most needed at the moment.

Then all the other weapon animations. The molotov cocktail should be fun to do once we've got the new model

Post by **Rhino** » 2006-11-16 00:13

Darth.Skyline wrote:The SA-80 should be cocked with the left hand instead of the right...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... A-80&hl=en

oh and reason - becuase its "Reality"

apart from dont follow that video much, you are ment to tilt the gun so the left side is faceing up if im right then you can **** it with ease

Wasteland · Post by **Wasteland** » 2006-11-16 01:30

I know this isn't what you meant. But how about a super cool machinima intro like vanilla has?

I like the background VIP machinima mission we've got going on, but why no intro?

Post by **BrokenArrow** » 2006-11-16 01:51

That doesn't relate to animations (he means character animations I believe), but not a bad idea, just wrong place

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[Animation] What do you want changing?

[Animation] What do you want changing?

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