JosCanPer Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Hello everyone, first time posting here. First of all, congratulations for this marvellous project. Here is my first contribution, hope you like it, it is my first rig/animation in blender though, so probably it needs a lot of tweaking. I would like to see how the wings are renderer in the engine as it may have problems with back-faces shadows at the wings. If you want to see it in real time and with its animations just follow this link: https://sketchfab.com/models/ed6c4ea1a4464b77a1e14891b897879e Regards! EDIT: Can we use alpha for the textures? The wings and tale would look much better with feather shapes :/ parrot.zip 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yves Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Hello and welcome! I like it, that's a nice addition to the hawks which already fly around in some maps. I'm a programmer and not really qualified to give feedback about art, so I leave that for one of the artists. 1 hour ago, JosCanPer said: EDIT: Can we use alpha for the textures? The wings and tale would look much better with feather shapes :/ Yes, you can. Have you already taken a look at the existing hawk actor xml here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanderd17 Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Thanks for your work on this. If you want the actor to be used in the main game (rather than just in some mod), you should watch out a bit for historical accuracy though. Parrots only appear in tropical regions, and the only civilisation we have in a tropical region are the Mauryans (in India), so any parrots that are from Africa or the Americas can't be included in the game. So the texture should represent one of the parrot or parakeet species that appeared in India around that period (so also no modern species that were introduced to India and now live there). Perhaps you can take some inspiration from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_India#Parrots_and_allies But once the parrot is textured, there's the problem of behaviour/animation. Parrots and parakeets are notably reluctant to fly. They prefer to climb trees rather than flying from branch to branch. This is very different behaviour from hawks. So having a parrot flying around constantly like the hawk does would harm realism IMO, and letting parrots sit on the ground would also be quite lame (they prefer to stay in trees). So I have no good idea on how to give parrots realistic behaviour. Perhaps it could be an actor that can be placed on Mauryan buildings (and India-specific trees), with some simple animations of just walking left and right once in a while. Other ideas are welcome. EDIT: thinking of it, the modelling and texturing depends on the wanted behaviour. If the wings of the parrot won't ever be opened in-game, the inside shouldn't be textured and should probably have less geometry (the geometry of the wing and the body can be merged). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosCanPer Posted May 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) Thanks @Yves, good to know we can use alphas, I will make a better version of the texture and share it here again in case someone wants to use it as a base for any other flying animal. Hi @sanderd17, yeah, that sounds like it requires a completely different mesh/texture/animation, my fault, but no worries, I will work on it and post it here when it is done. Thanks for your feedback! Edited May 28, 2016 by JosCanPer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 yeah are typical of my on country I raised call them Guaras. @sanderd17 can be nice added as eyecandy, we have a tropical Island theme map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 @JosCanPer we have a list of animal to make by biome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosCanPer Posted May 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Thanks @Lion.Kanzen I guess I can adapt this model to be the Eagle (if it isn't modelled yet) and create a completely different model for the Parrot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 can be nice keep the original model for modding proposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanderd17 Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 A falcon would also be nice, certainly the kestrel has a nice flying pattern, where it can stay totally still in the air to spot a prey, then take a dive and move on. I wonder how well this could be scripted, but it would be a nice challenge for us. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kestrel 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosCanPer Posted May 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Ok, will do Eagle and Falcon before create the Indian parrot. (I think I will get those quicker) Here is the parrot using texture with alpha though. Also, you can see it here: https://sketchfab.com/models/ed6c4ea1a4464b77a1e14891b897879e Cheers! parrot.zip 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted January 7, 2017 Report Share Posted January 7, 2017 We can use his model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 27, 2017 Report Share Posted May 27, 2017 @niektb is possible use this in the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted May 27, 2017 Report Share Posted May 27, 2017 Looking at the files it needs to be exported from blender then you need to add a Skeleton file from it and make all the actors. Then it has to be accepted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinketos Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Mi abuela tiene uno de mascota 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted November 19, 2019 Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 You have a parrot too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted November 19, 2019 Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 That's on my list too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted November 19, 2019 Report Share Posted November 19, 2019 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Stan` said: That's on my list too You can make the Scarlet Macaw? Edited November 19, 2019 by Lion.Kanzen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinketos Posted July 29, 2020 Report Share Posted July 29, 2020 On 11/19/2019 at 3:18 AM, Lion.Kanzen said: You have a parrot too. that parrot is a Red-lored amazon(The one that I have xd, Es un csm) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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