===[COMMITTED]=== Siege Weapons Infantry Animations

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

14 hours ago, Alexandermb said:

and is something offtopic this but i don't wanna make a topic apart for just a little thing:
The romans have the legionary which has a lorica segmentata, this one has shoulderpads so they could be added via props like the persian props using the armature prop points: prop-shoulderpad_R/shoulderpad_L and same with some other units which have unique props like the celt torus

How does it look in-game?

[Alexandermb]

with shoulderpad


whitout shoulderpad


 

[Lion.Kanzen]

I like both.

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

14 hours ago, Alexandermb said:

Very very nice. I'd like to include in DE if you're willing.

[Alexandermb]

1 hour ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

Very very nice. I'd like to include in DE if you're willing.

Here's the file Roman_shoulders.7z

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

20 minutes ago, Alexandermb said:

Here's the file Roman_shoulders.7z

Yeah dude, those work great. Thanks!

[Stan`]

@Alexandermb I committed your animations today after fixing a few stuff here and there in the actors. Can you consider making anims for the siege_fireraiser, and the onager ?

[Alexandermb]

@stanislas69 you mean the weapon itself or the actors using them ? And yes of course.

[Stan`]

@Alexandermb The onager has anims IIRC, but the fireraiser doesn't. It you could make a death anim for the later that'd be nice :D, and also the actors using them.

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

I'm curious why you didn't just update the actors instead of making new ones called "pivot" etc.

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

14 hours ago, stanislas69 said:

@Alexandermb I committed your animations today after fixing a few stuff here and there in the actors. Can you consider making anims for the siege_fireraiser, and the onager ?

Hey, here's a tweak for the Onager texture. Some brightness, plus some saturation, plus a small amount of player color.

 

 

 

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

48 minutes ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

I'm curious why you didn't just update the actors instead of making new ones called "pivot" etc.

I see why now. The actual catapult is a prop.

[Stan`]

@wowgetoffyourcellphone with specmap, and fixed footprint, 

[Alexandermb]

11 hours ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

I see why now. The actual catapult is a prop.

Because when you make a single catapult you can consider adding 1 or 2 users for the catapults, but maybe in a future you think its better to have 3, or its better to move the user a bit further from the catapult, or rotate the user, this way you only have a pivot for place them more accurate and you make the animations based on the pivot wich is easier and safe, maybe in a future modifying the dae file of the catapult could bring some bugs like when you import a skeleton to blender and change some bone they return to the original position and deform everything.

[Alexandermb]

@stanislas69 is okay to update the wheels with the packed version of all siege weapons? i can do a separate version of fireraiser making the wheels one mesh animated, and the weapon mounted another mesh animated same with the fire prop in front, i can add a prop bone for the bowl so it can be updated in a bronze/iron bowl

[Stan`]

I'm not sure I understand X) @Alexandermb

[Alexandermb]

The actual fireraiser i think it need a texture update (model too) so i was asking if its okay to update the wheels or the chariot holding the weapon per se and use the weapon as a mesh rigged separated from the chariot



Screenshot for comparison
 

Spoiler

Edit: have to fix the sizes, i had some problems importing to blender

Edited November 24, 2017 by Alexandermb

[Stan`]

@Alexandermb Sure. If you want to improve stuff you are always welcome.
Try to find a better texture in the assets  if you can. Also, if possible, try to add some player color, maybe a shield or something I think @wowgetoffyourcellphone will appreciate it The bucket uv looks wrong though, try to avoid visible seams.

Maybe doing the onager unit anims first would be better ?

[Alexandermb]

Yes the onager first will be better, the bucket was a test i was just diggin in the texture folders wich one looks like a bronze bowl.

[Stan`]

Just now, Alexandermb said:

Yes the onager first will be better, the bucket was a test i was just diggin in the texture folders wich one looks like a bronze bowl.

If you have terra magna, look at the golden cauldron I made for the temple I think it could be used. Else a desaturated version of this with less bumps might work too.

 

[Alexandermb]

@stanislas69

the onager needs some fixes on black zones textures. (The rock spawns in the infantry hand for avoid weird movement's, after the rock is fired the rock disappears from the prop point)

[LordGood]

The throwing arm should be anchored in sinew or rope, not wood, and should be weighted in the middle to the throwing arm

[Alexandermb]

@stanislas69 here are the files for alpha 23

siege_weapons_animations.7z
onager animations.blend

Edited November 25, 2017 by Alexandermb

[Stan`]

40 minutes ago, LordGood said:

The throwing arm should be anchored in sinew or rope, not wood, and should be weighted in the middle to the throwing arm

What ?

 

[LordGood]

there's nothing making the catapult 'go'

its catapulting by magic right now. Twisted ropes generate the torsion that makes the catapult... catapult things. you mapped the bar that was supposed to be twisted rope, wood.