Pipeline, Animation, I.E. C.G., cooking ., Bam creation revival discussion Options

[salomonkane]

Hello everyone,

I'm requiring help about news discovery in matter of animation creation for IE games, and especially for BG series .

Here could be discussed techniques and issues concerning bam editing/creation .

First of all, this is one example of amazing possibility delivered by the works of infamous heroes of various modding community,
adapted by me, in circumstance to Infinity Engine canvas, with Baldur'Gate like sprite :



Then which help, infos , I need ?

Well, could you please explain me :

1) How work the indexed palette system in I.E. ?

2) The limitations Engine about new sprites/animations integration ?

3) How to proceed to integrated new animation via modding pipeline (WeiDu & Co)

Perspective :
I'm looking also animator/modeler/modder than could, would be, give some tips about the original games creation assets (by eg vanilla model polygon structure ...), in the eventually of recreated some of them (cause they're "lost") with all this news animation possibility ...
And of course, need help to spell/fx making, to adjust effect for this new sprites (I'know that some people are very skilled about this, around )

T.Y. .



About :
http://www.shsforums.net/topic/56182-true-...rs/#entry557587

Credit :
Iavatar model by Mr. Lotboss

PS :
Because of a huge amount of .Gif/pictures in this Topic, I suggest you to switch the option board (in the bottom right) to "outline", for your navigation comfort/lag .
Cheers .

This post has been edited by salomonkane: May 5 2015, 08:10 PM

[salomonkane]

Model/Animation ModLab .
Modding Tools, Modding Models DataBase
Game Engine, Game Engine Recycle & Improvement/Durability, Infinity Engine vs Aurora Engine, from Neverwinter 1 to The Witcher 1
Central and Eastern Europe's Games industry/Creations
Latin (Spanish/Italian) Classical, Comics, Games, Arts School
Realistic/Historical Background/Scenery/Folklore/Combat/Duel Animations, Fencing
Weapon Proficiency/Weapons/Weapons Style/Fighting Strategy : Two Handed Sword, Two Weapons Mix (like Sword + Dagger) Fighting, Ranged vs Melee,
Custom Shield Defense, Fencing Cloak Animation,
Bottes Secretes/Artful Thrust Custom Animations, Custom/New Weapons as Rapier etc .
Middle-Age, Later Middle Ages Period, Elizabethan era, Renaissance
Gear, Armor, Robe, & Co : Outfit
Knight, Paladin, Bards, Commoners, Medieval street Folks Interaction
Fighter Kit : Berzerker, Wizard Slayer, Kensai
Rogue Kit : Blade, Swashbuckler, Jester
Custom Mods Kits
Non Player Characters stereotypes with gender, ages, (Faerûn) races, profession/social condition diversity
Nobles, Beggar, Bateleur, Prost., Merchant, Artist, Artisan, Innkeeper, Smith, Alchemist, Devin, Prophet, Gypsy, etc.
Profession Skills, Social Life (Eating/Drinking, Hunting, Fishing, Trading, Gambling, Music Playing, Acting, Relation Ship, Flirt, etc./Custom Animations) & RP
NPCs, FriendShip/Romances Mods & Customs Acting Animations
Baldur's Gate Principal Protagonists/Antagonists Customized : The Wise Alaundo/Sarevok, etc ...
Scenery Background : Circus, Bazaar, Carnival, Market Places & others Animated City/Out-land Map
Medieval Quotidian Lives/Events like :
Procession, Tournament, Street Animation/Demonstration ( acrobats, jugglers, beast master, dancers, flame breathers) etc.
Guilds, Politics & Intrigues, Tattoos, Esoterism, Heraldry & Emblems, ... Sociology & Symbolism in RPG Background
Fantasy, Dark Fantasy Games, Sword & Sorcery Literature,
Illustrators Artists, Inventory Bam Artists, Portraitist
Humor, Non-Sense Humor, British Humor

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CD Projekt RED/ The Witcher Saga, enter in the Baldur's Gate ... :




Some Characters from The Witcher (I/II) :




Dancing with a Sword :

*Edit* :




An personal composition with & from Severance Blade Of Darkness, Codemaster | Rebel Act, Motion Capture (Mocap) integration,
(pretty good realistic "beat' em up fashion" fighting animations, btw ),
On Geralt the Riv (with Rogue Outfit dlc.), The Witcher's main Character, from Xnalara Comm., 3D Model Rip :
In Sword hand-guard/hands Iclone Motion Layers/Tuning/Cleaning, (WIP) Editing (I enjoying a lot of fun to do this ) .

(*) : Geralt W1 with custom Katana in Raven's Armor suit (with various issues to fix/tuning, like Charac/foot contact/shadow, light/specifics textures render, hands/shoulder/Skin/flex/torsion, foot-step Animation floor contact/synchronisat°, & respect of Animation Principles vs Isometrics RTS/RPG/Turn Based Games Animations Simulations diversity, especially : fighting animations style/velocity/power/timing, typical stereotypes sequences to Render) .

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BLADE OF DARKNESS: Without any doubt, it is one of the best games to fight in melee combats. More than 100 weapons are available to play, a lot of various attacks and combos, more than 20 races to fight... The fabulous dynamic lights effects with amazing shadows will surround you in a surrealist feodal atmosphere !

Few Captures from an Item/Weapon Customization Project, in .BAM workflow :




Credits & Process :

All Models riped by myself, except those explicitly credited (here : Xnalara Comm.) for Proof of Concept/Integration Pipeline Conversion Purposes .
Fighter/Barbarian Mocap rips from BOD Comm./Arokhslair.net (FYI, there are various tools/BOD Comm. including a script for 3ds Max that allows to import animated models) .
For TW1 : NWN/The Witcher Mdb importer script (nwn max plus),
For TW2 : Blender w2ent importer script/.RE/.W2ENT Converter Soft. (In this case you need Fragmotion/.Fbx export, the soft have a sprite creator btw),
For the both, Models Calibration/ BOD Motion Injection/Layers Editing in 3DXchange/Iclone Pipeline
Katana from tf3dm, Dak'kon's Zerth Blade blue cyan Effect make in Iclone with Material/Texture Editor .

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About : (Synchronicity )

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_basic_prin...es_of_animation
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/34...ism-in-games/p2
http://neverwintervault.org/catalog?field_category_tid=800
http://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn1/h...ion-main-gauche
http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/Aurora_Engine
http://www.tbotr.net/modules.php?mod=Downl...loads&sid=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5EGQ0zGwEU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ0z0E9lQI0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GoDokw5a_k
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Jones%27_Medieval_Lives
http://uncannyknack.deviantart.com/
http://www.sassart.com/
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http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthrea...nd-Dale-artwork
http://www.vancekovacs.com/
http://www.stormbringer.net/mouser.html
http://www.stormbringer.net/elric.html
http://www.baldursgatemods.com/forums/index.php?topic=4374.0
http://www.shsforums.net/files/file/905-megamodkits/
http://blade-of-darkness.bigtruck-canada.ca/
http://www.moddb.com/games/severance-blade-of-darkness
http://www.arokhslair.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=11
http://artvault.tumblr.com/post/3605836026...ept-art-by-jose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjAvOBbvXRw
http://www.shsforums.net/topic/44311-what-id-like/
http://www.shsforums.net/topic/36352-poll-...-blade-changes/
http://www.shsforums.net/topic/38511-chris...one-said-about/
http://www.shsforums.net/topic/41865-item-pack-v18/
http://baldursgate.wikia.com/wiki/Dak%27kon%27s_Zerth_Blade
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/29...ons-zerth-blade
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/29...e-dakkons-blade
http://www.blackwyrmlair.net/~dl/Magic_Items/Katanas/
http://www.baldursgatemods.com/forums/index.php?topic=7017.0
http://cp8.hostable.com/~a3890hos/arundors_abode/


Request :
It would be pretty cool if some modding tool/script developers add/give the possibility to import/export (in .FBX), NWN2/The Wicher 1/The Witcher 2 animations ...

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This post has been edited by salomonkane: Feb 16 2015, 09:20 AM