[WIP] Global Animation Show-off - Crate Mount!

[R0w4n]

[WIP] Global Animation Show-off - Crate Mount!
ETA: N/A

Okay, so I saw Global Animation Show-off (takes a while to buffer Youtube) yesterday..
(press the link ore the youtube tag to view)
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgkXq1kpfvQ[/ame]
And then I saw this: a Crate mount (3:12 in the movie) and yelled "COOL!!11"
So I had to figure out how to make a Crate Mount and make it Backflip when jumping (just like in the movie )

Illustation of a backflip:


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So currently I'm working on this
- If Nogg can do it, I can too!
I mean we have more tools then they had, so I figuered that this should be and fairly "easy" project when having Glitchy's MES
- However making the crate backflip.. Now thats gonna be a nut to crack!

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What you should expect the mount to have / Process:

Crate with char ontop, like a little Mario Cart: Not working atm
Backflip on jump: N/A atm

Any help and tips would be lovly
I'm off to work again!

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Working Log

[16:47 CET] 24. Feb - I've been finding .m2s and blps and made numbers of tryes, but I can't even make the crate appear as a Mount
Bothers me
When I mount its just invi, and the camara is locked and when I unmount, my char has moved like you normaly would when running -- Still trying!

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[18:33 CET] 24. Feb - Lex and Merfed put me to the test! I really wanna achieve this!
I've searched the patche's again and found some crates: FishingCrate (from BB) and then G_Crate01 / 02 (+ the following texture G_Grate.blp)

So far so good I think I have it checked on the animation part? (I think M2Modder is the best tool for this? Same tool as Nogg Used? Maybe so..)
Well the main part is, that I can't even get a display of the crate ingame, so I can't even check if Im doing anything right ) Why is this?
Off to work again! Later..

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[23:14 CET] Hmm still on the display problem and now my desktop refuses to go online again -.-
So I have to use ModelViewer to check my changes.. BUT THEY AREN'T WORKING! >=(
Merfed, come to my rescue!

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[22:03 CET] Well school has been a bit bitchy and I havn't had time to look into this -
Im still very "doped" on achieving this to prove that I really can do it! -
I've taken CREATURE\CrateCreature\CrateCreature.m2 (thanks to Clovian for the tip) instead and -
are fuzzling alittle with that Still looking in the animations blocks but -
I'm not sure what I'm looking for or what I'm suppose to look for..
Jenack over and out.

[-Lex]

Should be very easy imo. i'll make one for myself, without releasing it ever
Keep it up!

[merfed]

Good luck, I did this a few months ago, a few tricks have to be done

[R0w4n]

Should be very easy imo. i'll make one for myself, without releasing it ever
Keep it up!

I challange you! SS ore Vidoe ore it never happend

Good luck, I did this a few months ago.

SS ore it never happend J/K would like to see it though.. (and Why can't I PM you Merfed? )

Okay so made it, but never release it? Cool.. Im a noob for not making it work
Can't even get a display of the model ingame unless I do it the DBC way, but then the char wont appear ontop :yuck:

a few tricks have to be done

Would like those tricks - PM me please, since I can't PM you..

[R0w4n]

Bumpy bump - Work log updated :yuck:

[merfed]

Be sure to check out the animations block for m2s. Also, your missing a few things

Figure this out and you'll get my approval for MES (not that it has any effect).

[noahjam326]

I hope you succeed, seems like an awesome project and wanted to give you some props.

[Clovian]

Try swapping with CREATURE\CrateCreature\CrateCreature.m2

then give your mount the backflip animation by DBC editing.

edit: So say you have the CrateCreature.m2. Find out the animation ID or whatever of it. Find something that has a backflip animation and switch it in a DBC editor.

edit 2: hmm well I looked into what merfed said and apparently you have to edit the AnimationBlocks. which I don't full uderstand. I dunno it seemed like my idea would work but I guess merfed would be correct on then.

edit 3: well it seems like now im trying to do this to. It will be hard because the crate has no JumpStart, Jump, Or JumpEnd, animations. so you cannot just swap the animations like u would with anything else.

[R0w4n]

Try swapping with CREATURECrateCreatureCrateCreature.m2

then give your mount the backflip animation by DBC editing.

edit: So say you have the CrateCreature.m2. Find out the animation ID or whatever of it. Find something that has a backflip animation and switch it in a DBC editor.

edit 2: hmm well I looked into what merfed said and apparently you have to edit the AnimationBlocks. which I don't full uderstand. I dunno it seemed like my idea would work but I guess merfed would be correct on then.

edit 3: well it seems like now im trying to do this to. It will be hard because the crate has no JumpStart, Jump, Or JumpEnd, animations. so you cannot just swap the animations like u would with anything else.

Don't think its that simple, I see you have digged into this aswell and see that its not as easy as it may look? (Yea yea Merfed - But I dunno what to look for )

btw: work log updated

[Clovian]

Don't think its that simple, I see you have digged into this aswell and see that its not as easy as it may look? (Yea yea Merfed - But I dunno what to look for )

btw: work log updated

ya like i said in edit 2 =P u cant just change the animation cause there is no jump animation =(. so something with animation blocks but I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to that soz i dunno. is there a way to add Jump animations etc. to an object?

[merfed]

Yes there's a way.

[Demonshade]

U would have to swap the crate creatures stand #5 so it triggers when you jump as thats the backflip. Using glitchys new version of MES it shouldnt take u more then 2 mins of work

[merfed]

The crate creature would be a bad one to use, use the Fishing Crate from booty bay and attach animations.

[schlumpf]

If i am right, the cratecreature was the one they used.

run [1] -> normal movement. its still run if its a mount.
stand [5] -> jump
the other animations -> nothing.

[Clovian]

If i am right, the cratecreature was the one they used.

run [1] -> normal movement. its still run if its a mount.
stand [5] -> jump
the other animations -> nothing.

Ty schlumpf