A step closer to custom NPC's...

[diviee3]

Ok guys... I've almost solved it... The animations on an .m2 file are played one after another... this means that if we edit a custom .m2 model that has two animations in it, and tweak the first animation to start and end at certain frames, and do that for the second animation aswell, then we can assign them to for example "stand" and "run".

The only problem is, when i convert a custom .3ds model to a .m2 it just has 1 animation id: "Stand". I can change it to for example "run", so that it only triggers when the model is running. I can also set the start/end position at any given frame i want.

What i can't do, is add a complete new animation id... Glitchy's MES can edit them in all ways but it cant add another one. So my question is, does anyone of the legendary mmowned users have found a way or a program to add a complete new animation id to a .m2 model. It doesn't matter if it has no data in it, because i can add that later. Just a plain empty new animation id.

Please note that custom npc's means for example play as anime characters, models from other games, etc etc. I've been trying to figure this out since i started to model edit but this is blocking me...

[Tigurius]

Animation Sequences are used to assign the fram(1.x) to the animations, so you can add one there.
For 3.x each animation has its own timeline so no frame tweaking needed.

[=-Hope-=]

Isn't there alot of guides about custom NPC's out there?

[[Soul Eater]]

Isn't there alot of guides about custom NPC's out there?

Please note that custom npc's means for example play as anime characters, models from other games, etc etc. I've been trying to figure this out since i started to model edit but this is blocking me...

Please read the whole content before you post something, that way you do know it is about model editing and not emulation.

As for the topic, does the same applies to 4.x models ? Because Ive browsed through the MPQ's and now models also got .anim files assigned to them, are those now responsible for the animations or?

[Tigurius]

The anim files already where there in 3.x, in 4.x the camera system and the particle system has changed, aswell as the texture units got removed (this is what I know yet).
The *.anim files have some animation timelines pointing to the them and then the same structure just not in the m2, but in the anim file.

[diviee3]

For 2.x goes the same as 1.x. Animations are played one after another in the same timeline. That is what i want to tweak though... i need a program to add an animation id in the file, just the info that it's there. Separate from the frames timeline.

[Tigurius]

pym2 - Project Hosting on Google Code -> 2.x
and then some python code ala:

#! /usr/bin/python
from m2 import *

m2 = M2File("Bear.m2")
a = Sequence()
m2.animations.append(a)
m2.hdr.animations.count += 1
m2.write("Bear.m2")

[diviee3]

this IS, exactly what im looking for. Sadly i have never worked with Python in the past... Do you know of any guides, tutorials? Anyways thanks and + rep nonetheless

[Tigurius]

A very good openbook is Galileo Computing :: Python
but it's in german, so try google translate:
Google Übersetzer

[diviee3]

Meh thanks. I do know a bit german. But at this point i don't really feel like learning a complete new language, my head is still full of php and vb.net and lua etc. I was hoping this could be done someway easier... I can remember you released a program some time ago with a similar function?