Sauer Guy

by Geartrooper on 11/22/2006 07:33, 107 messages, last message: 05/13/2007 00:16, 22086 views, last view: 05/05/2024 06:45

Hello. This thread will be a progress/critique thread for a character model for the Sauerbraten FPS game and game engine. His name is Sauerguy. Currently he consists of two object meshes, an upper and lower to be tagged together and linked within Sauerbraten to facilitate resolution depth for the uvmaps . Also weapon tags will be used if needed. Without much ado here is the current progress shots for your critiquing pleasure. Please ignore the vertex and edges that seem to lead off to nowhere. These are artifacts of the z offset and do not show up in the actual model.

Front
http://johnny3d.promail.ca/sauerguy/sauerguywire.jpg

Side
http://johnny3d.promail.ca/sauerguy/sauerguywires.jpg

Back
http://johnny3d.promail.ca/sauerguy/sauerguywirer.jpg

Closeup of Face
http://johnny3d.promail.ca/sauerguy/sauerguywirefa.jpg

Detail of Hands
http://johnny3d.promail.ca/sauerguy/sauerguywireh.jpg

As you can see extra edge loops were used to facilitate animation with proper deformation, specifically in all joints. I have not yet decided which animation rigging system I will use but it will probably be a combination of IK, painted vertex weights and script handlers for proper joint deformation. All that is on the drawing board, though, because first I would like your comments on how to improve the mesh before I even consider animation.

Geartrooper

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#88: ..

by Geartrooper on 03/07/2007 09:47

The pig is a long story.

Animations are being tweaked. I have gotten IronSnout, his official name, in the engine with some basic anims to test them and textures. The tags exported from blender are working pretty well. As IronSnout is 3 md3's I added tags so they would stack correctly ingame. So far so good.

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#89: Message censored by administrator

by apple580 on 03/09/2007 01:11

#90: Re: ..

by enigma_0Z on 03/09/2007 21:17, refers to #88

Well is it going to stay a pig or will it be an option? I mean, the model is great and everything, but I really liked the post-apocalyptic look of the gas mask guy...

Hrm, any nice work.

Also, as soon as I get my laptop back from the manufacturer (the wifi card died), I'd be happy to help test the model out for you in game & stuff...

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#91: Re: ..

by Odin314 on 03/10/2007 04:36, refers to #90

Personally I think he\'s too \"bouncy\", especially while running. Idle animations are okay, but he looks too \"animated\" for my tastes.

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#92: ..

by KoiKitsune2006 on 03/10/2007 04:42

I like the animation, but the only problem that I have with the model is that I like the original concept better. I'd feel more comfortable being a human being then be a oinker. lol (no offense)

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#93: if playing as a pig bothers you...

by Aardappel_ on 03/12/2007 03:24

you deserve to play as a pig ;)

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#94: Re: if playing as a pig bothers you...

by mitto_mors on 03/12/2007 03:39, refers to #93

haha good one Aard... the model you have put out looking like a pig, i want to know, how did you accurately model him just like me, you been peeking in the shower again have you...tsk tsk that peep hole is for hot chicks not you. lol

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#95: Re: if playing as a pig bothers you...

by KoiKitsune2006 on 03/12/2007 04:03, refers to #93

lol :)

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#96: Individual Anims

by Geartrooper on 03/13/2007 12:43

Here are the anims I have been working on. If you have been following IronSnout's progress you'll notice some changes to the animations.

Firstly, the firing anims. Keep in mind that all anims can be layered over top one another i.e., single gun firing over the run anim to produce a single gun firing while running anim.

http://johnny3d.promail.ca/ISanims/singlegun.avi
http://johnny3d.promail.ca/ISanims/rocketfire.avi
http://johnny3d.promail.ca/ISanims/mgfire.avi

Next are the idle animations.

http://johnny3d.promail.ca/ISanims/idle.avi
http://johnny3d.promail.ca/ISanims/idle2.avi

Here is the pain anim,
http://johnny3d.promail.ca/ISanims/pain.avi

And last but not least the run anim,
http://johnny3d.promail.ca/ISanims/run.avi

Please critique your impressions.

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#97: Torso Update

by Geartrooper on 03/15/2007 23:32

I redid the torso for more detail. Shot shows the before and after in reverse order;

http://johnny3d.promail.ca/sauerguy/ISnewtors.jpg

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#98: Re: if playing as a pig bothers you...

by enigma_0Z on 03/16/2007 20:38, refers to #93

lol

It doesn't bother me, I just liked the other one more...

No prob really, both are nice for a change from the ogro

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#99: ..

by Geartrooper on 05/11/2007 15:13

Ironsnout is in CVS. He's changed quite a bit from the start. He will continue to change as new textures are supplied. I won't provide a screen for this one as you can see the results ingame!

Special thanks to eihrul for practically bending over backwards to help out with exports and fine tuning anims and skins.

Most of all thankyou to my fiance, Stacy, for being there.

geartrooper

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#100: Re: huzzah!

by tentus_ on 05/11/2007 15:19, refers to #99

...but now i have to go figure out how to use CVS, which i have successfully not done yet. poo, my laziness comes to an end.

when you say "as new textures are supplied", do you mean as _you_ supply new stuff or as _we_ help supply new stuff? I'm very interested applying some of the stuff I've been working on to him, but I don't want to trod on your ground if I'm misinterpreting.

Even so, this means I'll have a place to start working from with my original projects now! So the reaction is still huzzah!

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#101: ..

by Geartrooper on 05/11/2007 19:30

:)

I am supplying new textures. Some fine-tuning was needed after seeing the defaults with glow spec and env applied.

tentus quality is never frowned upon. If you can improve the textures please do. Contact me if you are interested for uvmaps.

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#102: PLEASE!!!

by Pallindromemaster. on 05/12/2007 01:55

Can you please put Ironsnout on Quadropolis so that lesser sauerbraten...ers... like myslef can use him. CVS confuzes me dearly but I\'ve really been looking forward to playing with ironsnout...

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#103: Re: PLEASE!!!

by eihrul on 05/12/2007 07:53, refers to #102

Ironsnout only works on CVS Sauer, as we had to make some very significant changes to our MD3 and animation setup to get it to work at all.

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#104: Re: PLEASE!!!

by Pallindromemaster. on 05/12/2007 16:57, refers to #103

Okay. Fair enough. Thanks for considering, anyway...

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#105: lol

by Eris on 05/12/2007 19:42

Oh I thought you were talking about cops

lol he is oinkish ahhahahahahahha

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#106: Alas poor ogro, we knew them well...

by baby rabbit on 05/12/2007 21:57

Is this the end of the ogro? Will they live on as npc characters in eisenstern? Poor ogro...

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#107: Ogro for faster models

by Destroyer] on 05/13/2007 00:16

Do Ogros can be switched with sauerguy for faster rendering ??

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