New Robochimp Animation

[GoBologna120]

I'm working on an attack animation for Robochimp. Currently only the torso moves. It's a punching animation. I'm hoping to be able to use it later on if I'm able to add a new player action in the source code. But I'm just rambling now. Here's the goods.

http://host-a.net/GoBologna/rc_attack.md5anim

I feel so awesome.

[Mike]

Any screenshots or vids of this in action I like media!! Thanks for sharing this!! Take care.
-mike
PS what is the script you were talking about that helped with this??

[Hirato]

you can use /animoverride to have specific animations loop over and over.

I'm not sure which number is attack
you should be able to find the list of animation names inside model.h

[GoBologna120]

Any screenshots or vids of this in action I like media!! Thanks for sharing this!! Take care.
-mike
PS what is the script you were talking about that helped with this??

I'd love to make a video, but there are no tutorials for Moviecube in the Wiki.

...unless you want Blender footage.

EDIT: Making the legs move realistically is harder than I thought it would be.

[Mike]

I have the last free version of fraps if you want, it is here:
http://platinumarts.net/fraps19d.exe

Just record in 640X480 or it will cut off a part of the screen. The downside is it doesn't record audio but if you wanted to add it could with virtual dub or on youtube using audioswap. Take care.
-mike
PS the new version of sandbox can record video with /movie

[GoBologna120]

Well, I already have Camstudio and some audio to use, but I want to get a good angle for the animation.

PS I can't find the list of animation names in model.h. Is it not there, or am I just awful at reading C++?

EDIT: For now I guess I'll just use the sidescroller.

[GoBologna120]

UPDATE: I put video showing the animation on Youtube. You can view it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RNPQoyw8qM

[Mike]

Would you be willing to do a tutorial on the steps you took to make this happen? I'm sure a lot of people would be really interested and thanks for posting this!!! Take care.
-mike

[GoBologna120]

NOTE: You're gonna need both Blender and Python installed to pull this off. It is also assumed that you have Sandbox.

Step 1 - Download the file from: http://cube.wikispaces.com/file/view/bl ... 5_2_09.zip
Don't forget to go to
C:/Program Files/Blender Foundation/Blender/.blender/scripts/
and put the files in there.

Step 2 - Import the md5mesh of Robochimp using your new Python script. ( Or whatever character you want to animate. )
Remember to save the mesh as a .blend file unless you enjoy importing things.

Step 3 - Animate. If you don't know how to do this, look up a tutorial or something. I, personally, learned from the book The Essential Blender. When you're done, SAVE AS A SEPERATE .BLEND FILE!


Step 4 - Make a copy of one of the .md5anim files. Rename it to match whatever animation you just did. ( For example, rc_attack.md5anim )


Step 5 - Export your animation to that file and enjoy.

If you have any questions, either PM me or find me on Skype.
( My Skype name is "gobologna". )

How's that for a tutorial?

[Mike]

You rock man! Thanks so much for doing this! I'm going to have to link this from the wiki and/or paste it over Thanks again!!!
-mike