BattleTech Addons.

[LordHorusNL 0]

Hey guys i'm working on some battletech stuff for lan games and just to see how realistic i could get them in motion and firepower/technologie "Jumpjets" and such.

This Maddog class mech is just a prototype and i'm now working on a Uziel type mech.

And i remember seeing some work from i think "desert_rat" a while back and was just wondering if anyone released some other battletech stuff or was working om something cool.

This could really make some cool sci-fi tank battles

[EricJ 763]

This in OFP? If so that's pretty cool man...

[CanadianTerror 0]

Great texture job!

[Ian Malcolm 0]

This looks excellent, but how it's animated? Those complicated legs are bit hard to animate properly any other way than by RTMs. I didn't know there is a way how to use them on armored vehicle?

Edit: Btw... looks like screenshot from VBS

[honchoblack 2]

Your mech is looking excellent

Do you have walking animations for the mech?

[EricJ 763]

This looks excellent, but how it's animated? Those complicated legs are bit hard to animate properly any other way than by RTMs. I didn't know there is a way how to use them on armored vehicle?

Edit: Btw... looks like screenshot from VBS

It's not, I own VBS1, and the amount of user made maps is staggeringly low compared to OFP, which is why I asked if it was in OFP. And believe me, I would have picked up on the map because I have all of them

[Ian Malcolm 0]

It's not, I own VBS1, and the amount of user made maps is staggeringly low compared to OFP, which is why I asked if it was in OFP. And believe me, I would have picked up on the map because I have all of them

Hehe. Ok... but the main question is still unanswered. How is it animated? If it's animated

[LordHorusNL 0]

Yep its 100% animated using some scripting and normal rotate animations and setobject texture, The legs are animated as the should be but i didnt sink it with the body motions because it is a prototype. Uziel will have full body animations. Ill see if a can get a small video to show what the current anims look like.

And btw the island is bas tonal.

[CanadianTerror 0]

And here I was all looking forward to those "legs that slide" type of addon.

Oh well, I guess animated is fine.

[Ian Malcolm 0]

Quote[/b] ]Ill see if a can get a small video to show what the current anims look like.

Great. Can't wait

[Thunnder Bunny 0]

Mechwarrior4 mercs is my second home, game wise that is So you can tell I'm happy with your mech

Yep ,there were some mechs started awhile back but only a few were ever released. Animations being the nail in their coffins I'm afraid. Several mechs were on their way by a few people but I haven't seen any news for awhile.

Still waiting on the last mech pack from mektek, so any mech in any game is music to my ears!!!

hehe Uziel's always end badly for me, as one shot to the head and I'm dead or cored badly.

More screenshots are always welcome

[LordHorusNL 0]

Damn fraps is easy to use

Its on my home account so it will probably be slow

Short clip about 9mb right click and save as.

Temp Maddog anim

Legs have only one speed now but Uziel will have running and walking speed animations. And maybe a duck anim, I hope.

Body just has a small "Jiggle" i found some new ways to animates the upper body and legs so this will be implemented in the Uziel.

Let me know what u think.

[Ian Malcolm 0]

Short clip about 9mb right click and save as.

Hmm... downloaded, but i can't play it. It says i'm missing the unknown FPS1 codec...

[LordHorusNL 0]

Hmm strange it could be that fraps is ussing its one codec to code the .avi, could be u need to download fraps.

I never used it so i have no idea, if more people have this problem i'll try something else.

[Ian Malcolm 0]

Hmm strange it could be that fraps is ussing its one codec to code the .avi, could be u need to download fraps.

Yeah. That's it. FRAPS is apparently using some kind of their own codec.

Well... that animation looks way better than i expected! Good work

Link to DivX6 version 324 kb only

Link to cropped version (mech in the center of the screen) 552kb

[FischKopp 0]

Yeah, it looks really impressive. Good work .

[Desert-Rat 0]

Yes i did some Mechs (Timberwolf , Marauder IIC , Shadowcat , Hellcat and a Warhammer) but i don't make further on them because i don't found anyone who could animate them.

Warhammer

Marauder and Shadowcat

Marauder and Timberwolf

and Marauder and my Hellcat Mech

but the most don't have a cockit or LODs yet only a base model.

[hazmatt 0]

that timberwolf looks like a Madcat lol

great work tho!!

[Desert-Rat 0]

is the same Madcat and Timberwolf , in Mechwarrior 2 it was called Timberwolf

[honchoblack 2]

Just saw the animations for the mech, and those are indeed much better than expected, it looks like actual mech movement, good job and good luck with bringing mechs to OFP.

[thesun 14]

I love the textures, thes are really impressive.

Would be nice to have more of these mechs in OFP

[itim_tuko 0]

Wonderfull - I always liked the tabletop game Battletroops, where Infantery had to fight mechs.

Is anyone also making infantery and armored troopers?

[DragoFire 0]

Yep its 100% animated using some scripting and normal rotate animations and setobject texture, The legs are animated as the should be but i didnt sink it with the body motions because it is a prototype. Uziel will have full body animations. Ill see if a can get a small video to show what the current anims look like.

And btw the island is bas tonal.

Will you be posting your scripts and other notes on the mech animations and model setup for others to ref. too?

If so we might find others coming out of the woodwork, eg. the HeavyGear mod team etc...

DragoFire

[SengirVampireWW2EC 0]

Your Maddog looks absolutely fantastic, I have been wondering if some ´Mechs exist for OFP. I have been always enjoying Mechwarriors series, its my second favourite besides OFP (Mech4 is shit tho - stupid engine, bad controling of the mech, Microsoft made an arcade shooter of it! The best one was Mech2Mercenaries, I still play it todays What an atmospehre the game had and with such a simple graphic!!! The only fault the game series have is a lack of a mission editor. And OFP has one, wow, it would be great to have a bunch of mechs for OFP and do missions for it.

Anyone has a Jenner, Thor or Annihilator?

I also have all important Mech2 sounds (they are best), they can be coded to mechs config, with various eventhandlers you can have it all there on your mech (i did something similar for Be45 tanks)

Whats the way to animate a mech ? In OFPAnim programm by rotating components on mechs model or...?

[LordHorusNL 0]

Wel i did it using rotation animations and scripting as stated above, but you could also use heavy setpos scripts or the old animated soldier under a tank body thingie

But i went the simple way because i want this addong to work in MP so heavy scripting is kinda out the window.

BTW could i get those mechwarrior sounds from you i was wondering where to get some high quality sounds from.