Fox '09 14 Posted June 11, 2011 (edited) maybe it's some settings that i didn't enable before but news vs it's like there's new shaders or something. I notice that if you change the camera angle , there is a change in lighting. You still have to recalculate normals when in a diff. animation though. also important to note that the uniform has had 0 texture changes. Edited June 12, 2011 by Fox '09 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CameronMcDonald 146 Posted June 12, 2011 Dslyexci is looking at me with dead, dead eyes. :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nodunit 397 Posted June 12, 2011 Looks as if the shading is slightly darker in some spots and the details of the texture clearer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDog 11 Posted June 12, 2011 Now that the school semester is over I have some time to work on ArmA projects again :) Namely adding to and refining the Nimitz. I've studied Maya this semester in class so decided to try and get a custom animation going, came out pretty well for my first non-school-assignment animation I think! Hopefully sometime later in the summer I'll release an update to the Nimitz with this and additions to the model/functions. x-avJYEtxd0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roberthammer 582 Posted June 12, 2011 JDog - haha nice , it reminds me a scene from Hot Shots 1 :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CameronMcDonald 146 Posted June 12, 2011 Needs more Danger Zone, JDog. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kremator 1064 Posted June 12, 2011 JDog that is cool. Having a full deck of support personnel doing different functions would be great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ANZACSAS Steven 389 Posted June 12, 2011 Jdog. Very cool m8. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
konyo 14 Posted June 12, 2011 Jdog.Very cool m8. :) Agreed, that is very good work as usual JDog :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laqueesha 474 Posted June 12, 2011 Hopefully sometime later in the summer I'll release an update to the Nimitz with this and additions to the model/functions. That sounds bloody fantastic, mate. ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
max power 21 Posted June 12, 2011 Now that the school semester is over I have some time to work on ArmA projects again :) Namely adding to and refining the Nimitz. I've studied Maya this semester in class so decided to try and get a custom animation going, came out pretty well for my first non-school-assignment animation I think! Hopefully sometime later in the summer I'll release an update to the Nimitz with this and additions to the model/functions. The posing is very strong. The timing is a bit flat and there's not much weight to it. I think you could antic in to the drop and then have him recoil on impact, then really snap his arm out quickly. I think you could recoil from when he puts his arm up before he drops, too. Again, I like the posing, very strong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slatts 1978 Posted June 12, 2011 @JDog rather surprised you didnt add the top gun music :p but its looking great, look forward to release Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDog 11 Posted June 12, 2011 @Max, really not much anticipation to be had before the drop. All he does it put his leg out and it pulls him down. Spent some time making sure it looked like the leg was pulling him down and not his pelvis pushing it down haha. I'll take a closer video later perhaps. @Blink, nah everyone else always adds it lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
max power 21 Posted June 12, 2011 (edited) @Max, really not much anticipation to be had before the drop. All he does it put his leg out and it pulls him down. Spent some time making sure it looked like the leg was pulling him down and not his pelvis pushing it down haha. I'll take a closer video later perhaps. I don't wish to detract from the fact that you've done a good job and you're the only person that I know of that has done a custom, moving animation in this game. That in itself is an achievement. If there have been others I don't know about, they are very rare. When he changes his balance from both legs to his right leg, he should lean to the right a little bit as he drops. Creating realistic animation is a very subtle thing. If your animation is super realistic and he still seems like a robot doing a pantomime, you still fail. You have to sell it. Even the guys doing mocap do really over the top actions. In ArmA, which uses mocap exclusively the animations for just hanging out and talking or whatever are way over-sold. This is because they have to be identifiable from all angles, at all distances, at limited resolutions, and at a glance. So, you should see what happens in the video and push it. I don't mean push it until it breaks into cartoonish silliness, but things like antic and recoil make the animation look more natural and identifiable. If they didn't, they wouldn't be principles of animation. edit: If you're using Maya, which you seemed to indicate, you have all kinds of neat graphs and controls over the keyframes. You should push the timing using those tools until it looks like loony-tunes snappy, then dial it back until you have something that looks realistic. If you're using O2 to animate, you've already done an amazing job. In my opinion it's better to over exaggerate the physics involved slightly than to fall short on it and have it look floaty. Edited June 12, 2011 by Max Power Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kilgore69 10 Posted June 13, 2011 great work yurapetrov was time to see seahawk on nimitz deck. i hope to see your chopper very soon. thanks and good work. :bounce3: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Killy_McMurder 10 Posted June 13, 2011 Great to know yurapetrov is still working on those amazing seahawks! I thought for a while they were lost mods. And Jdog i can't wait to see your next update for the Nimitz! Hooray for navy mods! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pandur 10 Posted June 13, 2011 An update for the Nimitz? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yurapetrov 0 Posted June 15, 2011 seahawk pilot view Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodesy77 11 Posted June 15, 2011 Not sure what to make of it yet. Might continue, might not. Kinda want to get a mod together for Arma3, throwing around a couple of ideas... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STALKERGB 6 Posted June 15, 2011 Looking nice there Rhodesy, is this a continuation of the Rangers you have done? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[aps]gnat 28 Posted June 15, 2011 Very nice yurapetrov Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodesy77 11 Posted June 15, 2011 Not really, same multicam texture (few updates, cant really see in that pic) but a edited vest and textures. Working on a update for the rangers but. thats just one of the MANY other projects i seem to start... Right now im throwing around designs for my own digi pattern to use in ArmA3, as the multicam in arma3 is well beyond mine. Also want to do some Aussie SOTG/MTF guys this year to. and ontop of this im teaching myself 3DS max haha. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JDog 11 Posted June 15, 2011 Quick update, refined/added to the animation. Still needs a little work. I can't really script his head to follow an object so that'll be left to just timing the scripts to work with the animation after I get his head to look back towards the bow. Pretty cool though, simple as it is, it adds a lot to taking off I think. Hopefully if I can find/import the "sitting position" for the planes I can make it so the pilot salutes as well. POQdl3id0_Y Share this post Link to post Share on other sites