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[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Are you blind my good sir? He's banging with his hammer, not tapping. And more than just his arm is moving..look closely..

 

[Stormrage]

Looks like tapping to me.. and he`s bend over a bit... and he is stiff..

I know I sound whiney, and spoiled, but I`m just trying to give some constructive critisism... Hope you don`t mind. I`ll stop if you do

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Well...thats as good as I can do. But then again, how much can a guy wearing chainmail, wielding a warhammer, and holding a large shield move while in battle?

Seriously though, thats the best melee attack animation I have done on my own...I really don't think its that bad, in fact I think it looks up there with the Firaxis Jaguar warrior. I don't understand why people can't be happy with it. What are they looking for?

 

[Stormrage]

Well...thats as good as I can do.

Excuse me, but thats just bullsh!t...

 

[Plotinus]

I think the arm animation is great. The main flaw with it is that his torso should move around with it to some degree. Try it yourself (ideally not with a war hammer, though) and you'll see that if you really swing at an imaginary opponent your body swivels too, to add force to the blow. If you rotate the figure's abdomen and chest to the right by a few degrees as he swings the hammer back, and then rotate them to the left as he wallops the foe, it'd look more like a real attack. At least, so I think. If he's attacking an opponent to the north, I'd say a good swing would involve his chest rotating to face northeast as he draws his arm back, and then swinging round to face northwest at the end of the blow. Or even more, for a really devastating blow. That's just my view, though - of course you can do it differently.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Seriously, his arm isn't the only thing moving, look closely.

 

[Stormrage]

OK... i just looked at the Jaguar warrior attack .flc... Dude... his weapon is sharp (its either stone, obsidian, whatever), and acts more like an axe than a warhammer.. it cuts. If you wanna do some damage with a blunt weapon you have to hit hard, baby! Like his attack A! Plus, every single part of his body is moving, even in the "tap" attack.. he moves his leg forward to add thrust to the swing, he pulls back when he is preparing to do another swing, and he is swinging with his shoulder, not his elbows and wrists. You can`t have your joints fly around like that when using a heavy weapon, just your shoulder.

 

[ShiroKobbure]

do you need any help?

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Yeah.....I can't make good melee animations..only passable ones

 

[ShiroKobbure]

do you used paper doll or improved paper doll?

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

The newer one I think. Not the older one. Thats why I always have to tweak the japanese props kinboat made, since they were made to fit his older paperdoll. Thankyou so much again Shiro.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Up and coming rereleased new and improved version of an old classic of mine:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b395/Sword_of_Geddon/SamuraiFlintlockAttack.gif

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

and yes I will be adding smoke to the attack this time around Goldflash...

 

[Goldflash]

GOOD!! That means I can use gunpowder units from my old friend swoggy!

 

[DJ Bonebraker]

Sword, I really like your new Samurai Flintlock, and if you could create a pose file for his fortified stance, I could make a good death animation for you, and save it as a pose file (which you could then use on all your other gun units). I might even use this guy as the Citizen Militia for the FF mod.... (Currently using Utahjazz7's Native American Rifleman, but yours looks more like what I had in mind for an armed FF type citizen).

 

[Plotinus]

That looks very nice - although he too seems to be suffering from Quasimodo-itis! What's happening to them all?

 

[Quinzy]

plotinus, i think thats his elbow

 

[Plotinus]

I'm not sure - on the N and NE directions, it looks like there's a big lump over his shoulderblade too. But perhaps I'm mistaken.

 

[Goldflash]

I See what Plotty is talking about. You really ought re4solve that, Swoggicus.

 

[Sword_Of_Geddon]

Theres nothing wrong with it, you guys are just looking at it the wrong way. There is no hunchback. Thats his elbow your seeing.