Making units that use Civ 5 animations

[bernie14]

I got back into working on Dune Wars, so he's been half-done for a while. I'll see if I can finish him today.

Edit: It won't be today - but sometime this week...

oh, no hurry mate, i'll be working on these longswordsmen for a while....

 

[Ekmek]

Deliverator,

Are you still making templates? I'm think about making a LH template and would need your help.

 

[Jabberwockxeno]

A related question:

How easily could one turn animations using the biped system in 3ds max into usable animations for civ 5?

Or would it be easier to just re-skin a edited civ 5 mesh to the orginal animations? I would be editing the marine/paratrooper models, mostly the surface features.

 

[Jabberwockxeno]

A related question:

How easily could one turn animations using the biped system in 3ds max into usable animations for civ 5?

Or would it be easier to just re-skin a edited civ 5 mesh to the orginal animations? I would be editing the marine/paratrooper models, mostly the surface features.

Bump. I just need to replace the rifle the paratrooper uses with a different gun model, and retexture it after, but I can do the latter alone anyways.

Am I reading the OP right that we can only extract two unit animations into a usable format?

 

[Jabberwockxeno]

Or, can we not extract the civ 5 animations at all?

 

[Jabberwockxeno]

...Guys?

 

[JTitan]

I got the unit in game with the graphics and animations working but the unit faces in the opposite direction and runs backwards. How can I make the unit face in the right direction?

Nevermind, I exported the fbx wrong. I forgot to set the axis.

 

[bernie14]

Bump. I just need to replace the rifle the paratrooper uses with a different gun model, and retexture it after, but I can do the latter alone anyways.

Am I reading the OP right that we can only extract two unit animations into a usable format?

Or, can we not extract the civ 5 animations at all?

...Guys?

i would use the copy/paste script to change rifles, jugs, head, legs whatever....then join objects, make sure it is properly rigged and assign to one uv and material

 

[Ekmek]

Can anyone update this template list. IIRC we have a lot more templates now.

Key - Template Made
Root Name for FBX export given in brackets

UNMOUNTED HUMAN MILITARY - MELEE

Brute
Warrior
Scout
Spearman
Swordsman
Hoplite
Legion
Immortal (Point_WORLD)
Mohawk Warrior
Jaguar (WORLD_BASE)
Pikeman
Longswordsman
Landsknecht
Samurai

UNMOUNTED HUMAN MILITARY - RANGED

Archer (point_WORLD)
Crossbowman
Longbowman
Chu-Ko-Nu

UNMOUNTED HUMAN MILITARY - FIREARMS

Musketman
Musketeer
Minuteman (WORLD_center)
Rifleman (WORLD_center)
Janissary (WORLD_center)
Infantry
Foreign Legion (WORLD_center)
Paratrooper

MOUNTED

Horseman
Chariot Archer
War Chariot
Companion Cavalry
War Elephant
Knight
Mandekalu Cavalry
Camel Archer
Naresuan's Elephant
Lancer
Cavalry
Sipahi
Cossack

CIVILIAN

Settler
Worker

SIEGE

Catapult
Ballista
Trebuchet
Cannon
Artillery
Rocket Artillery

AIRCRAFT

Fighter
Bomber
Zero
B-17
Atomic Bomb
Helicopter Gunship
Jet Fighter
Stealth Bomber
Nuclear Missile
Guided Missile

VEHICLES

Anti-Tank Gun
AA Battery
Tank
Panzer
Modern Armor
Mechanized Infantry
Mobile SAM
Giant Death Robot

SHIPS

Work Boat
Trireme
Galley
Caravel
Frigate
Ship of the Line
Ironclad
Destroyer
Battleship
Submarine
Carrier
Nuclear Submarine
Missile Cruiser

GREAT PEOPLE

Great General
Great Artist
Great Scientist
Great Engineer
Great Merchant

SHIP PARTS

SS Booster
SS Cockpit
SS Engine
SS Stasis Chamber

DLC for completeness

Bowman
Keshik
Khan

 

[Mahandar]

Hey Deliverator. I've been combing through your tutorials doing everything step by step and so far everything was going smoothly but now I can't seem to load your copy/paste script for blender. The export FBX works but when I look for the copy/paste one nothing shows up in scripts > object.(I did place it in the Blender Foundation\Blender\scripts\object fyi)

 

[Ekmek]

that script never worked for me. you may want to go to the blender foundation. I usualy just export and import everything

 

[Mahandar]

that script never worked for me. you may want to go to the blender foundation. I usualy just export and import everything

Does it work to just import/export normally without too much problems?

Also, can someone help me out with the nifs since I can't seem to get some of Bakeul's units into blender without some error regarding the BIPs.

 

[Deliverator]

Sorry about long delay! In relation to the new GR2 -> blend process this thread becomes more relevant again.

Does it work to just import/export normally without too much problems?

Yes, importing the NIF into a Blender instance that already has the template Civ 5 unit should work just as well - although I'm going to test out the copy/paste technique to see if it still works.

Also, can someone help me out with the nifs since I can't seem to get some of Bakeul's units into blender without some error regarding the BIPs.

If you point me in the direction of the problem NIFs I can take a look although its been a couple of years since I did much with Nifskope. I have found Bakuel's units have a really non-standard structure so they often work import into Blender out of the box.

 

[Edecon]

exist any method to convert civV units to civIV? tnks.

 

[Ekmek]

if you extract the civ5 unit to blender than rig to civ4 that'll do it. watch the polycount though

 

[Edecon]

that step I've done, but the unit appears huge in niftools, and by combining the unit with one of civ 4, I get sideways.

 

[Ekmek]

in blender you should extract the civ5 mesh then export it as something else. then clearing blender import your civ4 unit import the extract civ5 mesh then resize it and rig it then export to nif. then view in nifskope.

I think you missed a step.