LMR
Back In Green!
I think he means the metal bit on the end 
Looking good VC
Looking good VC
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Virote_Considon
The Great Dictator
Oh, then it still isn't any longer!
And thanks for the compliments, guys!
And thanks for the compliments, guys!
Virote_Considon
The Great Dictator
Here's the complete set of animations:
I know about the knee coming through the kilt, I couldn't find any way around it, so I'm going to C'n'P over it when I've made the unit.
Sorry for becoming so lazy
odintheking
Lighting the way...
Sweetness. Finish soon, so you can work on EFZI units, .
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Virote_Considon
The Great Dictator
Can't you manually control the kilt?
Looks fantastic by the way! I can't wait
Nah, the kilt doesn't seem to want to go over the knee. I don't mind too much, though, as it's only a few frames in the attack animation!
Doing postwork on that sort of thing is a real hassle. One good trick to avoid it is simply to colour the tops of his thighs (or whichever part of the body is poking through) the same colour as the garment. Then it won't show at civ-scale.
Stormrage
Ever Present Taskmaster
Awesome! Thanks mate 
Virote_Considon
The Great Dictator
Anyone see any problems with the animations what so ever?
Stormrage
Ever Present Taskmaster
Well.. his right leg (knee) goes underground in the death anim... Everything else is cool
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
I'm putting this in Heart of Destiny when its finished!
Spacer One
Avatar subject to change
as well as MWNN...
COAtlantis1745
Unit Sounds Engineer
<--- has cheerleaded for this particular unit on many occasions.
Virote_Considon
The Great Dictator
Well.. his right leg (knee) goes underground in the death anim... Everything else is cool
So it does
I'll try and fix it!
Stormrage
Ever Present Taskmaster
Thanks! 
Virote_Considon
The Great Dictator
Right, so I've been trying to change the death animation to get it above the ground, but to no avail. I even made a new file in which I completely remade the death animation, but it didn't work...
So, what I want to know is, if I made the ground in the death animation invisible, would that stop his legs being swallowed by the ground during his death animation?
So, what I want to know is, if I made the ground in the death animation invisible, would that stop his legs being swallowed by the ground during his death animation?
It would, but there would be no shadow, which would not be good.
When you're altering his pose, make sure you zoom right in with the Auxiliary Camera, so you can be sure that his limbs are above the ground. The closer you are, the more reliable the preview image. Still, however you do it, this sort of thing is definitely a serious chore. It's worth it to get it right though, especially as it's a good death animation otherwise (and a little different too).
When you're altering his pose, make sure you zoom right in with the Auxiliary Camera, so you can be sure that his limbs are above the ground. The closer you are, the more reliable the preview image. Still, however you do it, this sort of thing is definitely a serious chore. It's worth it to get it right though, especially as it's a good death animation otherwise (and a little different too).
Virote_Considon
The Great Dictator
Just a bump to say that I'm rendering everything apart from the death now.
And as for the death, I have a question- if I raise the rotate ball (and thus the PDM and Spear), a) will the ground follow? (I can't remember if it is attacked to the Rotate Ball, or the other way around), and b) (assuming a) is "no") Does Steph's SBB automatically center the frame on the PDM? I think it does, but I can't remember...
And as for the death, I have a question- if I raise the rotate ball (and thus the PDM and Spear), a) will the ground follow? (I can't remember if it is attacked to the Rotate Ball, or the other way around), and b) (assuming a) is "no") Does Steph's SBB automatically center the frame on the PDM? I think it does, but I can't remember...
