WIP mech

Tony · Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 10:47 pm Post subject: WIP mech

I started making this.. and got irritated with animating the damn thing.

Anyone up for the challenge ? go ahead it's yours, but I ask that whatever you do with it becomes a public asset, and I get some credit.

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Tony · Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:36 am Post subject:

Damn, sorry could this be moved to media hut.. as it's not finished.

inzane krazy · General **Joined**: 07 Nov 2006 **Location**: Sketchpad

hmmm, looks good, just needs the turret now #Tongue

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Tony · Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:40 pm Post subject:

yeah, still working on it Smile

Deformat · Defense Minister **Joined**: 17 Sep 2007

Make the turret look like some sort of laser cannon #Tongue

If you want animation help,try using the Terror Drone used by the soviets in RA2.It might help you(IIRC it was a voxel...)

MT · Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:13 pm Post subject:

Deformat wrote:

Make the turret look like some sort of laser cannon #Tongue

If you want animation help,try using the Terror Drone used by the soviets in RA2.It might help you(IIRC it was a voxel...)

No, it was not a voxel.

DaFool · Defense Minister **Joined**: 07 Nov 2006

You weren'y going to put a brain and a mini gun on top of that, were you?

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, someone just has to made the cyberdemon then

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inzane krazy · General **Joined**: 07 Nov 2006 **Location**: Sketchpad

And use the RickRoll gun on it xD

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Tony · Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject:

lol.. the turret wont be something you see on a normal tank, maybe I'll make a giant crab with a brute like weapon Laughing

SSTG · Rocket Cyborg **Joined**: 19 Nov 2007

getting a vibe from this from one of those SW droid mech walkers though was working on something similar with 4 legs

Tony · Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:51 am Post subject:

Well if I cant work out the animation its gonna be nothing in the end

Following Ronco's tutorial, I did this:

#1 used voxel offset to place parts on axis

#2 used hva position to place the legs in starting position.

#3 selected copy frame

#4 used rotation and position to move the legs to next position.

#5 pressed add frame

I then looked at the animation to only see the legs move up and down from the original position and move like they were walking( this is the only part i want)

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OmegaBolt · Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:20 pm Post subject:

Hmm never noticed this. Despite the funky walking anim it looks really great. Unfortunately I don't know how to help with that problem.

Tony · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:06 am Post subject:

thanks.

Roadwarrior · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:27 am Post subject:

Whats your problem?

And BTW you should always use the copy frame for doing walk animations helps allot with positioning the legs right.

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Tony · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:34 am Post subject:

so don't use add frame at all ?

Dubzac · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:54 am Post subject:

delete the last frame and Copy the second to last frame then replace the last frame with that one and follow the same steps as above. its a easly fixed problem

if you did a voxel copy of the unit before the voxel was done it will foul up the HVA as i found out.

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Tony · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:27 am Post subject:

Thanks Dubzac #Tongue

I'll give it another try then.

EDIT: that did it, now to make the walking look right Smile

SSTG · Rocket Cyborg **Joined**: 19 Nov 2007

Hey been trying to animate this thing will release once I've got it right heres a preview though one frame maybe missing due to that white frame glitch note also still adding frames and need to get legs moving up and down

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Tony · Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:24 am Post subject:

cool, good luck with completing it! and that turret looks really familiar Very Happy

SSTG · Rocket Cyborg **Joined**: 19 Nov 2007

yea that was my idea for the mech I had in mind once its animated though testing ingame was'nt as big as I thought it looked but meh its currently sliding around so I'll get to the leg lifting soon

ArvinCool · Tiberian Beast **Joined**: 01 Jun 2008

cool SSTG
I think it looks a bit to flat, maybie make the turret taller?

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Tony · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject:

Any luck SSTG?

SSTG · Rocket Cyborg **Joined**: 19 Nov 2007

Well so far I've only got to the legs moving sideways its kinda hard to get the legs to lift without know then next step I may have to restart the hva again Confused

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