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I had to go through the arduous process of opening 3dsmax5 to figure this out.
My model with the coat is 2150 polys, The guy without coat is 1238 polys.
They're headless models, though, so the head adds another 250-350 polygons.
My model with the coat is 2150 polys, The guy without coat is 1238 polys.
They're headless models, though, so the head adds another 250-350 polygons.
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I've fiddled with using Karma for hair, but it isn't a really good thing to use Karma for hair.
The ragdoll simulation isn't ideal for hair since you cannot directly change the location of the hair using just SetLocation as this doesn't add any forces on the hair ... which looks odd since the SetLocation means is what controls the hair movement.
However this is a while back, and I was still using older coding techniques then and I've learnt a fair bit.
However I don't think it is good to use karma for hair since it is an unneccessary waste of CPU power on the client.
The ragdoll simulation isn't ideal for hair since you cannot directly change the location of the hair using just SetLocation as this doesn't add any forces on the hair ... which looks odd since the SetLocation means is what controls the hair movement.
However this is a while back, and I was still using older coding techniques then and I've learnt a fair bit.
However I don't think it is good to use karma for hair since it is an unneccessary waste of CPU power on the client.
Your point being?Animus000 said:
This is a coding forum and we also have a modelling forum for a reason. Suddenly asking a coding-like question won't make it better.
...and the karma hair thing:
In UT2k3 there are Karma (for static meshes) and Karma Ragdoll (for skeletal meshes), but both are useless for a player model. Dead players use karma ragdoll and if they have hair, it uses the ragdoll physics, too. Other than that you can't take advantage of ragdolls, especially not only for parts of a model.
Animus000 - Experiment. The only reason why I knew Karma ragdoll is bad to simulate anything other than dead bodies is by experimenting.
Also edit your posts, don't make new replies all the time.
Also edit your posts, don't make new replies all the time.
no. this requires either vertex animation or skeletal animation in the original model. you can call anim sequence play functions from Unreal Script, but the actual animation is done externally.Animus000 said:
You can use timer or tick function to produce animation slowly by changing SetBoneLocation SetBoneRotation. This animation will not be good or smooth (as it is framerate dependent) but it will be dynamic.
if i understand the functions correctly, this will be useful only for the vertices already bound to the bones being influenced, so the vertex control is indirect, right? sounds like an interesting way to tweak the anim sequences, but for what Animus asked about, wouldn't making the effect a "standard" anim sequence be more efficient?[SAS]Solid Snake said:
Yes, but doing it this way will be dynamic and not dependent on set animations. Thus programming a logarithum for hair movement via detection and response *can* produce hair like movement.
It all depends how far you are willing to go.
It all depends how far you are willing to go.
sounds like a good technique to make the anims more naturalistic -- a combination of a pre-animated sequence modified by in-game conditions. that's one for my notebook for sure. thanks.
No problem. It was explained earlier in UDN. You have a generic 'pain' sequence and you can twist the models bones to indicate which direction the model got hit in. Pretty effective if you do it well.