July 2012 Custom Content Challenge: Player Customization

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               I would like to suggest, a new amulet with a proper icon, which  gives you the VFX of an eyeglasses when you use it, also a monocle version would be nice....
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               


Random Steampunk Glasses Inventory Item '>
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Carcerian, 03 juillet 2012 - 10:00 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               

A VFX Monocle, (uses c_gold and c_diamond textures)



(Def wanna do some "Gnomepunk" ones too '>
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Carcerian, 03 juillet 2012 - 11:39 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Mavrixio]

               NIce, can we have a pirate eye too?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Mecheon]

               

The Amethyst Dragon wrote...
Ok, so this plus the long-term request for such work by the CEP Team, and you get some problem solving out of me I did not intend to do. I barely use the brownie appearance for anything in my PW (besides young goblins and maybe some young kobolds.  Just the name "brownie" brings to mind a chocolate dessert rather than a very small race of humanoids.
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(Tiny) horse-riding brownies (normal and large). Yup, those are obligatory bandits right behind them for scale. 

I haven't tested them in-game yet, but they should work fine since they just borrow animations from other riding models.

Amythyst, go grab the beetle from the mount pack, give the brownies wings, put them on the beetles, and behold your fairy army

Either way, Brownies are an actual mythological thing. They were believed to be house spirits who would help around on the farm and house
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

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Wow! Been busy, haven't you :-)

@ Shemsu: Pipes - Got it. Hope you don't mind too much if I massage them a bit (make them torch-like rather than weapon-like).

@ The Amethyst Dragon: Little ponies - Wow. Just Wow. Now to get Draygoth to make a dragonfly mount :-)

@ SEN: flying height - let's say 2 meters, as you'll otherwise have all kinds of flying-through branches/marble arches going on :-P

@ Carcerian: Monocle -Simple and tres cool! I think the monacle/spectacle item should be non-equipable, though. Not an amulet. Free up that slot... *waggles hand* but maybe not...

Now, how about some sources for the smoke anims? Anyone know of a few nice 16 frame or so anims of smoke, smoke rings and smoke forming shapes (dancer, ship, dragon)?

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[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

s e n wrote...

i dont think is much of a work creating
flying mounted phenos, all you need is to duplicate the standard mounted
pheno and move its root lets say 10 meters above ground

Ah, but what of animations for attacking things on the ground with melee weapons?

Mecheon wrote...

Brownies are an actual mythological thing. They were believed to be house spirits who would help around on the farm and house

Yeah, I knew that, but around my house the term is much more often used for a particular type of chocolate treat.

               
               

               

                     Modifié par The Amethyst Dragon, 03 juillet 2012 - 04:02 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               <holding his fingers...>

The Amethyst Dragon wrote...
Ah, but what of animations for attacking things on the ground with melee weapons?

That can be handled in the combat anims so that the mount swoops low for melee attacks.

Interesting thought, though... Has anyone done any research into the "height" and "targetheight" columns of the appearance.2da?
Could we figure out a combo of tall height, low target height that would trigger the "attack low" anims against medium or smaller creatures on the ground, and the normal attacks anims against large or flying creatures?
We could really diversify the combat anims if that was possible.

Note: Neither the nwn.wiki nor the animecafe wiki has info on those two columns. :-P

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[Legacy_s e n]

               i think rolo is right saying a bit of animation edits would be necessary for melee ground attacks, though i believe such pheno would be best left as it is, so 2 flying mounts would be melee fighting at same height, and maybe improve some charge attack ability that fires a complete new animation. to get the difference between grounded and flying i think its good doing that by script with a "get phenotype" line (though im no scripter so im not sure if its possible, but if it is, thatd be the way i would implement that)
the last thing to edit would be the dead animation, to have it crash on the ground, lot of splatter there!
i'd make the height of the pheno fairly high, i said 10 but maybe 15.... that way it would be possible to fly over almost anything, and have teh chance to ride even bigger creature (like a red wyrm for example)
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Carcerian]

               

Rolo Kipp wrote...

Has anyone done any research into the "height" and "targetheight" columns of the appearance.2da?
Note: Neither the nwn.wiki nor the animecafe wiki has info on those two columns. :-P

As best I can tell:

TARGETHEIGHT: can be L or H, for low and high combat/damage VFX placements

L is used for low to the ground ankle-biters, like badgers, snakes, etc

H for just about everything else

HEIGHT:  (Roughtly) Height of creature in meters, used mostly for variation in PC racial types and Invisible Creatures.

(its 1.5 for halfers, 2 for humans, 2.25 for half-orcs, 4.0 for 200% invis humans, 4.5 for 200% invis half orcs, 0.3 for some creatures like parrots, 1 for most single mdl creatures, regardless of actual size)
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Carcerian, 03 juillet 2012 - 09:10 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

Carcerian wrote...



A VFX Monocle, (uses c_gold and c_diamond textures)



(Def wanna do some "Gnomepunk" ones too '>

That is; Thanks, what do you think abouth eyeglasses.....
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

Rolo Kipp wrote...

 <unwrapping his...>

Wow! Been busy, haven't you :-)

@ Shemsu: Pipes - Got it. Hope you don't mind too much if I massage them a bit (make them torch-like rather than weapon-like).


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Torch animation dont looks very nice for pipes, in my opinion; In the other hand I'm thinking that maybe a weapon like item is not too much adecute for this content.....
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Jenna WSI]

               

Shemsu-Heru wrote...

Did someone asked for pipes?

WOO! My halfling will use one. Could you make a kiseru? Please?




Alternative types of tails would be nice, too.




               
               

               

                     Modifié par Jenna WSI, 03 juillet 2012 - 10:41 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_gutwrench66kg]

               rather than torch anims, maybe opt for wizard staff anims? or as some brilliant fellow suggested, the Social phenotype that tom banjo created that's being used by ProjectQ as well as the CEP.. happens to have a bent armed pose that would probably look closer to correct for using the pipe ;-)
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rolo Kipp]

               <distracting the dwarf...>

You're giving me ideas, Greco. I'm definitely looking at the Social pheno now. I'm considering what and how many anim slots to use, though. I'm thinking 4, but considering 6.

Pipe light (standing/sitting)
Pipe draw (standing/sitting)
Exhale?

Also, the stem of the pipe/end of the stogie would have to end in a certain spot for the anims to work, which means adjusting the item models. Longer ones may appear to be held... awkwardly.

Back burner for now, but I'll have Cestus Make with that in mind.

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