User talk:Bobbysoon: Difference between revisions

::Going by this, I would personally say it needs to be sized up by 25%-30%. P.S.: I just want to draw bobbysoon's attention to the textures, notice how they are more "weighty" on the old ID. I think it's a combination of being a darker gray and having more "shading" built into the texture to make up for Oni's anemic lighting system. I know you weren't probably planning on the current textures being final anyway; just wanted to take advantage of the comparison shot to point that out. --[[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]] 03:27, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

:::Ok, 127.5% it is then, and I'll render in shadows, and see about that darker grey.  

:::--[[User:Bobbysoon|Bobbysoon]] 20:45, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

:::: http://edt.oni2.net/temp/IDmisplaced.jpg

::::::I like the animated display on the back, nice touch. Although it is partway in the ground until EdT adjusts the height again, the larger ID seems to be more imposing. However, while EdT and I were comparing the new size to the original ID, we noticed some other discrepancies that probably were always there in the model you inherited. To wit:

:*What's the simplest way to get this in-game?

:*What's with the %2Fs in the names? I see in the xml those names imply folders. are those necessary?

Hey, I was wondering, could you place a gun pod\barrel of some sort (for missles or grenades or whatever) on the ID's right arm? [[User:Gumby|Gumby]] 07:13, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

http://edt.oni2.net/images/bobbysoon_ID.jpg

Don't worry about the names of the textures, I took care of that.  I have included idle, run, walk animations.  All of them have no rotation of the body parts, so the Iron Demon moves as a single object.  So currently, the ID will follow you around and if you shapeshift to the ID you can move around.

:Were you taking notes, Bobbysoon? There will be a test later :0) Anyway, I just wanted to throw some thoughts out there:

:* I think the Iron Demon definitely needs an additional weapon beyond the chainguns. We have to think ahead about that now, as it will affect the model. I propose a heat-seeking missile pod on the back, pointing upward. This would prevent the battle from becoming a simple game of "stay out of the ID's line of sight" and throw a wild card out there once in a while for Konoko to deal with. Assuming we can train the AI to use it correctly.

:* Has anyone given thought to the fact that the two guns are parallel to each other?  This means that aiming at a point in-between the guns is impossible unless the arms can turn inward and outward. More obviously, the arms also need upward-downward range, in case Konoko is fighting it from a walkway like in the trailer.

*I'll use the default structure and names. Point taken about the skeletal structure, especially after noticing the shoulders are linked to the neck D=.  

*:If I recall correctly, there were 2 types of aiming/looking overlays. Referring to that information in application to a particular type yielded undesired results - axis reversals. So I wonder just how similar these engines are. Some of the provided mapping of halo's engine may be useful with oni.

:::*Animated textures are possible on characters. Ask 'dox. :)

:::::*Excellent! I'm assigning the LED geometry to the previously null chest node. I batch cropped and sized up LED strip to 16x128 in photoshop.

::::::*Having trouble rebuilding the animated txmp. How do you do that?  --[[User:Bobbysoon|Bobbysoon]] 04:22, 7 September 2009 (UTC)