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By: noname

noname — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:33:52 +0000

I also think it does not look good with the pistol… but those drawings look professional

By: MM

MM — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:16:46 +0000

mman: that also doesn’t look good. He has that “holding my teddy bear tightly” look. I think the only solution is to have the soldier really small so that those details don’t matter.

By: mman

mman — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:24:26 +0000

By following your argument the same thing should be impossible for any gun because you always keep the elbow sideways with rifles – even farther then with the pistol case in which the right arm is relatively straight and the supporting – left at small angle.
Just look at this quicky reference – everything is doable.
http://www.mmankt.boo.pl/stuf/characters.jpg
Don’t mind the gfx cuz it wasn’t suited for such a big res.

By: MM

MM — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:38:41 +0000

mman: we’re not beating each other:), I’d like to have a discussion about this. I never really encountered anybody that is an animation specialist like you.
I remember now that I shot the handgun with one hand :).
Anyway I think I know what you mean. But holding the pistol that way means that the elbow goes sideways. It’s not possible in 2d. It’s possible in Soldat cause the ragdoll is built in 3d.

namuol: I use keyframes. There are about 5 frames in that animation. The reason I want to use interpolation is because a computer can do animation for you.

By: namuol

namuol — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:58:59 +0000

I dont see any problems with the linear interpolation, but neither of the animations really look “correct”, to me.

Are you creating the animations by manipulating end effectors or rotating each bone by hand? how many keyframes are you using? Usually, the only reason you need special interpolation is for limited/dynamic keyframe data (like that from poor-quality motion capture), but if you have nice tools lerping can be just fine, AFAIK.

By: mman

mman — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:08:14 +0000

so you did it wrong, my point is that you never stand like that. Anyway we don’t have to beat the shit out of each other.

By: MM

MM — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:41:10 +0000

mman: yes, back is straight and arms are at equal length. What’s your point?

By: Makron666

Makron666 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:39:56 +0000

The lagrange animation feels smoother. What are your ideas on natural motion euthoria?

By: ZeroG001

ZeroG001 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:05:00 +0000

Nice ragdoll mman.

By: mman

mman — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:57:54 +0000

Nope, have you ever shot a real pistol?