[WIP] Animations For SH4

Rockin Robbins · 01-05-18, 11:44 AM

Isn't translation just (not so) great sometimes! Good to see you Anvart. You are one of a handful who understand the Silent Hunter series in true depth.

Jeff-Groves · 01-05-18, 11:51 AM

Just as was done in the SH3 thread? Create a safe folder to work in!
To follow along copy 2 files into this folder.

I've got Marine.dat from the Library/Characters folder and cap_m13.dat from the animations/headmorphing folder that I will be working with.

Jeff-Groves · 01-05-18, 12:16 PM

open the cap_m13.dat with S3D.

Lets look at it just a bit.
Open Node 1 and then node 2. We are going to export the Normal Speech animations.
Open node 11 and go to node 12, MeshanimationData.

That is the animations we want! There are 8 frames.
Now S3D says "Full support? Yes"
I always had a problem with that until I figured out HOW to make S3D do this stuff. So I can live with that.

(To this day I don't think Swasjer even knew We could do this!)

Jeff-Groves · 01-05-18, 12:33 PM

Keeping the cap_m13.dat file open, Go to the menu in S3D.
File/open

Open the Marine.dat in the SAFE FOLDER!!

YES! S3D will open multiple files as long as you use the File/open.
(Took me awhile to figure that out at first

)

Open Node 3 in the Marine.dat file.
Scroll WAY down to Node 1684
Hmmm cap_m13

Jeff-Groves · 01-05-18, 12:36 PM

If you do a model preview with show only selected objects?
We have a head!!!
Woo hooo!!!
We must be on the right track.

propbeanie · 01-05-18, 02:09 PM

OK, my classroom display looks like yours...

Jeff-Groves · 01-05-18, 02:28 PM

Good!

01-05-18, 11:44 AM	#1
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Isn't translation just (not so) great sometimes! Good to see you Anvart. You are one of a handful who understand the Silent Hunter series in true depth. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

01-05-18, 02:09 PM	#6
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,099 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	OK, my classroom display looks like yours... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

01-05-18, 11:51 AM	#2
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,654 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Just as was done in the SH3 thread? Create a safe folder to work in! To follow along copy 2 files into this folder. I've got Marine.dat from the Library/Characters folder and cap_m13.dat from the animations/headmorphing folder that I will be working with.

01-05-18, 12:16 PM	#3
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,654 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	open the cap_m13.dat with S3D. Lets look at it just a bit. Open Node 1 and then node 2. We are going to export the Normal Speech animations. Open node 11 and go to node 12, MeshanimationData. That is the animations we want! There are 8 frames. Now S3D says "Full support? Yes" I always had a problem with that until I figured out HOW to make S3D do this stuff. So I can live with that. (To this day I don't think Swasjer even knew We could do this!)

01-05-18, 12:33 PM	#4
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,654 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Keeping the cap_m13.dat file open, Go to the menu in S3D. File/open Open the Marine.dat in the SAFE FOLDER!! YES! S3D will open multiple files as long as you use the File/open. (Took me awhile to figure that out at first ) Open Node 3 in the Marine.dat file. Scroll WAY down to Node 1684 Hmmm cap_m13

01-05-18, 12:36 PM	#5
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,654 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	If you do a model preview with show only selected objects? We have a head!!! Woo hooo!!! We must be on the right track.

01-05-18, 02:28 PM	#7
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,654 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Good!