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Created by
Jasperre, last updated on Apr 21, 2023
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The Overhual project may add or improve animations, but one aim as models are redone is to have a stable collection of new supermodels for animation purposes.
This is based off Creature BASE Models which includes a chunk of those animations.
It is unlikely the phenotype animation files will be altered, at least in the initial pass of this.
Benefits
Some benefits of this approach:
- Animations are made more generic, supermodel hierarchy is made clear
- Animation files are smaller MDL files, so should be faster / more efficient especially if further animations are added (eg converting simple to full models)
- Might make 2 versions; one with the original model file as well (so it can be used in blender to layer over another model for animations) and a second stripped of all erroneous data and leaving just the animations
- No reliance on the original model files being unchanged - eg by patches, other custom content or anything else
New Animations
Custom Animations
Some sources of potential animations:
- https://www.mixamo.com/ - Adobe
New Walks
The one main animation change in NWN:EE is the unhardcoding of iprp_walk.2da. This can add an item property (that could go on any item really) that stops running and applies a new walk animation, the game includes "Zombie" and "Injured". See 1.81.8193.15.
Example new 2da although testing it hasn't lead to the correct results with an elf NPC, oddly, needs further testing (0 however might be good as a default):
2DA V2.0
Name Label
0 63795 Default_hardcoded
1 6658 ZombieWalk_hardcoded
2 6411 Injured_hardcoded
2 67302 New_walk
Naming Convention
a_op_XXX.mdl - XXX can be up to 11 characters long. EG: op_a_badger.mdl
Overhaul Animation Models
To be filled in as work is done on this.
| Animation Model Name | Source | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| a_op_drg_chrom.mdl | Six's Chromatic Dragons | Dragon - Chromatic animations | May be we can tidy up some of the geometry retained in this file, but otherwise is for the newer Chromatic dragons only not the old models |
Original Supermodels List
This is the games supermodels list, using .33 data, some of which may not be actually supermodels. Needs checking in all instances.
The existing a_ba.mdl etc. could be retained as-is.
New models generated always should have setsupermodel to be an "a_" entry though, new in Overhaul or in the base files.