arma3_animation

[rigid dust]

Players also do this when they're shot at, imagine trying to hit that

I know its 10 years too late to fix such core issues, but maybe there is a chance

Always hated this

https://youtu.be/x8kKPJk5UdA?t=21
Gameplay abuse

[desert raven]

Yeah that would be the where it's defined.

Probably could do some test with different kinds of collision shapes for the movement.

[rigid dust]

Bet movement gonna feel super weird if same collision shape will be used everywhere

[white juniper]

No idea and no time to think about it. I will forget about your message

[rigid dust]

🥲

[desert raven]

[forest lance]

Make a ticket

[rigid dust]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T177832

[light junco]

build up fatigue after player ridiculous velocity changes?

E = mc^2 no?

[gilded rampart]

i am trying to understand what on earth that means and cannot figure it out

[obtuse terrace]

Hello
I am currently working on a custom campaign for my small arma 3 community. I am looking for someone who can create a suitable banner that reflects the core aspects of the campaign. Since I don't quite understand the difference between your packages, I was hoping that you might be able to make a recommendation.

[atomic pivot]

Wrong channel
#creators_recruiting
#creators_offers

[rigid dust]

Unless fatigue would stop the player completely, it won't help. This velocity comes from rotation which is unrestricted and you get a lot of it even with super slow movement (setAnimSpeedCoef 0.1)

[olive flicker]

Hey there guys! So I have a question. Would anyone be kind enough to teach me how to make an Arma 3 cinematic? I'd like to learn how to keyframe and such to get cinematic shots.

This very well could be the wrong channel for this question, but I figured it kind of relates to the channel topic?

[desert raven]

well "make arma 3 cinematics" is very broad subject and not easy to teach

so to get meaningful asnwers you would need to split it up into smaller questions

and really put in your own effort to learn on your own too

instead of trying to learn "how to make arma cinematic" youll want to start from the mentioned "how arma keyframes work" and then possibly "how Arma scripting works"

[hard trellis]

I was considering heading down a rabbit hole involving an empty vehicle with a turret seat, where gunner's hands and feet are IK'd to selections that can be animated, thereby allowing some sort of "live posing" of characters, via animation[Sources], for screenshot or similar purpose.
Does something like that already exist, or seem feasible?

[desert raven]

the IK blending is a bit flimsy 😅

but it could work to some extent

[hard trellis]

Encouraging n_n

[desert raven]

the problem is the IK has no controls

or constraints

[green current]

Does anyone have a guide on how to make ArmA-Anims using Cascadeur and how to properly import the ArmA-Skeleton? DIdnt quite manage that so far

[desert raven]

@fast canopy has done that if I rember right but dont recall if he made any tutorials.

[fast canopy]

I thought I've already told you that I've posted a rig already

[desert raven]

thought I remembered something like that but was not sure 👍

[green current]

Could you tell me what its called? Can't find it and been looking trough messages by you, messages naming Cascadeur etc for quite a bit now, so i am starting to feel blind and stupid...

[fast canopy]

#arma3_animation message

[green current]

Its been right in front of my nose this whole time?

Thank you 🙂 👍

[sturdy agate]

How would I go about hiding part of the player body in object builder when making an animation?

[fast canopy]

Honestly this is very shame to have no command to reset CfgMoves or CfgGestures even in diag... this is painful if I do a reload anim

I've backlogged here and reyhard said they have their way internally... but pwetty pwease

[cerulean pivot]

well that requires you to reload the mission. I guess I can make a diag command that reloads anims and then reloads the mission automatically

[fast canopy]

Wait really?

[fast canopy]

Ah you mean that. Can I wish if we will get that in diag? 🙏

Even if a restart can be done manually

[cerulean pivot]

No promises but I'll take a look. Make a ticket

[fast canopy]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T178065

[pliant plank]

Okay, i downloaded the handanim stuff for holding the gun but i tried to move it but the hand wouldnt move, do i need to switch it to frame one for the changes to take place?

[desert raven]

what did you try to move?

[pliant plank]

The right hand in edit mode, but it was on frame 0 of the animation

The actual model of the hand didnt move so that was confusing me, iirc they did when i did the rocket launcher

[desert raven]

you need to use pose mode

and make sure to export correct frame

handAnim uses only 1 frame

[pliant plank]

Ah okay, pose mode

Gotcha

[pliant plank]

Is that frame 0 or frame 1?

[desert raven]

any frame as lon as you add that frame to be exported

[pliant plank]

Oki

[pliant plank]

okay so I'm moving the right hand but for some reason the weapon moves and the hand gets super scuffed

this is just from moving it in one direction

is this normal?

oh nvm im supposed to just move the hand

[pliant plank]

is this normal? For some reasn the arm just refuses to go further lmao

[fast canopy]

Normal. Because your arm has a length

Move shoulder accordingly

[pliant plank]

I did so

hand is potentially a little wonky but

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/560360296083095563/1190556802635542529/595ea1fae8a8c57d05ed335ac8a0ac40.png?ex=65a23b6d&is=658fc66d&hm=82b81c248350a04b6dcc725f9c96a57825417e14af50dfcbf0c52f61a531644c&

kinda how it is given the rifle's general skinniness

okay, now that I've exported the RTM to the work file what do i do now

oh wait nvm i remember

that wrist is a little rough

[pliant plank]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/241824832453345280/1190559989660663998/20231230153818_1.jpg?ex=65a23e65&is=658fc965&hm=f6906da47fafe7de88af57fc1af1515247649375c0594a35e4a6d55f42ae2497&

hmm, any way to fix that or lower the rifle or nah?

[woeful pelican]

you can adjust the rifle model in the p3d

[pliant plank]

Oh like, move it further along the x axis?

[woeful pelican]

Yeah it should have autocenter disabled so wherever you offset it from the model center will be reflected when ingame

[pliant plank]

Ah okay. Cheers

I was wondering how to do that, i just gotta tweak the trigger finger some and then the position of the rifel

[pliant plank]

dunno if i like it lowered so it sits more realistically on the shoulder when it's raised but

it certainly changes the feel

[desert raven]

this is little high to my eye

lowering the stock to shoulder level imo looks better

[pliant plank]

yeah I di that, that's at the default arma height or at least what seems to be it

one sec i'll take screencaps

[desert raven]

yeah the mx dos stand pretty high too

its up to you to choose which way you want it to be 😄

[pliant plank]

I kinda like it lower like that, the wrist looks a little less fucked

[desert raven]

the trick with the wrist is turn the hand bone in an angle and adjust the fingers to fit the guns grip

[lethal willow]

If I am using one of the example rigs to build off of, is there a way to get all the adjustments back like moving and angling the hands? https://gyazo.com/81a1a8c1cad982534bb4620cba3c037e

[desert raven]

Yes. But too long to explain on mobile.

Basically comes down to understanding how it all works.

[fast canopy]

And honestly since Blender requires both IK and FK knowledge in order to, uh, do such, well almost all industry standard 3D software does though, this pretty much is the reason why I use Cascadeur to animate recent days

Imagine having 3D graph editor. Casc does have one basically...

[brittle nacelle]

Does ARMA support different stages/transitions of animations? So like if you had 1 animation to "prep" an animation, then another for the main one, and say another one which could be be optional, would you have to do all of that through scripts, or could some of it be done via config?

[desert raven]

optionals no, that would have to be done through scripts

but yes animations can have chained transtitions between them

[brittle nacelle]

So I could define Animation1, and when Animation1 is done, automatically start Animation2, and stay on that animation?

[desert raven]

best to explain the actual use case

[brittle nacelle]

Fair.

[desert raven]

not the abstract

[brittle nacelle]

So the first animation could be a compressed ready animation (weapon is compressed in the armpit), and the second animation would be played a few seconds after, of pushing the rifle out

Either by key press, or by time. But the push out animation should be custom, not default arma exiting

[desert raven]

so you want to replace some vanilla behavior or make something new?

whats the big picture

[brittle nacelle]

Something new. Weapon should be able to be compressed, but will have an animation to put it into compression before the one that keeps it there, and optionally, another animation to take it out of compression before returning control back to the player

Play: Animation1 -> Animation2
(Always)

While Animation2 is active, Animation3 could be played as a "transition" out of the animation.

[desert raven]

Im not fully sure what you mean by compression here 🤔

buut this does sound rather difficult

since you want it to be dynamic

[long monolith]

@fast canopy how do i use the dust effect on your artwork supporter?

i cant find it

[long monolith]

oh hold on, its on effect dropper on the props from the old artwork supporter

[frank yoke]

Is there any up to date reload animation basemesh for ArmaRig? The ones I've been using are offset and there is a visible jerk between handanim and reloadanim

[desert raven]

sadly no

you can try adjusting the IK curve so it blends at the beginning and the end of the sequence

[frank yoke]

Yea I do that but saw better results already

I also used rtm importer but that doesn't work good enough either

[desert raven]

the rtm import does need the whole skeleton to be connected with actual bones

it does not like the floating unconnected parts

I build mine with extra connection bones with @ in their name so they dont get exported out but they keep the skeleton shape right

[daring crescent]

Good day guys.Tell me please.I installed the armatoolbox in the blender.Created an animation with the help of riga soldier
and I'm trying to export the animation to a rtm file.But for some reason arma reproduces only the first frame of the animation, and there are 18 of them. I used to do the same animation and everything worked.It's not playing right now.Anyone who understands this can help, if it's not difficult.

[fast canopy]

Make sure you have all Keyframes here, using Frame Range

[thick hemlock]

Does anyone know the object name of the stadium?

If there even is one.

[daring crescent]

Everything is there .The story is not clear .I've broken my head , I don't understand what's the matter.

[fast canopy]

Are you sure

1. All of 18 frames are exported (the raw RTM should have more than 12~14 KB if it has more than one frame)
2. Your config is set up properly
3. Your PBO is packed by a proper software
4. model.cfg is available for sure to binarize/pack

[daring crescent]

1.The file is 102 kb.As I understand it, all animations are converted.2.
2.The config file is like this.

class CfgPatches 
{
    class     tutorial
    {
        requiredVersion = 0.100000;
        requiredAddons[]= {"A3_Functions_F"};
        units[]= {};
        weapons[]= {};
    };
};

class CfgMovesBasic 
{
         class Actions;
};

class CfgMovesMaleSdr: CfgMovesBasic 
{
    class States 
    {
                class CutSceneAnimationBaseSit;             
                          
        
                        class Lopata_anim1: CutSceneAnimationBaseSit 
        {
            file ="\Lopata_pronix\Arma_LOPATA.rtm" ;
            speed = -1e+010;
            looped = "true";
            interpolateFrom[] = {};
            interpolateTo[] = {};
            canPullTrigger = 0;
            disableWeapons = 0;
            disableWeaponsLong = 0;
            weaponLowered = 0;
            weaponIK = 1;
            rightHandIKCurve[] = {1};
            leftHandIKCurve[] = {0};
                  canReload = 1;                
        };
                                
    };
};

[fast canopy]

speed = -1e+010;```This means the entire anim will end instantly. Also `"true"` is not the proper way to defube a boolean in config

[daring crescent]

Is this some kind of static pose?

[fast canopy]

What do you mean?

What is this here?

[daring crescent]

What should I change in the config file?to make everything work?

[fast canopy]

Depends on your intention here actually

What exactly is your goal

[daring crescent]

Play the animation completely and loop it

[fast canopy]

1. Check this: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CfgMoves_Config_Reference#speed
2. loop = 1;

[daring crescent]

It's just that the configuration file is not mine, it was in the tutorial on creating animations in blender for Arma 3.

[fast canopy]

It's just that the configuration file you say, but your goal is not going to happen without you tweak that

[daring crescent]

Changed the config file .The picture is the same.The game loads the first frame of the animation and the animation does not play completely.The fighter is sleeping in the initial position and nothing happens.

class CfgPatches  {

    class MDL_OTK_Anim  {
        units[] = {};
        weapons[] = {};
        requiredVersion = 1.08;
        requiredAddons[] = {};
    };
};

class CfgMovesBasic  {
    class MDLOTKActions;
};

class CfgMovesMaleSdr  : CfgMovesBasic {

    class States  {

        class AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon;

        class Animacia  : AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon {
            file = "\Lopata_pronix\Arma_LOPATA.rtm"; 
            speed = -10000000000.0;
            looped = 1;
            interpolateFrom[] = {};
            interpolateTo[] = {};
        };
        class tankist  : Animacia {
            file = "\Scena\tankist.rtm";
        };
    };
};

[fast canopy]

Please re-check the link I've posted to understand what value to put in speed

This does mean your animation is 10000000000 seconds long

[daring crescent]

Оk .Thank you I understand

Thanks, it's finally working. You've been very helpful.Good health to you.

[daring crescent]

Another problem came out.Now the animation doesn't loop.It is played 1 time.

speed = 1.3;
looped = 1;

I use switchMove

[cerulean pivot]

Run the mission, point at the object with your gun, and run this in debug console: typeOf cursorObject
If it returns "", it's probably a super simple object (has no config)
In that case run: getModelInfo cursorObject to get the path to its model

[thick hemlock]

Thanks, also my bad. Ment to be in #arma3_scenario.

[tidal hawk]

Is there a way to stop a unit from playing a looped animation other than sqf _unit switchMove ""; ?

[cerulean pivot]

There is also _unit switchAction "STOP"

The difference is that using switchAction you can account for stance and weapon.
Also ask in #arma3_scripting

[tidal hawk]

Thanks, exactly what I needed because it looks weird when a unit sitting suddently stands due to switchmove "" instead of just falling or staying on their current stance

[atomic pivot]

Just had the same problems yesterday and thought i finally understood it, but i was wrong.

player playMoveNow "AinvPknlMstpSnonWnonDr_medic5";
Properly interrupted by doing this (no instant animation change etc).
player playActionNow "PlayerStand"

But the same thing doesn't work for switchMoves or even other Actions/moves.
So not sure what's the logic behind it
The whole Arma 3 "animation system" feels like its a couple of systems mashed together to work somehow.

[cerulean pivot]

It's related to how animations are connected to each other

You can't randomly go from any anim to another

[mossy osprey]

How do people do those cool looking screens of arma? With modeled characters etc. Something like this: https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2312100041532576505/3C98DE2A029AA96640712F654513B627AEEAD818/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

(credit to https://steamcommunity.com/id/FrostyMcToasty)

[desert raven]

By carefully posing the scene

such scenes are static

[mossy osprey]

I know. But how do I change every single direction of the body

[desert raven]

They are premade animation poses

[gilded rampart]

usp animations pack

[mossy osprey]

ty ❤️

[tired needle]

(Re the conversation on the 22 Oct) Why can't RTM's be imported into anything?

Also, reconstructed skeleton: http://i.imgur.com/CFIy48i.gif ;)

The rabbit is oddly the only animal that doesn't have a set of pivots.

[fluid breach]

@tired needle what am i looking at here exactly? (long day here)

obviously there is a dancing rabbit. i did catch that part :D

[tired needle]

The skeleton used to rig/animate it was built from the memory points.

Other animals you should be able to reconstruct by de'p3ding the pivot files.

Haven't tried it yet, might get some goat action going on when I get time to though.

[fluid breach]

there would be <3 for that im sure

[timid rover]

I have problem with an animation. It doesent work anymore after binarising it, I assume the model.cfg is the issue ?

[desert raven]

explain what the problem is

[timid rover]

The animation just dosent work anymore, nothing happens when I call it ingame. When its not binarized it works

Maybe not all bones are in the model.cfg ?

I see that the character ingame trys to do the animation , but it looks like he is not using all of his bones

[desert raven]

what kind of animation?

how do you pack the pbo?

ther more you tell the easier it is to understand what happens

assume I dont see your screen or know anything about what you do

[timid rover]

class CfgGesturesMale 
{
    skeletonName = "OFP2_ManSkeleton";
    
    
    class Default;
    class ManActions {};
    class Actions 
    {
        class NoActions 
        {
            turnSpeed = 0;
            upDegree = 0;
            limitFast = 1;
            useFastMove = 0;
        };
    };

    // Action Animation Configs
    class States
    {

class dsr_Gut_Corpse : Default {
            file = "A3S_Client\data\anims\gut_corpse.rtm";
            looped = 0;
            speed = 0.085; //0.08
            mask = "BodyFullReal";
            headBobStrength = 1.0;
            headBobMode = 4;
            disableWeapons = 1;
            disableWeaponsLong = 1;
            leftHandIKBeg = 0;//0;//false;
            leftHandIKCurve[] = {};
            leftHandIKEnd = 0;//0;//false;
            rightHandIKBeg = 0;//0;//false;
            rightHandIKCurve[] = {};
            rightHandIKEnd = 0;//0;//false;
            showItemInRightHand = 1;
            showHandGun = 0;
            weaponLowered = 0;
            canPullTrigger = 0;
            enableOptics = 0;//0;//false;
            showWeaponAim = 0;//0;//false;
            weaponIK = 0; //1
            leaning = "empty";
            aimingBody = "empty";
            aiming = "empty";
            forceAim = 1;
            limitGunMovement = 9.1;
            enableDirectControl = 0;
            variantsPlayer[] = {};
            variantsAI[] = {};
            soundOverride = "";
            soundEnabled = 1;
        };........```

Thats the config for the animation

{
    class Default
    {
        limitGunMovement=1;
    };
    class States;
    class DefaultDie;
    class StandBase: Default
    {
    };
    class TransAnimBase;
    class InjuredMovedBase;
        class BlendAnims;

    class ManActions 
    {
        dsr_Act_Gut_Corpse[] = {"dsr_Gut_Corpse","Gesture"};
.......```

Thats the mask

    {
        BodyFullReal[] = {"Head",1,"Neck1",1,"Neck",1,"weapon",1,"LeftShoulder",1,"LeftArm",1,"LeftArmRoll",1,"LeftForeArm",1,"LeftForeArmRoll",1,"LeftHand",1,"LeftHandRing",1,"LeftHandPinky1",1,"LeftHandPinky2",1,"LeftHandPinky3",1,"LeftHandRing1",1,"LeftHandRing2",1,"LeftHandRing3",1,"LeftHandMiddle1",1,"LeftHandMiddle2",1,"LeftHandMiddle3",1,"LeftHandIndex1",1,"LeftHandIndex2",1,"LeftHandIndex3",1,"LeftHandThumb1",1,"LeftHandThumb2",1,"LeftHandThumb3",1,"RightShoulder",1,"RightArm",1,"RightArmRoll",1,"RightForeArm",1,"RightForeArmRoll",1,"RightHand",1,"RightHandRing",1,"RightHandPinky1",1,"RightHandPinky2",1,"RightHandPinky3",1,"RightHandRing1",1,"RightHandRing2",1,"RightHandRing3",1,"RightHandMiddle1",1,"RightHandMiddle2",1,"RightHandMiddle3",1,"RightHandIndex1",1,"RightHandIndex2",1,"RightHandIndex3",1,"RightHandThumb1",1,"RightHandThumb2",1,"RightHandThumb3",1,"Spine1",1,"Spine2",1,"Spine3",1,"Spine",1,"Pelvis",1,"LeftLeg",1,"LeftLegRoll",1,"LeftUpLeg",1,"LeftUpLegRoll",1,"LeftFoot",1,"LeftToeBase",1,"RightLeg",1,"RightLegRoll",1,"RightUpLeg",1,"RightUpLegRoll",1,"RightFoot",1,"RightToeBase",1};
    ```

https://pastebin.com/5X9He8S2

Thats the model.cfg

its inside the folder where the rtm is located

Just having the .rtm unbinarized works ingame

Im using pbo Project

[bold mauve]

im propably a dummy, but can i find the biskeleton.p3d anywhere? for handanim reference

[desert raven]

there isnt any

and p3d skeleton would not really be useful since its not rigged in any way and does not import as armature into bledner

theres a guide in the pins that should get you on right path

[bold mauve]

ah, thanks, ill take a look at that

[desert raven]

how are you playing the animation?

[timid rover]

playActionNow

[desert raven]

you are making it as a gesture though

[timid rover]

yea

its a gesture

[desert raven]

does it play with switchmove?

[timid rover]

no it dosent

[desert raven]

does it show up in animation viewer

[timid rover]

Never tested it there

[desert raven]

does the classes show up in config viewer

also there is no option to make unbinarized pbo with pboproject

so how does that happen exactly?

[timid rover]

If I pack it without binarizing I use pbo manager

[desert raven]

:L

[timid rover]

He tries to do the gesture but it looks like he dosent use all his bones

so I assume when binarizing it something goes wrong with the bones

I guess the model.cfg is wrong ?

[desert raven]

does pboProject give out any errors?

how is the animation made?

[timid rover]

using \A3S_Client\data\anims\model.cfg to test gut_corpse.rtm

dosent show any errors

The animation is back from the desolation project which I allowed to use

Im not able to do animation myself, atleast I never tried it

so I cant dig more into details

[desert raven]

I assume it has worked for them then

in same way you are trying to use it now

[timid rover]

yea the animation is completly fine and I always used it unbinarized but now I want to have it binarized

and they had it binarized as well before and it worked

so something goes wrong in the process

Do I have to add the animation name into model.cfg ? just like you do it p3ds? I guess not

[desert raven]

no

should be enough that the model.cfg is next to the rtms

[timid rover]

did you check the model.cfg I sended ?

[desert raven]

looks alright

it could be the rtm bones dont match the model.cfg

[timid rover]

wouldnt Pbo project then say something ?

also does it matter if its upperCase or ? Like lets say its called neck1 inside the model.cfg und Neck1 in the rtm

[desert raven]

they should match

model.cfg having the correct naming

[timid rover]

so I guess I have to load this rtm to blender to see if everything is correct

never done this before, but time to learn something new

[desert raven]

blender will load it no matter the casing.

but the blender rigs used may not always have right casings

[regal mauve]

Is there a limit for animation count in CfgModel ?

[potent turtle]

Good afternoon dear "animation makers", I recently started to study animations in Arma and unfortunately faced a problem that I can not understand yet, is it possible to somehow remove weapons from the hands? That is, that when playing gestures in the hands was not any weapon.

[desert raven]

have run model.cfg with thousands of animations so probably not?

[desert raven]

you would have to script it out of inventory if you want it completely gone

usually such animations are made so that main weapons are on back

if they are in the inventory

[regal mauve]

I have a building which some animations are broken. I'm trying to find the reason why. The building is less than 2048 geometry components, it has exactly 254 bones and i on't know why all the animation are working fine in each LOD in Object Builder but when i launch Arma 3, the animation are broken...

[desert raven]

too many bones then

like I mentioned there are other factors too it seems

[regal mauve]

Ok, I'm alreaddy trying to split the building let's hope it works fine this time

[potent turtle]

Oh, I get it, thanks for the help!

[thin temple]

When you are close to the bone limit, the other factor seems to be related to bones that are in multiple sections[], counting twice, as far as I can tell.

[regal mauve]

hmmm

[covert canopy]

does anyone know

why my boy

be doing a lil party

instead of holding his gun

basically a brand new baby to animating in general so I posed very basic as a test

but he just throws his lil hands up

hold on I might have done that totally wrong

nevermind fixed it

https://tenor.com/view/facepalm-really-stressed-mad-angry-gif-16109475

fucked up my moveset

[desert raven]

dont see your weapon bone in the animation

[covert canopy]

yeah I reread the documentation pinned

and realized I did a dumb

it's fixed now

[regal mauve]

This time i have a building with only 100 bones but the animations are broken. What can be the reason ?

[fast canopy]

Without knowing what and how broken, we can't be sure about anything

[regal mauve]

My building is 50x50m, it's made of 57 doors and 16 windows. The geometry has 860 components. When i animate door 1 and 2, everything goes fine but when i try to open another door, the animation is broken

[fast canopy]

I think I want to try skeleton without Door 1 and 2 first

[regal mauve]

just tried it and it animations are still broken

the skeleton was made of 220 bones but i reduced it to 100 bones to be sure

[fast canopy]

I'd assume you made the weight 100% sure already, so I think your skeleton array is somehow broken

[regal mauve]

weight is ok but animations are broken on every lod in OB

[regal mauve]

problem found, the memory lod was not at the correct scale

[regal mauve]

can you tell me what was the solution ? I have the exact same issue with a handanim

[fast canopy]

This

[covert canopy]

There is a PDF guide in the pins of this channel

read it and follow it exactly

and it should fix your issues

[regal mauve]

hmm maybe that's because i only put one frame in the rtm....

[fast canopy]

That's not a concern

One frame is enough for a handanim

[covert canopy]

rtm should only be one frame if I remember that guide correctly

yep what polpox said

[regal mauve]

then i definitely don't know what's wrong with this handanim. Someone told me that's because the hands are too far away from the body so i'm gonna try that. Here is an image

[covert canopy]

remove and add the frame again, not near my computer but something looks wrong about that

and go through the guide again step by step for the frame setup

[fast canopy]

We don't know how it is wrong ingame tho

[regal mauve]

Here is an image ingame

[fast canopy]

This means your binarization/PBO creation is wrong

[regal mauve]

I already corrected the weapon direction

[fast canopy]

You need to use a correct software

[regal mauve]

@desert raven told me the same thing but i tried bankrev and i'm getting the same error. I'm using PboManager and so far i didn't have any issue with this program

[fast canopy]

PBO Manager is the problem here

[regal mauve]

bankrev is returning the same result

[fast canopy]

If in doubt just use Addon Builder

[regal mauve]

Addon Builder ? What is that ?

[fast canopy]

A official PBO packer software

[regal mauve]

Isn't it called Filebank ?

[fast canopy]

No

[regal mauve]

My bad, i didn't realized it was the one that's inside A3 Tools

Well, i'm gonna try and see but i have very little hope on this one

[fast canopy]

Actually the pinned guide told you to use either Addon Builder or Mikero's Tools

[desert raven]

Addon builder has had problems with rtms in the past if I recall right. I've used mikeros toolset for long time

[bold mauve]

i had to change to mikros tools (pboproject) last month cause addon builder didnt want to include .rtms in .pbos

[fast canopy]

In case you don't know AB requires to specify which file (or extension) to include

But if you can use pboProject it is 100% better

[white juniper]

Yes. That would be the official pbo packer.
But you don't actually want a plain pbo packer, you'll want a addon/mod packer. That does more than simply putting stuff into pbo

[potent turtle]

Hello, I have a problem when creating an animation, for some reason it breaks animations from other mods. That is, when you load your own mod with their animations, then animations from other people's mod begin to replace each other and reproduced not correctly, because of what can arise this situation if my config is not crossed with other people's animations?

[fast canopy]

Can you tell what exactly is the issue? How it is broken?

[potent turtle]

I enter the game with 3 mods: 1) My animations 2) IMS 3) lightsaber and force. When I use the lightsaber and right-click, I have a different animation, not what should be played, when I remove my animations from the preset, then everything works as it should. I have this problem happens when I make just my animation and when I make gestures, always different animations are replaced.

I'm going to go into the game now and record a video of these problems.

[potent turtle]

Sorry to disturb you, but somehow miraculously everything is fixed, yesterday only this problem was there, today it is no longer there.

[fast canopy]

Okay, now it certainly sounds like an AnimDataCache issue

[unreal sage]

Good Evening, I am looking to create a new animation for "Tactical Walking" (AmovPercMtacSrasWrflDf)
I have created the actual RTM itself but when put in game I have several issues

1. The actual player doesn't move, the animation plays but the character doesn't move around in the game environment
2. The "Torso" sections don't move at all

I am using the Blender Arma Rig for creating and exporting the animation

The config looks like this:

class AmovPercMtacSrasWrflDf: AmovPercMwlkSrasWrflDf
        {
          stamina = -0.1;
          relSpeedMin = 0.7;
          relSpeedMax = 1.1;
          duty = 0.5;
          soundOverride = "Tactical";
          aimPrecision = 1;
          file = "NAVSPECWARGRU2\NAVSPECWARGRU2_Sys_Animations\Anim\amovpercmtacsraswrfldf.rtm";
          speed = 1.35;
          headBobStrength = 0;
          actions = "RifleStandActionsTacF";
          collisionShape = "A3\anims_f\Data\Geom\Sdr\Perc_Wrfl_offset.p3d";
          InterpolateTo[] = {"AmovPercMstpSrasWrflDnon",0.02,"AmovPercMtacSrasWrflDfl",0.01,"AmovPercMtacSrasWrflDfr",0.01,"AmovPercMrunSrasWrflDf",0.02,"AmovPercMrunSrasWrflDf_ldst",0.02,"AmovPercMwlkSrasWrflDf",0.02,"AovrPercMstpSrasWrflDf",1.02,"AmovPknlMtacSrasWrflDf",0.02,"Unconscious",0.02,"AmovPknlMstpSlowWrflDnon_relax",0.1,"AmovPercMtacSrasWrflDl",0.02,"AmovPercMtacSrasWrflDbl",0.02,"AmovPercMtacSrasWrflDb",0.02,"AmovPercMtacSrasWrflDbr",0.02,"AmovPercMtacSrasWrflDr",0.02,"AmovPercMrunSlowWrflDf_AmovPpneMstpSrasWrflDnon",0.02,"AmovPercMtacSlowWrflDf_ver2",0.02,"AmovPercMtacSlowWrflDf",0.5,"AmovPknlMstpSrasWrflDnon",0.02,"AmovPercMrunSlowWrflDf",0.02,"AmovPercMevaSrasWrflDf",0.02};        
};

[desert raven]

for movement the animation (RTM) will need to have a motion vector written to it

this should Ideally match with what speed the walk cycle would move the character so that there is no sliding/moonwalk effect

[unreal sage]

Gotcha, lemme give it a shot

[desert raven]

negative Y being the forward direction in Arma

[unreal sage]

Got the movement working, however the torso movement still isn't working for some reason

[desert raven]

what does that mean exactly?

[unreal sage]

The walking animation incldues Torso movement, but in game the torso isn't actually moving at all

[hoary blaze]

what are some good animation addons from workshop, I want stuff like smoking cigarettes and stuff for a SOG mission. Thanks guys!

[frail birch]

there are none like that

maybe I recall seeing a single one in one of the packs on Workshop but it's static, as in no movement, no transition, just a silly pose for screenshot and it looked more like someone trying to "kawaii" pose.

[daring crescent]

Hi.Please tell me how to fix the rifle on the back, so that later, when playing the animation, if the player has a weapon, the rifle will be fixed on the back.

[desert raven]

it would have to be on the back in the animation

assuming this is related to the issue at #arma3_questions

[daring crescent]

Yes.I'm just thinking maybe I should try changing the animation instead of hiding the weapon.

Don't you need to untie the rifle by hand?You just start moving your hand into the blender and the rifle starts moving too.Won't the rifle move when the hands move when playing the animation

Can you tell me where to find clear animation tutorials for arma 3?

[desert raven]

nowhere

there arent really any

but you should easily be able to find animation tutorials for blender and how to play with the constraints that the armaRig is using

you can even toggle constraints on and off with keyframes to tie a free roaming bone like the weapon to different targets at different times

[daring crescent]

Thanks, I solved the problem by changing the animation, I just put the rifle underground. 🙂

[frail birch]

perhaps someone can explain this
there is a vanilla animation called Acts_Waking_Up_Player. When executed in unit's init field, it is looped infinitely until player keeps pressing buttons, then it automatically transforms into the Acts_Getting_Up_Player, and then again a button has to be pressed to gain control over the unit back.
if it's executed after mission start, no matter in what way, it immediately starts in the Acts_Getting_Up_Player phase, with or without a weapon, and you instantly regain control. Why is it like that? Any way to control this anim's behaviour so it doesn't "soft-lock" player on mission start?

[desert raven]

what commands do you use?

[frail birch]

this ```sqf
_unit switchMove "Acts_Waking_Up_Player";
_unit playMoveNow "Acts_Waking_Up_Player";

```sqf
_unit switchMove "Acts_Waking_Up_Player";
_unit playMoveNow "Acts_Waking_Up_Player";
_unit playMove "Acts_Getting_Up_Player";
```seems to make it work, as in the first animation is played once and then transforms into getting up one, but ends in a "frozen" position that player can leave only when movement button is pressed

also just remembered that I tried to use the waking up one as a "drunk" animation (it works with bis_fnc_ambientAnim), but when you hit or straight up kill that unit, it will play the getting up animation and then go into ragdoll...

[desert raven]

they have transition animations in between and no direct connection/interpolation to death state

[frail birch]

huh, so I guess no other way than switchmoving to an empty animation on death?
and regarding the first thing, how does the anim check whether unit has a sidearm or not? Because it somehow figures out which animation to play depending on that factor

[desert raven]

each weapon type has their own action list and stances

and depending on stance different actions are used

and different transitions from stance to another may happen

[shy yoke]

How are custom anims applied to pistols in terms of their holding animation? I saw on some threads that handAnim doesnt work for them, but checking rhs for example, they use handAnim just fine... Is there some magic in the model.cfg or elsewhere that makes it work?

I've tried using handAnim on a pistol of my own, and its like the line doesnt exist, it just uses the inherited anim

[desert raven]

cant alter right hand as the pistol proxy is glued on the right hand

so moving right always moves the weapon too

[shy yoke]

Thats fine, the weapon is like a detection meter, so I kind of want the hand to be holding it in its palm, it can be attached to it

[desert raven]

other than that it should work the same way as rifle and launcher hand anims

[shy yoke]

I dont see why it doesnt work then, the animation works fine when the weapon is a primary but not when its a secondary

[desert raven]

same animation probably wont work

but you mean it shows no difference at all?

[shy yoke]

As a primary its holding it correctly, as a secondary the animation used is the standard pistol animation

Its like it skips the line in the config entirely

[potent turtle]

Hello, I have a problem, when I load my animation in arma 3 and use it, I can spin around, how can I remove this?

[median magnet]

Hello everyone ! I would like to make an animation of a plant "growing". How could I proceed so that it is initially small, and that it grows when I advance the animation? I was thinking about translations but I will have to put them at each point

[desert raven]

Thta would be very very complex thing.

Plant growing is not just extending or scaling up, it's creatinging new parts on it.

[golden igloo]

Hello everyone, most likely this question has already been asked, but I would be grateful if they answered me too.
Is it possible to import player animations into a blender, and if so, how?

[rugged crypt]

Hello smart people, coming to you for advice. We are pretty new to arma modding and mainly animations. But we have this problem.
We have an animation of a shell "loading" inside a mag, the problem is that we would like to have the shell hidden until the loading anim is supposed to be played.
So pretty much this:

While the shell is not loaded have it hidden
While the shell is being loaded (move on axis into the mag) have it shown
While being loaded (inside the mag) have it shown
If there needs to be another "shell" inside the mag for the loaded state, that's fine.

The images should show it more clearly.

We got defined the AnimationSources in the CfgVehicle like so:

class AnimationSources {
            class mine_1_load_source {
                source = "user";   // "user" = custom source = not controlled by some engine value
                initPhase = 0;     // Initial value of animations based on this source
                animPeriod = 0.5;  // Coefficient for duration of change of this animation
                sound = "loadMine1";
                soundPosition = "axis_mine_1";
            };
.
.
.
};

and model.cfg is something like this

class Animations
        {
            
            class mine_1_load
            {
                type="translation";
                source="mine_1_load_source";
                selection="mine_1";
                axis="axis_mine_1";
                minValue=0.0;
                maxValue=1;
                offset0 = "0.0";
                offset1 = "-0.55";
                animPeriod = 10;
            };
.
.
.
};

OK, nevermind, having two sources to the same selection, one for the move and one for the hide sorts this. Now, is the best way to sync those using sleeps in sqf or?
The video shows what I had in mind if it wasn't clear

[desert raven]

you could make the translation animations for each shell individual and give each different timing between 0 and 1

[rugged crypt]

They are individual. I was just testing with a simple for loop as that's what will be in code for init.

Mainly given they will be loaded one by one by the player manually.

The sync I ment more like the hide/unhide move in/out.

In total 8 anim sources, four hide and four translation

[eager sphinx]

Is it possible to make an animation via configs abide by the speed of the players animationspeedcoef?

[desert raven]

The command should just work as far as I know, don't think there is anything in animation config that enables or disables it.

[median magnet]

Hello, I am making an animation, and I would like my animation with class "2" to be hidden when the animation "plante" is between 0.0 to 0.15, and 0.30 to 1.0. Additionally, let the selection only appear between 0.15 and 0.30. I can't do it, does anyone know how to do it?

class 2
            {
                type = "Hide";
                selection = "2";
                source = "plante";
                animPeriod = 0;
                sourceAddress = "clamp";
                minValue = 00.00;
                maxValue = 1.0;
                hideValue = "0.0";
                unHideValue = "0.15";
            };```

[median magnet]

It's okay, I found it, it was enough to recreate an animation lol

[desert raven]

👍

[median igloo]

is upDegree the state used when aim is obstructed by another unit/player in ffv turret?

[desert raven]

no there generally is specifc state defined for each FFC action set

for obstructed state

[median igloo]

Thank you, Mr. GreatGoat

[median igloo]

In CfgMovesMaleSdr, does obstructed tell the engine that this is an obstruction move or that aiming is not allowed in this move?

[desert raven]

the action tells its the obstructed move. the parameter should likely tell cant aim

[desert raven]

weaponobstructed= is the parameter btw. there is no plain "obstructed=" paramteter

[median igloo]

Ok, thank you

[desert raven]

these are actions list for different FFV action sets

[median igloo]

Gotcha, trying to patch passenger_flatground_4_vehicle_passenger_stand_1 so that when you become obstructed with binos, you do not swap to your primary and obstruct

[grim rover]

Hello, could someone please point me to the correct sample to check how to set up an animation of a bone the movement of which gets translated from the movement of another bone?
Basically the smaller wheels control the horizontal / vertical turret / gun movement, and should thus rotate along their own axes when the turret is being moved, most likely with some sort of a movement multiplier.

I really can´t find a sample where this case would be covered, I think I remember seeing this done in the rhs kornet, but that´s about it.
I have tried simply using a rotation animation for them with the otocvez/otochlaven source, but it does not work.

Where should I look for reference?

This should probably explain it better

[fast canopy]

How is the model.cfg's animation part? Especially the handle part

[grim rover]

so me having little to no knowledge I tried doing it like this

class MainTurret {
                type = "rotationY";
                source = "mainTurret";
                selection = "OtocVez";
                axis = "OsaVeze";
                minValue = "rad -360";
                maxValue = "rad +360";
                angle0 = "rad -360";
                angle1 = "rad +360";
                memory = 1;
            };

            class rotation_handle_horizontal {
                type = "rotation";
                source = "mainTurret";
                selection = "handle_horizontal";
                axis = "axis_handle_horizontal";
                minValue = "rad -360";
                maxValue = "rad +360";
                angle0 = "rad -360";
                angle1 = "rad +360";
                memory = 1;
            };```

But this is 99 percent wrong since I barely have any clue how to go about it.

the handle selection is linked to otocvez

[fast canopy]

The angle0 and 1 part is controlling the rotation amount

In this case both uses the same source, so same value will be applied, and angle0 and 1 are, in this case, converting rad -360 -> rad -360 and so fourth, for both animation

[grim rover]

Hmm. But wouldn´t that mean that the handle should actually rotate at least? Because I can´t even get it to do that. I would have assumed in this case it would rotate at the same rate as the turret, since they use the same source.

[fast canopy]

I guess I want to make sure:

• selections are correctly applied
• axis are actually there
• probably exaggerate the angle to confirm if it actually is working or not

[grim rover]

cheers I will check

[thin temple]

"mg1_otochlaven",            "mg1_otocvez",
"mg1_firing_crank",            "mg1_otochlaven",
"mg1_firing_handle",            "mg1_firing_crank"```

```// turret rotation
class mg1_turret
{
    source = "mg1_turret";
    type = "rotationY";
    selection = "mg1_otocvez";
    axis = "mg1_osaveze";
    minValue = "rad -360";
    maxValue = "rad 360";
    angle0 = "rad -360";
    angle1 = "rad 360";
};
// turret elevation
class mg1_gun: mg1_turret
{
    source = "mg1_gun";
    type = "rotationX";
    selection = "mg1_otochlaven";
    axis = "mg1_osahlavne";
    minValue = "rad -360";
    maxValue = "rad 360";
    angle0 = "rad -360";
    angle1 = "rad 360";
};
#define MK18_MAG_COUNT 24
// firing crank rotation
class mg1_firing_crank
{
    source = "mg1_revolving";
    sourceAddress = "loop";
    type = "rotation";
    selection = "mg1_firing_crank";
    axis = "mg1_firing_crank_axis";
    minValue = 0;
    maxValue = 1;
    angle0 = "rad 0";
    angle1 = MK18_MAG_COUNT * rad 180;
};
// firing handle counter-rotation
class mg1_firing_handle: mg1_firing_crank
{
    selection = "mg1_firing_handle";
    axis = "mg1_firing_handle_axis";
    angle1 = MK18_MAG_COUNT * rad -180;
};```
@grim rover

[grim rover]

ah, hmmmm, interesting

thanks a lot, I will check it out

[thin temple]

The firing handle counter-rotates so that the gunner can have his right hand IK'd to it without breaking his wrists as it goes around.

The crank and handle axis points are part of otochlaven, so they rotate with the weapon movement.

Example is the Mk18 grenade launcher from SOG:PF DLC.

Also config.cpp

{
    class mg1_reload
    {
        weapon = "vn_mk18_v_01";
        source = "reload";
    };
    class mg1_reloadmagazine: mg1_reload
    {
        source = "reloadMagazine";
    };
    class mg1_revolving: mg1_reload
    {
        source = "revolving";
    };
};```

[grim rover]

cheers, I will try to figure it out 🙂

[grim rover]

Yep managed to get it to work, thanks a lot

[cyan fable]

would anyone have recommendations for a chest compression mod for high ready, and how to go about making it

dm me and i can send example if your confused

[inland holly]

how would I get a fan to spin. The closest thing I can find in the samples is a wheel but what would I put in the config animation sources to make the fan just spin by default?

[thin temple]

{
    source = "time";
    sourceAddress = "loop";
    type = "rotation";
    selection = "fan1";
    axis = "fan1_axis";
    minValue = 0;
    maxValue = 3;
    angle0 = "rad 0";
    angle1 = "rad 360";
};```

[inland holly]

amazing :)) thank you!!

[oak veldt]

says im missing a ";" but idk where...

I put one after "CUP_kitchen_chair_a" because i thought that was what it was wanting but that didnt work

[desert raven]

what are you trying to do?

this does not seem like valid thing at all

[oak veldt]

someone suggested I try this code out to make this chair float and rotate @desert raven

I'm trying to make this chair look like its rotating to look ominous for an SCP short film

[desert raven]

that code is animation class for model.cfg animations

nothing to do with scripting or live game use

[oak veldt]

ah i wouldnt know i dont know code i just had someone suggest i try it

would you happen to know how i do what i need?

[desert raven]

nope

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands

but this is what you got available

if its physX object you might be able to manipulate it via different force type commands

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addForce like this

[oak veldt]

how would i find out if its a physX object?

[desert raven]

does it fall down in game?

[thin temple]

that's my code from earlier lol

[oak veldt]

yeah i know

but someone in #arma3_editor suggested i try it on the chair

just to see if it would work

turns out it didnt

lol

[oak veldt]

no

[desert raven]

then its not physx object and force commands dont work

[oak veldt]

fuck

[desert raven]

you can attach it to physX object and try apply force on that instead

or you can set its directions and postiion per frame

but all that stuff is more #arma3_scripting related

[oak veldt]

im not very well versed in code so i'm not sure how to do any of that would you know of any tutorials that may help?

like literally all i know how to do is make an aux mod and using code to change textures for things lol

[desert raven]

well there arent really any specific tutorials for this kind of a thing

KilzoneKids tutorial series on his homepage helped me get started long time ago

[oak veldt]

awesome thank you

[latent grail]

Hi all. I need help with this problem. I have an axe item and its animation gives me a bone error because a bone was added to the animation itself which is not in the model. Tell me how to open an rtm file to remove an unnecessary bone

[desert raven]

is it RTM you made?

[latent grail]

rtm I made another person, but there is no connection with him, and I don’t know how to open it. so I needed help, either how to open it, or a link to a detailed guide on how to make the animation so that I could remake it without errors.

[desert raven]

if its not your own you cant fix it.

you'll have to learn how to do blender animations and make one for yourself

unfortunately tehre arent really detailed guides on that

there is basic one for static poses in pinned messages

that should help you get started

the rest youll have to figure out

[latent grail]

Do you happen to have a link to a lesson on blender on how to create it and what you need for it?

I understand that for arma3 animation you need arma3toolbox for blender and that’s it or some other software

[desert raven]

the basic one is in the pinned messages on this channel

[latent grail]

Thanks

[gilded rampart]

how do you create anims for gestures over regular anims etc?

[fast canopy]

??? and profit actually. There're three or four basic stance anim in Samples, but basically that's it

Had to say if blending animation is better it is better, anyways...

[gilded rampart]

its just for high ready/low ready bits

[fast canopy]

Actually it still would require upper body anim I guess

[gilded rampart]

do you like just not keyframe everything else in the rtm

[fast canopy]

Interpolation in your animation software will not be considered (but linear) in RTMs so every frame have to be baked into keyframe if that's the question

[gilded rampart]

my question is moreso what makes an rtm something for a gesture over a standard animation

if anything

[fast canopy]

Well basically blending is "overwrite" AFAIK

[gilded rampart]

roger doger

[desert raven]

No difference in rtm. Like polpox says it's config that defines the blend group

[azure nest]

@tired needle : https://www.reddit.com/r/arma/comments/3v4eo5/tweaked_rabbits_now_want_you_dead_more_often/

[zenith token]

killer rabbit... use the holy grenade!

[azure nest]

THOU SHALL COUNT TO 5

THREE!

Anyone remember this classic? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT1demZhkw8

[empty token]

I've recently just gotten Arma 3 and I would like to know how to make cinematics/scenes. I've been researching for a bit but I am unsure of what to do. At the current moment, I'm trying to make a simple walking animation

[desert raven]

complex thing to make as a first thing

however you dont necessarly need to make custom cutscene animations to make arma cinematics and scenes

you can use all the vanilla animations in game already

[empty token]

Then what do you recommend as a beginner?

[empty token]

That is what i am attempting to use

[fast canopy]

Learn to scripts first

[desert raven]

you can command AI to move to places, you can record movement for playback with UnitCapture command

you can play animations with SwitchMove PlayMove commands

scripting is pretty big part of making cinematics

[empty token]

Know any good places to try and learn how to script?

[desert raven]

the bi wiki has all the available scripting commands

BI forums has lot of questions and answers and there may also be some simple guides there

[empty token]

May I ask what is BI?

[fast canopy]

Bohemia Interactive

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/

[empty token]

Ah.

[gaunt forge]

lol.. i was expecting this https://youtu.be/wpVo82ynYJI

[fluid breach]

:D

[fast canopy]

On-the-fly animation configuring

Since 2.16, Dev-Branch's Diagnosis Exe introduced a new command: diag_resetanims which resets animation configuration cache in-game. With this command you can now tweak config and update animation without restarting the game.
To launch Diagnosis Exe, please refer to this post: #arma3_config message

1.Prepare config

Let's say you have a CfgMovesMaleSdr animation. Put a local file in absolute path so game can recognize RTM outside any PBOs.
Pseudo config:```cpp
class CfgMovesMaleSdr: CfgMovesBasic
{
class states
{
class yourAnim
{
file = "P:\yourAnim\yourAnim.rtm"
};
};
};````diag_mergeConfigFile` is also a good debug command to apply config change without restart.

2.Execute diag_resetanims

This command resets the current animation relationships and other caches that is stored in the current game session.
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/diag_resetAnims

diag_resetAnims```
Execute this in Debug Console and you're ready to go.
In order to apply/preview the update, you need to respawn player unit or restart the mission. Re-caching process takes a bit (about a few seconds)
This can be a very useful method to making animation network or synching reload animations with the weapon.

[fast canopy]

Oh don't Ninja me

[fast canopy]

I think I've done a good contribute to the server over the channels

[solemn pine]

Do you guys like my fishing animation? https://streamable.com/35pojh

Dont know why the animation is like 4 times faster than in blender and the dude is underground and moving

[desert raven]

youve not set its speed parameter correctly

and you have not made the animation above 0 height

other than that

nice 👍

[solemn pine]

where is that set?

[desert raven]

in the config

[solemn pine]

is it "animPeriod" ?

nvm its speed isnt it

and i did raise the whole thing above 0 in blender not sure whats wrong

[desert raven]

you raised the whole armature

not the animation

dont touch the armatures position

[solemn pine]

ok

[solemn pine]

thanks for help I got it fixed https://streamable.com/e77kwz

[grim rover]

I am looking at the animations guide, and am wondering about this bit:

Do the "triangles" mean proxies?

[desert raven]

yes

[grim rover]

cheers

[desert raven]

you can also separate them and hide them

for example if you have magazines as proxies you might want to replace that with a magazine model for animating stuff

and you will need to use the proxy to position the magazine (or some other attachment or whatever the proxy is used for)

[grim rover]

ah, I see, thanks.

I am only trying to create a static pose for the character to use when manning a static weapon

[desert raven]

then proxies are likely just in the way

[solemn pine]

How to animate character holding for example a guitar (if I were to make one into arma) in a static animation?

[desert raven]

well you would probabaly use the guitar model as reference in the scene and make the character pose look like holding it

and then in game when youplay the guitar pose animation you would also attach the guitar in same place it needs to be at

[grim rover]

Is the bit with the "connect the model to the weapon bone" correct in case of static weapons?

Doesn´t make too much sense to me.

okay maybe I am just stupid then lol

[desert raven]

in case of static weapon pose

[grim rover]

I reckon I just move the weapon bone in front of the character

[desert raven]

you would put the armature in the position where the proxy for the gunner is

weapon bone has nothing to do with static weapons

[solemn pine]

makes sense, althought fiddling with attachTo seems a bit painful.

[desert raven]

its the easiest way to position a object like that in right offset as long as you know what that offset is

[grim rover]

So the rig output controls the "pose", and the proxy controls the "position of the pose", right?

[desert raven]

If I understand that right, yes 😅

[grim rover]

then I probably shouldnt have deleted the gunner proxy lol

[desert raven]

example. this is the driver/pilot proxy

the armature is located at the proxy right hand corner and aligned with the proxys direction
I prefer to keep proxies straight up pointing but in some cases a proxy might be tilted etc so the armature needs to be tilted same way

[grim rover]

fair

[desert raven]

then the animation pose is done to fit the rest of the model

this applies to all vehicle crew positions

[grim rover]

Ah, I see. I´d like to test it, but for some reason my Arma toolbox doesnt have this "frame range" menu

[desert raven]

try reinstall it

may you got wrong version

[grim rover]

I guess yeah, because I cant even save the Blender file

[coarse nymph]

Hey guys, I have an incredibly long briefing conversation at the beginning of my mission and I'd like the guy briefing you to run thru a few different animations since the scene is 5 or 6 mins long. Does anyone know how to link multiple briefing anims together? I assume some of them must be created to line up together

[fast canopy]

There is no comprehensive answer anyways. An animation can be connected to one or maybe not via in-game config. You can post your code you have so we maybe can point something

[coarse nymph]

I mean does anyone know of anims that are designed to be played in sequence? So when one anim finishes he's standing in the correct place to start anim 2 without teleporting across the room at the beginning of the second anim

[desert raven]

those are likely more rare.

and there arent really any animation sequence mods out there I think

for cutscene purposes

[coarse nymph]

That's unfortunate. K thanks man

[cursive junco]

Blender version is 4.1, ArmaToolbox has been updated.

Attempting to add a RTM keyframe to export, specifically for a vehicle driverAction and gunnerAction. Seems that, when I click 'Add This Frame' or use 'Add Frame Range', I get an empty keyframe. Am I doing something wrong here?

[cursive junco]

Found out why, my project was corrupt.

[copper girder]

Hi everyone) I have a problem with HandAnim (for some reason the arms are reaching up instead of down), I followed Zach Gibsons' Arma 3 Tutorial, but in the game the animation doesn't look right. I tried to do this several times, but only the standard Handanim_rifletemplate.rtm works correctly. I only rotated the bones through "Points<Transform 3D<Show Local Axis". I package through Mikero pboProject and I don't see any errors related to rtm in binlog.
What is the problem? Is there any way to fix it? I will be grateful for help

[fast canopy]

Your laumcher bone may be out of place

[desert raven]

weapon and launcher bone will always remain on the shoulder

so weapon with that much offset is unlikley to work at all

but if you want to try it you will have to model it so that it is at waist height pointing to ground

about like this

the hand positions are read from the rtm relative to the weapon bone position

and the weapon hold RTM can not alter the weapon bones position

and only hands are read from the RTM and that is blended with the base rifle pose

so extreme changes like this might not work out at all

[copper girder]

thanks for the reply. Could the problem be because I am using Handanim_rifletemplate.rtm for pistol (not for rifle slot)? If so, where can I get handanims templates? For example for the pistol
Maybe you know some tutorial or documentation that might clarify these points? That would be cool

[copper girder]

I haven't touched the launcher and weapon bones. Also now I tried to change their position (I made them lower at waist level), but nothing changed. It's like there is no effect at all

[desert raven]

For pistol this is impossible to do

You could maybe achieve something similar by using scripts and playing gestures

[fast canopy]

Pistols can have weaponIKs, but not that cool anyways

Some CfgMoves states doesn't even support it

Also uh, I thought you're doing something with launcher IK

[desert raven]

Pistol is glued to the hand though

[fast canopy]

IIRC there are some examples that use pistol IK, like NIArms have MP5K pistol ver? But as soon as you have you'll see how it's bad

[desert raven]

So can't move right hand

[copper girder]

I understand correctly that if the character moves, the gestures animation will be interrupted? And it will look cringe

it just looks like this right now and maybe I shouldn't try to make the hand position 100 percent correct? I'm confused

[desert raven]

yes for pistol this is pretty much it

with scripting you might be able to rerun the gesture when needed

alternatively you could have new moveset

[copper girder]

thank you for your help) @desert raven @fast canopy

[buoyant lagoon]

Okay I am once again on that handanimation grindset, this time for static turrets.This is wat I got. Obv a big suboptimal if the guy is in the ground. Now I figured this would happen cause in blender when I paste my turret for reference its above the guy, so I had moved it down. My question is what should I do to have the animation not be so low?

[desert raven]

this is not a handanim, tis a gunnerAction animation

which is tied to the position of the proxy in the turret model

this point in the animation rig is the center of the character and that point is what is glued to the proxys right hand corner

so when you make gunner/crew animation you want to position and align the animation rig directly on the proxy

so you can create the animation in the exact correct spot and get all of the body aligned the way you want

[buoyant lagoon]

well yeah I said handanim out of habit lol. So this is where I have hte proxy positioned rn, are you saying I should just move the proxy up then?

[desert raven]

if your proxy were tilted for some reason you would align the rig to it same way

typically the prxoy is at "waist height"

but that works too

your rig would be here

and then in the pose you would move it up

[buoyant lagoon]

Okay wat about moving the rig in blender instead, how do you do that?

[desert raven]

'

[desert raven]

the rig is always where the proxy is

if you move the proxy up, then you move the rig up

[buoyant lagoon]

oh sorry I meant more like doing this in blender moving the rig up there to get on the same level as the AIE, or is that not reccomended and instead I should just move the proxy location in object builder?

[desert raven]

you use the master bone

the big round thingy at the bottom

then you move pelvis bone and the feet squares to finetune it

[buoyant lagoon]

the green circle?

[desert raven]

yes

try all the different bones so you know what they do

[buoyant lagoon]

huh interesting, okay I will try first adjusting the master bone, and if that fails then ill just move the proxy in object builder

[desert raven]

the master moves the whole rig (in pose mode)

its object position remains same (aligned to the proxy)

[buoyant lagoon]

@desert ravenTY it works

[desert raven]

spagetti arms xD

it is possible to tie the proxy to the gun movement with separate bone and give the feet their own bones tied to feet IK parameters so you can adjust the pose follow the gun even more

[buoyant lagoon]

ahhhhhhh sounds 2 hard for me 🙂 Im sure no one will complain about Mr.spagetti

[desert raven]

😄 they wont yeah

[buoyant lagoon]

we can just say "ahhh its arma"

[desert raven]

you could make him do splits even 😄

[buoyant lagoon]

plus the base game 50 cal does it so if tis good enough for BI its good enough for me 🙂

oh?

claude van damme moment?

[desert raven]

yes

but maybe that is more silly than than bit of spagetti

[verbal island]

Dry humpin that thang

[desert raven]

if you have a chance check out the gunner of the TOW jeep in SOGPF

[buoyant lagoon]

oh does he do the splits?

will do

[desert raven]

well no splits

but it adapts pretty well to the non uniform space the gunner has dpeending on the turrets direction

it was quite interesting to make

[gilded rampart]

this is the funniest thing ive seen all week

[desert raven]

https://tenor.com/view/a-fistful-of-dollars-clint-eastwood-man-with-no-name-hat-tip-gif-4268634

[buoyant lagoon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/743367295602262048/1230268923866513480/image.png?ex=6632b438&is=66203f38&hm=e43b1c11e034ef32f9acb2258b2b741de453056f0928cedd9d9376f47b00d951&
must have fun time to time

[woeful pelican]

powerstance

[terse path]

I've made a 10s "dance" animation in blender on an armature rig, I used the latest ArmaToolbox to add all 630 keyframes to the RTM Keyframes list, then I exported it as an Arma 3 RTM (static pose disabled, clip frames to [0, 1] disabled). Now I have Object Builder open with the Arma 3 Samples\Addons\TemplateRTM\Male.p3d model loaded (currently just looks like a wireframe of a man in a basic pose), I right clicked in the Animation window, clicked From Matrices, and loaded the dance.rtm file I got from blender.

Now when I try to step through the animation keyframes in the list, its always the same pose on the wireframe model. In guides and forum threads online I've seen people's sample models be fully shaded standard male models, so I don't know if the issue is that I'm importing the wrong model for my anims.

I also followed @fast canopy's "how to animate" guide to create the configs for the mod (using the static animation cfg but setting the animation to looped and the speed = 0.1 to represent a 10 second animation clip), but it also didn't play any animation. My assumption is that the issue happening somewhere between exporting from blender and importing to Object Builder. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/520879197674143755/1230399964891320370/image.png?ex=66332e43&is=6620b943&hm=d1e23fd98274f126eaa48d419a6e4f2736617695059a6ecb3ee74653b1e372f1&

And my Object Builder currently looks like this
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/520879197674143755/1230400146022596700/image.png?ex=66332e6e&is=6620b96e&hm=50ed70b70227483c46ed43eea397f39b89ce6a96dad371119942fe7e4396a733&

[fast canopy]

First, you sure the RTM is not 0KB or 13KB (which usually means empty file or exported only one frame)

[terse path]

its 622 KB

[terse path]

One piece of context that may be important is that I made my animation before looking at any arma-related tutorials, so my armature model was from some other online source and has specific bone names that may be different from the names used in Object Builder. Not sure if that is a real issue, but figured I'd point it out https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/520879197674143755/1230578397512732743/image.png?ex=6622b0f1&is=66215f71&hm=45f5d13be83c0a1944d282065489005b3accaae08ac3c17cd7f8b6dbd0aa8ffc&

[desert raven]

it is

the bone names and armature shape needs to be correct

commonly people have used Macsers Armarig for making animations unless they want to make their own rig for some reason

[terse path]

I used my own because it came from some tool that provided the base animation for me

I suppose if I just rename all the bone names, it should work?

[desert raven]

maybe

[covert canopy]

homie got that squat goin on

[buoyant lagoon]

he too big , the shield doesnt cover him

[covert canopy]

sacrifices have to be made namenai

cut off his knees

[buoyant lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/order66-will-do-will-be-done-star-wars-revenge-of-the-sith-gif-22742954

[teal nexus]

hey guyz, i have made a missile silo and i want ask question about the top opening part of the silo about animating this part
all parts are created like the main body and the door
the 3dapp i use is 3dsmax 2024

[grizzled blaze]

i went with a completely different stance lmao i like yours better

tho mine is meant more for elites

[buoyant lagoon]

[gilded rampart]

its nerf or nothing

[dark glacier]

in the game called "Atlas" the crewmen on your ship handle the cannons in the same goofy way. But it doesn't seem to bother anyone. although it might be better if his fingers actually gripped the handles instead of looking like the palms of the gloves are glued to the handles. But i dont think anyone will complain about that either.

[buoyant lagoon]

oh I just made something real quick to see if it would even work, need to spend 5 min curling fingers if it didnt work 🙂
but it did work 🙂

[dark glacier]

that's super awesome. You did a good job from i can tell.

[buoyant lagoon]

some of it clips but ahhhhhhhhhhhh whos gonna notice

[dark glacier]

That's how i sit on toilet sometimes. in a public RR I use the full squat stance on top of the seat though; they call that "High Altitude bombing"! lol of course i leave my shoes on for that method

[grizzled blaze]

lmfao high altitude bombing, that made my day

[dark glacier]

you can thank my late Great Uncle Dick Thelemann for coming up with that beauty. I told him how me and my bro avoid the dirty public toilet seats and said "Son, That's not pooping, That's high altitude bombing!" what a great sense of humor he had.

[echo jewel]

Hello, I'm trying to create a static animation and I keep getting this error when I try to export it with pboProject

case mismatch 'Neck' in rtm vs 'neck' in skeleton
.preprocessing files produced an error```

[fast canopy]

model.cfg bones are case sensitive to what RTM has

[echo jewel]

ah ok

so should i capitalize neck in cfg?

[fast canopy]

Yep

May need to have other bones with uppercase too

[echo jewel]

now i'm getting the missing files error circa Line 126: A3\anims_f\data\skeleton\SkeletonPivots.p3d

[fast canopy]

Somehow I had same issue, you can copy and paste the P3D from Samples to there

[desert raven]

whats in RTM and in the source skeleton should match whats in model.cfg

always fix the source, not add bandaid in between

[desert turtle]

Can someone help me to understand the camera Arma 3.
I create waypoints, but at the control points, the camera slows down - can you somehow achieve the effect of a smooth passage through the key points. Maybe it's in the settings, or maybe there are some mods that can solve this problem? 🤔

[desert raven]

how do you move the camera?

[desert turtle]

When approaching key points, the camera slows down - this effect I want to somehow eradicate that the camera moves smoothly ☺️

[desert raven]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Key_Frame_Animation have a look at the wiki page about keyframe animations I believe there are variables you can change to alter how the camera moves and if it has linear movement speed through whole path

[junior barn]

Hello, I have created a gtr for a vehicle, so that it is standing next to the vehicle except that its view is reversed. He can look behind his head but he can't look in front, does anyone know where this could be coming from please?

[desert raven]

whats gtr?

[junior barn]

rtm* bad traduction

[desert raven]

I say 😅

is this seat supposed to face forward or backward?

[junior barn]

Yes forward

[desert raven]

what way is the proxy for the crew position pointing at?

and what way is the main model pointing at

[junior barn]

I see where you're going with this, I'll look into it right away

The proxy I've got is rear-facing, whereas my rtm is front-facing. If I switch to a forward-facing proxy, that should solve the problem

[desert raven]

perhaps

[junior barn]

it's working, thanks goat

[red jetty]

Ok random question for yall im trying to make a video for arma that involves a marching sequence how would i achieve that?

https://tenor.com/view/imperial-guard-warhammer40k-astra-militarum-battle-march-march-gif-25117763

[fast canopy]

Make a set of animations and use it in a script

[desert raven]

an animation with march and movement vector would probably work quite well. and get the movement on it as far as needed. Other option could be animatate longer "cutscene" type animation where the animation itself just looks like moving forward

[red jetty]

are there some already done or is it something id need to make? id be happy to do so but im new as hell to animating so not asking for a hold my hand experience just a quick pointer of "START HERE"

[fast canopy]

Unfortunately no. Making animation requires 3D animation software knowledge, to implement you also need to know the basics of Arma modding

[red jetty]

Copy understood ive made a couple mods in the past but it's all been things like headgear and vests, a few vehicles nothing animated wise.

Could look at using a program like mixamo or something similar and apply that to a basic rig.

Question then would be how to get it to play in arma

[fast canopy]

Mixamo etc won't convert an anim into Arma-ready armature, at least automatically. In-game wise, it's just a few lines (or single maybe) of SQF codes

[gentle wave]

Hey quick question i was trying to make some custom weapon animations and havent been able to have the right hand from the hand anim be where it is in blender when imported into the game. the animation i have been trying to create involves the hand being lower than most arma animations, like how A2S did the etika, Z6 in starwars mods, and webknights rotary cannon

[desert raven]

is it pistol?

[gentle wave]

no, primary

[desert raven]

the main thing about rifle is that its always at the shoulder. so if you want a weapon that is lower you have to offset it in the weapon model

except with webknights solution where the character has whole new moveset and the weapon is lowered in the movement animations themselves

and hands would still be posed around same weapon bone that is at the shoulder

webknights new moveset is cool too, but it may have difference in move speeds and such

so youll have to decide which method you want to use

[gentle wave]

thank you so much, ill have to look into both

additional question even for weapons at the sholder the right hand never seems to be in the correct spot when compared to the blender one, and all animations share the same right hand position

[desert raven]

the rifle pose offset can work alright

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/446446342131417088/528298739576602624/unknown.png?ex=6636918a&is=6635400a&hm=69bee04a9d5a27f1e35a6fb69f2a17de8ac0d5be14f8cdd003110e5ebb36e8c3&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=542&height=350

but it may be odd in prone

your pose or weapon bone may not be correct

if everything is set up right, it should match 1:1

though only hand and fingers are read

the rest is blended from the default rifle pose

[gentle wave]

ill have to triple check the files, thanks for all you help

[desert raven]

so shoulders, elbows etc wont be from your pose

[red jetty]

what gun is this

i need it

[desert raven]

goes brrrrrt

[red jetty]

i can see that

looks like a triple barreled minigun of some sort and the backpack is just chefs kiss

[pulsar nexus]

do you happen to have a solution for bolt-action based weapons?
Even some vanilla ones have jack-knife wrist situations going sadly

I've been trying to follow the tip you gave me a couple of months ago (#arma3_animation message) and that greatly improved the positioning and feeling of weapons I've been doing, but I've been struggling to make bolt actions consistent. A lof of the rifles that use the stock+body (like a sks for example) have a very elongated "hand rest" and basically require the tumb to be parallel to the rifle bore. That breaks the wrist immediately, and we can only lower the gun so much before it looks like it's being grabbed by a kid too sadly.

[desert raven]

This is one of the more challenging ones yeah since the underlying pose is more a standard pistol grip grabber.

Basically only thing that helps is turning the wrist more down so it does not bend so sharp and then use the finger bones to alter the shape of the hand (some unnatural movement may be needed). It is a bit janky and not easy to make look nice but not much else can be done except going into more elaborate route of alternate weapon stance movesets

Bolt action hand movements are also possible by playing gestures via eventhandlers. Some mods and even dlcs have done that

[pulsar nexus]

yeah, im doing so using vanilla config only with EH as mentioned 🙂

[pulsar nexus]

and I'll keep trying then, i was trying to avoid modifying the hand bone original configuration and joints positions but i guess the better option is to have pits instead of knifes haha

[desert raven]

If I remember I'll try to draw some examples later

[pulsar nexus]

that would be greatly appreciated!

[desert raven]

same requirements as with the vanilla skeleton

and animations

hand positions from handAnim are read relative to the weapon bone position

and weapon bone must have same naming in rtm (and rig) as it is in model.cfg

could be the hand/arm bone definition (somewhere in very base man class), have not really looked into that. It blends it with the underlying pose

like rifle up

how much, no idea if its controlled

it cant do very different poses well

so if you got rifle up on your shoulder all your weapons should be held in similar fashion for best visual outcome

this

OPTRE has the spartan, it has no issues with weapons afaik. TIOW has space marine which works as well

the tree hand thing typically is related to weapon bone name being different

ie Weapon in rtm weapon in model.cfg

if you basically use ofpManskeleton

then you dont need any other mod as reference

your issue is likely with the bone names

[cloud perch]

OPTRE Spartan is just OFP skeleton scaled up about 17%, so all the bones are the same

[wicked rain]

trying to port the A2 igla, anyone know how to fix the hand animations, or maybe make some new ones?

[desert raven]

A2 ones dont work without conversion through new rig as it has different bone names

[wicked rain]

how would I go about that?

[desert raven]

do you have any experience with Blender animating? 😅

[wicked rain]

No

[desert raven]

then it may be rather difficult

[fast canopy]

It should work without any conversion. It's just a binarizing issue

[wicked rain]

How would I debinarize it?

I've tried running it through binToCpp which is what I do with other binarized things like RVMATs but I get an error

[wicked rain]

I've found out about deRTM in Mikero's tools but it appears to only be in the premium version. Does anyone know of an alternative?

[fast canopy]

I'm not talking about animation binarization. I'm talking about PBO's

[wicked rain]

gotcha

[rigid dust]

Is there a vanilla animation that looks like rappeling?

[lyric flare]

Does anyone know if there is an option so that the playMove animation does not save the weapon in the scripts?

[desert raven]

save the weapon?

[lyric flare]

putting the gun on the back, in my animation it doesnt have to happen, but in the transition it does.

[desert raven]

thats how playmove works

I recall if there is a chain of animations it can do from your current animation to the one you try to play it playes the sequence

via the connection parameter

if you want to do animations on top of your current one, gestures might be the way to go

[lyric flare]

Ok, I'll check it, thanks.

[median crane]

Hi guys, Im getting around more than 1300 rpt errors regarding to legacy bone that doesn't exist in A3, like: "Error: Bone corr doesn't exist in skeleton OFP2_ManSkeleton." and so on, I know it's because it's a port from A2 but what's the solution? .. I tried reimporting to OB with the A3 skeleton and exporting again as .rtm but it keeps throwing the rpt errors..

[tired needle]

Michyleitor: Mikero's tools have a skeleton transfer function I believe, they were used to port all of CWR's RTM's.

[azure brook]

hoy, does anyone know if its possible to play any form of animation while in a vehicle? helicopter specifically. its a nice little immersion thing I'd love to implement if possible. some use cases, different poses for holding onto the frame, gesturing out the window, possibly hitting switches, dropping ordnance out the window etc
I've tried a couple of the doMove, playMoveNow commands but no joy

[desert raven]

Gestures might work.

[azure brook]

tried playGesture but that didn't seem to even be functional
also tried using ace gestures but no joy there either

figured there has to be a way.
saw in the little bird config they have stuff like "CfgMovesWomen" which has a list of what seems to be in cockpit animations

[desert raven]

I dunno where you seen that but no

😅

I think what you want to do may not be possible

[azure brook]

damn thats depressing lol

figured this had to mean something

[desert raven]

cfgmoveswomen is not used anywhere

these are likely reamains of some test

could be cutscene related

I honestly dont remember if you can play animations on top of the "in vehicle sitting action"

from what it sounds like from whay you have tried, its not possible

[azure brook]

I'm currently cheesing it by adding a couple different seats with alternate poses that you can only access via script 😄
textures are placeholder
only problem with this is theres no interpolation between poses which kinda sucks, could be fudged somehow but I don't know if its even worth it

[woeful pelican]

you can change the animation but idk about gestures

should try playAction instead

[forest lance]

switchMove works in vehicles.

[azure brook]

oh man, much appreciated! even playMove works so transitions can be configured (hopefully)
feel like I tried that before, guess I didn't use the correct moves

[desert raven]

👍

[median crane]

@tired needle you mean the DeRtm tool? uhmm.. I will need to binarize then and strip back and debinarize again with Dertm in order to do properly because I can't pass through the tool without the rtm unbinarized..

[stoic pulsar]

hello

im newbie, and i was wondering if there is a way where i can customize a arma 3 character from mods and take that model in blender for an animation and if so how?

[desert raven]

you can not take characters from mods

[stoic pulsar]

so how do animate then?

[desert raven]

for the basic arma man there is a community rig that can be used and the sample characters in arma3 samples

other than that you can create your own rig too if you like but that is quite advanced stuff

[stoic pulsar]

okay so i might have said it wrong or im just dumb but what im trying to achive is to take a arma 3 character I customized with mods that such as for example a odst helmet and a gun. Is there a way to save that model and take it to blender as a 3d model? Becuase the model works in game with the mods so thats where my mind set is at. I just like the charater i made and want to make a funny skit in blender. I can learn how to animte in blender im just worried about the character model.

[desert raven]

no

[stoic pulsar]

why is that?

[desert raven]

its just not how things work

[stoic pulsar]

but the arma 3 character is a 3d model that moves around the map with the mods to fit that character

[desert raven]

sure

but you cant take it out

[stoic pulsar]

why not?

[desert raven]

no is a no

[stoic pulsar]

okay but is it bad or you dont know?

[desert raven]

it is bad and is a no

[stoic pulsar]

why is bad ?

[desert raven]

would be stealing

we do not tolerate that

[stoic pulsar]

I thought mods are universal?

[desert raven]

no

you have permission to use it in game

nothing more

[stoic pulsar]

do people get paid for making mods for arma 3?

[desert raven]

no

but the mods are still their property

you are just loaning them

people make stuff

they dont take stuff

its in the channels names here too

_makers

not _takers

no is very simple answer

[stoic pulsar]

im confused so people can make mods but not make money but its not thiers?

[desert raven]

should not be hard to understand

[desert raven]

the mods are their property yes

they are not your property

you didnt make them

if you make something then that is yours

[stoic pulsar]

sorry let me fix this so if people make the mods then its theirs

[desert raven]

I dont know what that means

yes

[stoic pulsar]

so all I have to do is ask the people who made the mods?

[desert raven]

sure that you can do

if they want to give you models they can do so

but they can also say no

[stoic pulsar]

for sure

[stoic pulsar]

wait so if i make a video on youtube using thier mods in game thats okay?

[desert raven]

if its made in game yes

[bronze tartan]

Yo

You guys know the polpox animation thing right

how would I make it so I can shoot the enemies and they dont continue the animation

Cause I tried to kill one and his animation just continued

[desert raven]

its not meant to be used in live game

im fairly sure he states something like that in the mod description too

[bronze tartan]

oh yeah ur right

i forgot

mb

[desert raven]

to get out of animation you would likely need to play switchmove command on the unit upon its death

but if that works in your case

[stoic pulsar]

what does it mean when someone says textures in the context of mods?

[desert raven]

textures are image files that are drawn on 3d models

nothing different from textures in any other context

[fast canopy]

Which I say over and over and over again

[plain knot]

How do you attach an item to a characters hand in an animation

[desert raven]

you cant

well other than attachTo

bit that wont show right in first person

what is it you try to do?

[tired needle]

Not sure if DeRtm is what does it, he wrote something to specifically do batch bone removal.

[plain knot]

What about PIR/ animate/ WBK immersive animations

[plain knot]

Making a 3d model for the KAT IFAK where you pull it out and physically grab bits out of it

[desert raven]

either attachto or some form of weapon that is held during the animation

like I mentioned attachTo things dont work in first person

[desert raven]

this is very difficult thing

[plain knot]

Wdym? They work fine with the mods I mentioned

I mean the painkillers are slightly jank in PIR but everything else works great in first person

[desert raven]

the first person view is drawn on top of everything else

including things attached to say hands

only exclusion is the weapons as they are connected via proxies on the model

[plain knot]

So how would you go about making it work?

[desert raven]

fake weapon maybe

[plain knot]

Wdym fake weapon? Would it replace a slot or would I have to make it as a weapon

[desert raven]

I dunno, might not work right and is bit hacky anyway

there is no good way to pick up things in hands

[plain knot]

I don’t wanna pick it up off the ground, I wanna gave the guy pull it from his vest/ bag and hold it in front of him

Then whenever you unpack a slot he pulls it out

[desert raven]

basically same thing though

[plain knot]

Right

Is it an issue of not syncing with first/third person or what

[desert raven]

as a weapon you technically could hold it and do animations on it via reload

[plain knot]

The only issue I’ve found is with PIR it kind of goes in front of your gun and looks weird, but that’s only because it’s pointing at the floor

So if the dude was holding it in front of himself you wouldnt be able to tell that it’s drawn first or?

[desert raven]

hand would be drawn over it

[plain knot]

Also what is the attach to command?

[desert raven]

scripting command

[plain knot]

Ohh right I’ve got you

[desert raven]

it has a wiki page

[plain knot]

I know there are 2, one works and the other doesn’t

[placid ember]

Is there a tpose animation for characters in vanilla arma?

[desert raven]

animation, no dont think so

why?

[placid ember]

A mission related purpose

I want some characters tposing

[fast canopy]

It's A pose by default (TransAnimBase) otherwise no

[novel gust]

I'm having some problem creating actions. I have an(Presently commented out. it was tested in object builder) but I can't seem to get it to play through script. The same script works on the "gunner_fire" action. What could be wrong please?

As a very simple action, it works but doesn't return the previous action and I loose the ability to switch weapons and function as normal

[placid ember]

Thanks!

[indigo lagoon]

was there a program out there that converted a2 animations to a3?

[lapis elm]

By program do you mean a piece of software to do it for you?

[indigo lagoon]

ya i thought i read about one where you put the rtm in it

wasnt sure thats why im asking

[lapis elm]

I've never heard about that but there are some of the cutscene animations ported here https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/182815-a2c-arma-2-cutscene-animations-in-arma-3

[grim rover]

What does the marked word "weapon" refer to in the pinned pdf?

The imported weapon model or the weapon reference bone?

[fast canopy]

Imported

[grim rover]

Well then I really dont know what is the issue. I am doing whatever the manual is saying, but the result is always broken. It´s like the launcher reference is misplaced in-game or something, and then the arms just get broken.

If I play the animation via SwitchMove or import it into OB the hands are placed correctly.

[desert raven]

launcher bone name in the rig may not match what it is in the model.cfg and it needs to match

as in launcher/Launcher

[grim rover]

Hmm, do I need some "Launcher" skeleton in the model.cfg?

I looked at the sample weapon when making this, and I haven´t really noticed anything like that

[desert raven]

no rtms need the character model.cfg next to them

also how are you packing the rtm into pbo?

[grim rover]

I am using addon builder atm

[grim rover]

As in, it needs to be in the same folder?

I have only done stationary stuff up until now, so I have repurposed a model.cfg from one, but it might very well be missing something

It´s just that the logs show nothing

[desert raven]

put the rtm in its own separate folder and put a model.cfg from sample character in that folder

the weapon model.cfg has nothing to do with the rtm

[desert raven]

the logs cant figure out everything 😅

[grim rover]

They have been quite good at identifying skill issues up until now

[grim rover]

Thanks I´ll try it a bit later

[grim rover]

So I tried it, and there is no difference whether I have the character model.cfg in the folder with the .rtm or not. The result is somehow exactly the same 🤔

[desert raven]

how do you pack the pbo?

[grim rover]

addon builder

though I should be using hemtt

do I need to binarize it for it to work or something?

or is this simply a case of using a crap tool that does not detect possible errors

[grim rover]

well I guess not, because when I binarize it with addon builder it becomes 10 times more broken than it already is

[desert raven]

Ah addon builder has trouble with rtms

Id strongly recommend mikeros toolset and pboProject if you do animations

[grim rover]

I´ll try with hemtt first since I have that ready, and it worked okay for stationary weapon animations

[desert raven]

it too is probably better with rtms

[grim rover]

Unfortunately using hemtt doesnt seem to have fixed the issue

I am starting to wonder if my rig is actually correct or not.

[digital plume]

Hello everyone, I am new here. Can someone please give an advice on how to make custom animations for weapons such as reload etc.?

[desert raven]

pinned messages have basic guide for static poses

making multi frame poes is basically same, just with more frames

[digital plume]

Ok thx

Does this apply to dynamic animations like reloading, carrying a weapon, cuz i want to make a weapon mode with my own anims?

[desert raven]

weapon holding pose is an example of single frame static animation

a reload is basically extension of that

these are the character movements only though

weapon parts themselves are animated separately in the weapons own model

[digital plume]

Got it thank you very much

[sly violet]

Did anybody notice that you can stand up in spaces that should limit you only to crouch? Like in the shoot house crouch tunnel segments. With prone you are prevented from getting up, but not with crouch.
A bit annoying as I'm making a tunnel system and would like to keep player from standing up in places where he should be able to do so.
Could this issue be fixed with animation config tweak or some edits to the animations themselves?

[desert raven]

dont think so. Its tied to geometry space but its not super reliable

you can add some black mesh inside the walls so if someone pokes through they only see black

[sly violet]

Yeah. Thats what I'm doing now. I'm adding some extra geometry to prevent player from moving through as well.

[desert raven]

how high tunnel you got?

[sly violet]

1.3m

I tried a layered cake of geometry components in hopes that the will prevent the player from standing up, but no luck. It didn't even stop me from moving between the segments even through I put blocker components at the edges as well.
The prone section has a simple box at the ceiling and it works perfectly fine.
An yes, the components have mass.

[desert raven]

they are all valid convext boxes with component naming and mass yes?

[sly violet]

Yup, just cubes. the naming was generated along with mass. The prone version was using exactly the same geometry, just lowered the bottom of the ceiling, and that works fine.

[desert raven]

we have a crawlspace in one of the SOG bridges that did have this same problem I recall. the solution was to block view with those internal faces if I recall right.

[sly violet]

the problem is that if I stand up then I can move between sections of the tunnel without being stopped by the collisions.

[desert raven]

its something like 1.23 meters tall

[sly violet]

I think this might be animation related, rather than purely geometry stuff.

[desert raven]

the collision blob changes between stances and there likely are some failsafes in place

[sly violet]

With is why in prone you cannot get up in confined spaces, my guess whatever prevents that is missing from crouch to stand transition.

[desert raven]

let me know if you find anything fitting. cant recall finding anything when I did the bridge

[sly violet]

Ok, so I just did a test. I used the exact same geometry from prone section, I could crawl in but could not get up, good. Then I edited that geometry to raise the ceiling to crouch level, then I could stand up and clip into geometry.
I think there is definitely something going on with the animations.

[sly violet]

Ok, tried adding collisions, to stop player, but still I just phase through everything once I switch to standing animation.

[echo jewel]

Hi I'm trying to make static animations, how would I go about making animations that "interact" with each other?

For example, handshakes etc

I'm using the blender arma rig

[desert raven]

you would use 2 rigs at known distance/facing from each other that you can later replicate in game.
Then just animate them as normal

[echo jewel]

Like how would i like align them in the correct positions in relation to each other etc

[desert raven]

im sensing influence from helldivers

😅

[desert raven]

the animation is saved from the rigs position

so the rigs position in world space does not matter

[echo jewel]

i mean like

animating them

the rig

[desert raven]

1 rig at 0,0,0, second rig at 1,0,0

[echo jewel]

no i mean

like animating them

together

like putting the rig in the right places for it to look right

[desert raven]

move rig

rotate it

then enable pose mode

make animation

export

[echo jewel]

no i dont think you understand

like

if i wanted to animate 2 poses

[desert raven]

and make note of the relative trabsformation in world space so you can apply same relative transformation in arma world

[echo jewel]

and then have them positioned in the way that i wanted them to

because like right now what im doing is having 2 separate blender files and kind of guessing it

[desert raven]

duplicate armarig so you have 2 in same scene

only active rig frames get exported out

so you export each rigs frames separately

from same blend

[echo jewel]

when i duplicate it it looks like this

idk im stupid im not good at blender