#arma3_animation | ARMA | Page 21

crisp berry Apr 25, 2019, 6:12 PM

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so to get over fences, sandbags and other small obstacles, or small height differences

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but with pistol/binoc/unarmed you are limited to the crappy step over so far

lone cobalt Apr 25, 2019, 11:42 PM

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stupid question for a not so smart man

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in the cfgmoves

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where you define wich hand leads the weapon

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what exactly do the 1s and 0s before of the frametime mean

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example

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leftHandIKCurve[] = {0,1,0.237,1,0.266,0,0.739,0,0.972,1};
rightHandIKBeg = 1;
rightHandIKCurve[] = {0.001,1,0.237,0,0.266,1,0.739,0,0.972,1};
rightHandIKEnd = 1;

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nevermind

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got it

drowsy nymph Apr 25, 2019, 11:54 PM

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1 = IK on, 0 = IK off

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if anyone else wonders

frozen fable Apr 26, 2019, 10:17 AM

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What is the config attribute that disallows a player from moving while the anim is playing?

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I tried CanNotMove = "usg_restrained_s"; with usg_restrained_s being the classname of the animation but it doesn't work.

desert raven Apr 26, 2019, 10:35 AM

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Mm where did you pick the canNotMove???

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@frozen fable

frozen fable Apr 26, 2019, 10:38 AM

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Inside the class of my anim, i fixed it already just now by inheriting a different base class

regal dawn Apr 30, 2019, 6:54 PM

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Hi, could someone tell me how to set animations in the config? Also, i would like to make the animation loop (going over and over again). Tnx for the help.

desert raven Apr 30, 2019, 7:03 PM

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what kind of animations?

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also "how to animate a model" is a BI wiki page that should get you started

regal dawn Apr 30, 2019, 8:14 PM

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No just from the animation viewer, putting it correctly into the config, is it like "Set animation: ..."

desert raven Apr 30, 2019, 10:58 PM

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I dont understand what you mean at all.

crisp berry May 1, 2019, 6:50 AM

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https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/223121-custom-hand-animation-issues/

crisp berry May 4, 2019, 8:25 AM

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https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/223169-looking-for-samplestools-for-making-custom-face-mimic-rtms/

Bohemia Interactive Forums

Looking for samples/tools for making custom face mimic rtms

Title. Sorry if this is wrong topic... So far I know how to make custom mimic configuration but no way to make proper face mimic rtms. Any suggestions, tutorials or success reports?

zenith token May 4, 2019, 9:45 AM

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is it even worth it? i thought face mimics are really limited of what you can do?

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 12:38 AM

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alright I tried again to go at the HandIKCurves and I miserably fail to understand it.
So to break it down, a line like leftHandIKCurve[] = {0,1,0.237,0,0.739,1,0.972,0}; is always set up by pairs of two numbers, the first number is the frame divided by the total amount of frames and the second number defines the IK weight in wich 0=info out of RTM and 1=IK.
I dont understand when I have to use 0 for RTM and when I have to use 1 for IK. I dont even get the difference between rtm and IK. The RTM is a animation file wich is done with a IK rig. Why do I have to activate another IK?

For my specific example, I try to set up a proper Bolt action reload animation in wich the hand that leads the weapon switches 3 times. I played a lot around but made things just worse.
right now it looks like this:
leftHandIKCurve[] = {0,1,0.237,0,0.739,1,0.972,0};
rightHandIKBeg = true;
rightHandIKCurve[] = {0.237,1,0.739,0,0.972,1};
rightHandIKEnd = true;
left hand starts by leading the weapon until frametime 0,237, right hand leads the weapon until frame time 0,739, left hand leads again until 0,972 and for the rest the right hand leads

Im desperate for help

zenith token May 5, 2019, 12:47 AM

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difference between IK and rtm is that the elbow (or knee) adjusts automatically and hand (or feet) can follow an animated (via model.cfg) selection

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IK is most usefull for vehicle crew animations... for handweapons i'm not really sure - i dont see much reason why you would really need it in most cases.

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im not an expert in this either, mind

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 12:56 AM

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well the thing is, if the hand that leads the weapon switches to the other, the weapon has to somehow know wich weapon to follow and wich one not to, right? I gonna record what I have in 3ds Max and what I get ingame, maybe this will explain my problem further

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https://imgur.com/a/waaxe3Z

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looks.. a bit off doesnt it

desert raven May 5, 2019, 1:16 AM

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if you add more same values duplitaced it will hold that IK value longer

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 1:17 AM

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pardon?

desert raven May 5, 2019, 1:22 AM

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leftHandIKCurve[] = {0,1,0.237,0,0.739,,0.739,,0.739,,0.739,,0.739,,0.739,1,0.972,0};

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for example

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 1:23 AM

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huh

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aight

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my brain hurts

desert raven May 5, 2019, 1:23 AM

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the curve is divided into as many parts as there are values in the array

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 1:23 AM

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yes

desert raven May 5, 2019, 1:24 AM

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so if a certain value needs to play longer

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you need to add more of it

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 1:26 AM

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but wich values? Am I not supposed to add in the values on where the hands swap?

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hold on

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let my brain catch up

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do you mean like literally duplicating the ,0.739 as in your example?

desert raven May 5, 2019, 1:30 AM

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📎 unknown.png

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this is your animation timeline now

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 1:30 AM

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yes

desert raven May 5, 2019, 1:31 AM

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of course if you add a lot of values the position of the others will shift

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or at least thats how I understand the curve array 😄

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 1:34 AM

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you know what

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its 3am

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fuck this 😄

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I know exactly why I dont do coding stuff

desert raven May 5, 2019, 1:38 AM

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⏲

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 1:32 PM

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aight I think I get what you meant by all of this @desert raven

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sleep sometimes really solves problems I guess

desert raven May 5, 2019, 1:47 PM

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👌

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 2:35 PM

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yes, I was able to fix the problem

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https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/028/015/cover3.jpg

desert raven May 5, 2019, 3:06 PM

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👍 👍

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 3:46 PM

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up to my next problem

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https://imgur.com/a/IkKiy56

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there is a small wiggle at the end of the animation when going back to the handanim

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any idea how to solve this?

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 5:40 PM

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consider my problem solved

desert raven May 5, 2019, 5:44 PM

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what did you do?

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 5:51 PM

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finetuned the ikcurves

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like for the entire day

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and somehow problem solved itself

sturdy flame May 5, 2019, 9:35 PM

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masters, may be im doing something wrong, but how to make camera follow by char while he moving up or down in my custom anim?

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cuz currently camera staying on anim start position, and it end camera jumping to char pos, looks not good

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 9:46 PM

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aight my final problem: I have an issue, where when the bolt gets cycled between each shot, the animation and the model.cfg are not in sync. Timings should be correct. Since this is a CBA feature, is there any precise way on syncing animation and model.cfg?

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https://imgur.com/a/Cgg8hqU

desert raven May 5, 2019, 10:09 PM

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reload animation is as long as the rtm

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so you have to just adjust the timings of your model.cfg animations

lone cobalt May 5, 2019, 10:46 PM

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I did

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consider my question as halfway done though

sturdy flame May 6, 2019, 8:26 AM

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masters, may be im doing something wrong, but how to make camera follow by char while he moving up or down in my custom anim?

tardy knoll May 7, 2019, 1:01 AM

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Hello, where can i find the BI skeleton for making some hand anims?

desert raven May 7, 2019, 7:57 AM

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Macsers Armarig if you use blender

vivid onyx May 7, 2019, 10:15 AM

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hi guys. Im having a go with my first custom skeleton+walking animations. It seems that the skeleton is a bit off place when I try it ingame (seems the pivots are too far down on each joint).

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https://gyazo.com/29a78f0a690a90ca7b61ba2b839e70a6

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anyone know how to go about this? I'd like to avoid moving the mesh around in the p3d to "fit" the skeleton

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the model in the p3d is the exported model from the rig I made (and the animation looks fine in blender)
https://gyazo.com/ab90e1dde1fbbc05d585ad487aa3b617

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didnt change any location, rotation, scale or anything.

desert raven May 7, 2019, 10:26 AM

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@vivid onyx what does your model.cfg look like?

vivid onyx May 7, 2019, 10:26 AM

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dude this is so typical... I found the answer myself right after I posted. the rig object in blender was off center lol

desert raven May 7, 2019, 10:27 AM

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xD

vivid onyx May 7, 2019, 10:27 AM

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I guess sometimes it helps writing down the issue. it just occured to me to check after I wrote it down

desert raven May 7, 2019, 10:27 AM

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👍

zenith token May 8, 2019, 7:41 PM

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is there any way to limit FFV to elevation (character rotates upper body up/down) and use standard turret rotation for traversing (rotating the character dummy itself around an offcenter axis) ?

Or is there any way to create a "hardbound" deployed bipod position that uses a vehicle config and stuff? I want AI to deploy their handweapons firing ports on walls or vehicles to shoot over the railing. With regular FFV (rotating around character center) the possible fire angle would be uselessly small.

trail basin May 10, 2019, 9:18 AM

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ideas on fixing this: https://i.gyazo.com/36822aa3bbe697c53d5732e1adc7d1ac.png

white juniper May 10, 2019, 9:24 AM

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What's wrong?

trail basin May 10, 2019, 9:25 AM

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i do not think tracks are supposed to go up there

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its some bounds, but im not sure if its animation or physX

queen stump May 10, 2019, 9:27 AM

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since it's in buldozer, it's animation

trail basin May 10, 2019, 9:27 AM

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            {
                type="translationY";
                source="damper";
                selection="podkoloL1";
                axis="";
                memory=1;
                animPeriod=1;
                minValue = 0;
                maxValue = 1;
                offset0 = -0.05;
                offset1 = 0.05;
            };```

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model.cfg^

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            {
                boneName = "wheel_podkoloL1";
                center   = "wheel_1_2_axis";
                boundary = "wheel_1_2_bound";
                
                steering = false;
                
                side = "left";
                
                weight = 0.5;
                mass = 50;
                MOI = 2;
                latStiffX = 25;
                latStiffY = 180;
                longitudinalStiffnessPerUnitGravity = 10000;
                maxBrakeTorque = 150;
                sprungMass = 20000.0;
                springStrength = 51653;
                springDamperRate = 8264;
                dampingRate = 10;
                dampingRateInAir = 475.0;
                dampingRateDamaged = 10.0;
                dampingRateDestroyed = 10000;
                maxDroop = 0.05;
                maxCompression = 0.05;
                ```

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physX^

trail basin May 10, 2019, 10:35 AM

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after messing around i found a "solution" - i set the min and max values the same as offset 0 and 1

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no the most elegant, but it works

deft fern May 10, 2019, 10:47 AM

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it won't work in game though

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by looks of it, you appear to have multiple anims affecting same bone

ripe lotus May 12, 2019, 10:50 AM

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Can one user source be tied to multiple animations?

zenith token May 12, 2019, 10:53 AM

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animations are tied to sources not the other way round. So yes

ripe lotus May 12, 2019, 10:54 AM

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Ok, but how to do that? I thought that in model.cfg you define "source="user";" and it corresponds to AnimationSources in config by name of the animation?

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For example:

//model.cfg
class Lever_fuelsys1
            {
                type = "rotation";
                source = "user";
                memory = "true";
                minValue = 0;
                maxValue = 1;
                angle0 = 0;
                angle1 = 1.4;
                selection = "b_fuelsys1";
                axis = "b_axis_power";
            };
//config.cpp
class AnimationSources
   {
    class Lever_fuelsys1
    {
     AnimPeriod=1;          
     source = "user";          
     InitPhase=1;              
    };
  };

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Ok got it, nvm

desert raven May 12, 2019, 12:03 PM

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For anyone wondering in this case you would use Lever_fuelsys1 as source in the model.cfg class

glass cloud May 14, 2019, 11:28 AM

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Is there somewhere I can find I detailed explanation of the A* cost system for determining the animation transition states? Is the animation state machine viewable?

desert raven May 14, 2019, 11:31 AM

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no where to be found aaand Ids say no

glass cloud May 14, 2019, 11:40 AM

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I could spam messages to Mond but he's got a lot on his plate right now, I'd feel bad

desert raven May 14, 2019, 11:42 AM

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what is it youre trying to achieve or where do you have a problem

glass cloud May 14, 2019, 11:49 AM

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transitions from standing with launcher raised to prone with launcher raised (results in animation chain that ends in civil standing)

desert raven May 14, 2019, 11:56 AM

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have you traced the connectedTo/InterpolateTo chains?

glass cloud May 14, 2019, 12:07 PM

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Yes they all connect properly, the transition takes place correctly but then creates an animation chain afterwards that always results in civil/unarmed standing, which I assume is the default/safety animation

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I am only using To entries, no From values as that is what the BI configs seem to use as opposed to A1/A2 chains

glass cloud May 14, 2019, 12:29 PM

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That behaviour only results from changing stance (standing/kneeling to prone) any prone animation state can transition properly no matter the cost, even absurd values that result in 4+ animations to reach the intended state. That suggests some sort of intricacy to how it handles stance changes in the state machine.

desert raven May 14, 2019, 12:31 PM

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have you compared to how rifle raised - prone connections go?

glass cloud May 14, 2019, 12:32 PM

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Yes, editing the costs for rifle raised -> prone rifle raised results in some animation chains but ends in the proper animation state.

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state machine chooses the cheapest which if you raise the cost on the actual standing raised rifle -> prone raised rifle transition state will result in a chain of rifle raised -> civil standing -> civil prone -> rifle raised prone which is how it should work AFAIK

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same behaviour if you remove the interpolate connection from the raised rifle state to the raised rifle to prone rifle transition state

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The issue I am facing is not that it is choosing the wrong animation path but that it seems to engage some safety escape that results in civil standing whenever I make the transition to prone launcher state, even if I make prone launcher only interpolate and connect to the prone launcher movement animations

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It also transitions to civil standing without triggering any anim EH

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Works fine if I redefine the animation state for prone launcher even when inheriting the same config entries, hmm.

desert raven May 14, 2019, 12:48 PM

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are you trying to make completely new action set?

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or replace the current proneLauncher set?

glass cloud May 14, 2019, 12:49 PM

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basically reenabling the prone launcher set

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for CfgMovesMaleSdr

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would prefer to just alter the existing animation states with appended += interpolate and connect transitions if possible

deft fern May 14, 2019, 12:58 PM

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launcher is automatically unequiped when going prone - it's engine thing

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there is bug though with 2nd fire mode on launcher - https://feedback.bistudio.com/T128198 - you might try if transition is working in such case

glass cloud May 14, 2019, 1:00 PM

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Interesting, this was not the behaviour in the previous games. Is the animation state machine part of RV or some fsm/external script somewhere?

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It seems to be linked to the actual state classname, redefining it as a different class removes the behaviour it seems, which suggests some intentional behaviour to get out of the prone launcher state

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KODaJAM0wM

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I cant find any specific config entry in the prone launcher state nor the transition state that would trigger the behaviour, inheriting the class works fine just as a full new define with the same config entries

glass cloud May 16, 2019, 7:37 PM

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Is there any info on the CfgExtendedAnimation entries and how they switch animation states?

desert raven May 16, 2019, 7:50 PM

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not really

winter fiber May 22, 2019, 4:23 PM

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When creating animation for launchers does something special need to be done? Ive done handanims for rifles no issue, now im getting this

Ingame: https://gyazo.com/9975acb89683803cd598aee4256f0931
Oxygen: https://gyazo.com/64f5e71bc8d58843564676a1cf2cb58f
3DS Max: https://gyazo.com/f2a252150407fadfc6a7d061eda05ad5

drowsy nymph May 22, 2019, 4:51 PM

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IIRC the the launcher proxy is at some different angle, so you need to rotate and position that bone properly before posing the hands relative to it

winter fiber May 22, 2019, 4:55 PM

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bone is rotated https://gyazo.com/69a69201b6388bb7671f6b8e1b1e730f

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Doesnt make sense why my hands are super high up and not following my handanim in the slightest though

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and the config is set to my handanim
handAnim[] = {"OFP2_ManSkeleton","\ML700_Launchers\TreadFether\anim\Handanim_TreadFether.rtm"};

drowsy nymph May 22, 2019, 4:58 PM

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load the .rtm on the BI skeleton in Object Builder and see what the Launcher bone does. I don't think it's ending up in the correct position

winter fiber May 22, 2019, 4:59 PM

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@drowsy nymph https://gyazo.com/125bfda0b02fe629c667c92616d6a054

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https://gyazo.com/baa08f335db71a046f8e6d9bc39b0d98

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https://gyazo.com/fe1a79565d89e5b34b3c67d76a3cb65a

drowsy nymph May 22, 2019, 5:04 PM

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Yeah, it doesn't appear to be moving

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They are case sensitive, so check the bones on the rig you are using to see if it's Launcher or launcher

winter fiber May 22, 2019, 5:06 PM

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launcher

drowsy nymph May 22, 2019, 5:07 PM

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It's lower case in both Max and BI skleton?

winter fiber May 22, 2019, 5:07 PM

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https://gyazo.com/20bfad4b1b403921fbfd8eccc4a737d9

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Appears to be moving to me

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and yes

drowsy nymph May 22, 2019, 5:07 PM

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oh , it is moving then, it just has the wrong orientation

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Should end up something like this https://i.imgur.com/u2bNR91.png

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Body anim doesn't matter, it's just like that because it's based on an A2 anim. Handanim only looks at the relative directions of the weapon/launcher bone to the hand bones

winter fiber May 22, 2019, 5:12 PM

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Ty attempting to fix now

winter fiber May 22, 2019, 6:10 PM

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That was the issue, thank you @drowsy nymph

viscid arrow May 22, 2019, 6:22 PM

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Um did I go bat sh$t crazy. What happened to the terrain makers channel?

fluid breach May 22, 2019, 6:24 PM

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You did.

viscid arrow May 22, 2019, 6:28 PM

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Yes indeed. I minimized the chat apparently. Didn't even know that was an option 🤦‍♂️

fluid breach May 22, 2019, 6:29 PM

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i might have done that once before myself.

viscid arrow May 22, 2019, 6:31 PM

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At least I'm not alone 😂

winter fiber May 23, 2019, 3:01 AM

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And back to more problems.

https://gyazo.com/7c59f6e29e0cd829cb7a4f4f1a641491
https://pastebin.com/x8Q2tfkz

Not sure why im getting this error as its defined

desert raven May 23, 2019, 5:14 AM

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Why have you not defined the axis memory points for the translations?

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Also you should be using tag prefix in your model names.

winter fiber May 23, 2019, 1:01 PM

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modelnames being the p3d @desert raven ?

desert raven May 23, 2019, 1:01 PM

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yes

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and usuallly also tagging all custom classes is good practice

winter fiber May 23, 2019, 1:02 PM

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I thought modelnames (inluding the stuffinsinde modelcfg) was local to the mod file and couldnt cross contaminate

desert raven May 23, 2019, 1:04 PM

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everything can go poop 😄

winter fiber May 23, 2019, 1:04 PM

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XD

desert raven May 23, 2019, 1:04 PM

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animation classes dont need tagging

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but modelcfg classes would be automatically tagged if the p3d name is tagged

winter fiber May 23, 2019, 1:04 PM

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Well I boiled down my issue of my cfgpatches not applying correctly to the modelcfg fucking things up

desert raven May 23, 2019, 1:04 PM

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and cfg skeleton names should be unique too

winter fiber May 23, 2019, 1:05 PM

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If I have one model its fine, if I have two things go nutty

desert raven May 23, 2019, 1:05 PM

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unless using manskeleton on characters

winter fiber May 23, 2019, 1:29 PM

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@desert raven and to answer your original question, im just trying to use a vanilla modelcfg which I havent done any edits to

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Besides the p3d name of course

desert raven May 23, 2019, 1:48 PM

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@winter fiber while its Arma vanilla config you should not blindly trust it.

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📎 unknown.png

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you need to define the movement axis on it

winter fiber May 23, 2019, 1:49 PM

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I commented out the entire model.cfg besides the warhead hiding when shot. Still the same issue so something else is fucked somewhere

drowsy nymph May 23, 2019, 1:57 PM

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Can use mag proxies for that really

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If it has deleteIfEmpty = 1; in the magazine class, the mag proxy will disappear when fired, assuming it's a single round magazine

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though many grenade and missile mags have that by default, so maybe already inherited

winter fiber May 23, 2019, 7:24 PM

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Is there a way to stop addonpacker from breaking a rtm? I usually use pboproject but its malfunctioning right now

desert raven May 23, 2019, 7:34 PM

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just use pboProject...

winter fiber May 23, 2019, 7:37 PM

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I'd love to but my mod is popping 0 errors ingame or pboproject or addon packer and rtm arent showing issues either

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Rpt*

zenith token May 23, 2019, 9:08 PM

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maybe your model.cfg in the folder containing the rtms is incomplete or something?

desert raven May 23, 2019, 9:10 PM

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that is a possibility

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or wrong bone names

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or its OB saved

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that often messes stuff up

winter fiber May 23, 2019, 10:55 PM

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@zenith token @desert raven I did an illegal thing.
Mikero helped me solve it.

I had a circular dependency due to my not understanding how packing process really works within ArmA.
I had these directories sharing textures with each other.

P:\ML700_Launchers\Cadian_launcher
P:\ML700_Launchers\Tread_fether

The fix was to create a P:\ML700_Launchers\Launchers_common and put my textures in there and redirect texture paths

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Reason I thought it was a model.cfg issue is because it would only appear when I had it in.
So user error

zenith token May 23, 2019, 10:56 PM

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with pboProject its easy to circle-choke yourself like that

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it sets dependencies automatically

winter fiber May 23, 2019, 10:57 PM

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And thats exactly what I did. Now i understand that its a bad practice.

desert raven May 23, 2019, 11:03 PM

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👍

idle tide May 24, 2019, 9:54 PM

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Anyone know how to actually get animations to move forward, for example there is a nice running animation, but he runs in place so he looks stupid, if you know or if im in the wrong place please ping me

drowsy nymph May 24, 2019, 10:00 PM

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xStep, yStep etc named properties

idle tide May 24, 2019, 10:07 PM

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do i go in properties or like? Sorry kinda new to this

naive hemlock May 24, 2019, 10:11 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Named_Properties#xstep

Arma 3 Named Properties

idle tide May 24, 2019, 10:27 PM

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thx

swift burrow May 26, 2019, 11:42 AM

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i am trying to get an FBX animation converted into RTM and cant find a modelbox.xml for it.am i missing something?

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or to say it more precise:i need to animate a model to have an "attack" move and the easiest way seems to covert the anims that came with the model.if theres an easier way to achieve this i am open for suggestions

lone cobalt May 27, 2019, 9:41 PM

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animations people:
Im searching for a way to adjust my bolt action cycle animation that is being played after every shot.
for some reason the weapon cycle is out of sync with my rtm. Im open for any ideas

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so far I tried to adjust min/max values in the cfgmoves to get closer to the sync but without success

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I am able to adjust the rtm speed but this is a solution id rather avoid since its neither clean nor does it look anywhere near perfekt

desert raven May 27, 2019, 11:23 PM

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perhaps longer reload time?

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animations play form 0 to 1 of reload time

deft fern May 28, 2019, 7:58 AM

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@lone cobalt from player perspective or from AI one?

lone cobalt May 28, 2019, 8:15 AM

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@desert raven dont seem to work unfortunately..
@deft fern player perspective, if that even matters

deft fern May 28, 2019, 8:16 AM

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and which script are you using for playing that animation?

lone cobalt May 28, 2019, 8:19 AM

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hold on a sec, let me turn on my pc

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you asking for the line in the modecfg?

deft fern May 28, 2019, 8:21 AM

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I mean how are you playing your animation

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I assume you have some sort of script to play reload gesture every shot

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or is it using reloadMagazine source?

lone cobalt May 28, 2019, 8:23 AM

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keep in mind im about 100% artist and about 0% programmer

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im using a cba function

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class CBA_weaponEvents {
handAction = "BWA3_GestureRepeatG29";
sound = "BWA3_G29Repeat";
soundLocation = "RightHandMiddle1";
delay = 0;
onEmpty = 0;

sly violet May 28, 2019, 9:05 AM

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https://youtu.be/lwPSz7REGdo

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Adding Ik's to imported RTMs in a way that preserves the initial pose

lone cobalt May 28, 2019, 10:25 AM

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another question: Is it possible in theory to have custom reload animations with dry mags?

deft fern May 28, 2019, 10:26 AM

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yeah, there are some scripted attempts

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as far as I remember Iron Front team is trying to implement something like this

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and also NIArms

lone cobalt May 28, 2019, 10:27 AM

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but nothing that works solid so far?

deft fern May 28, 2019, 10:30 AM

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well, depends on what you mean by solid

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those are scripted solutions same as CBA

lone cobalt May 28, 2019, 11:02 AM

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I mean if its a cba solution and has the same issues that I am having so far with the cycle rtm sync then id rather wont count it as solid

trail basin Jun 1, 2019, 9:38 AM

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can someone point me to an example proxie or similar

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the arma 3 samples dont really have one

drowsy nymph Jun 1, 2019, 9:48 AM

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what kind of proxy? All a proxy is, is a triangle that provides and origin and direction for external meshes to be loaded on to model

trail basin Jun 1, 2019, 9:50 AM

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i need a character proxy

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i basicly need one for a FFV

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one turned in where he is sitting on a bench

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and turned out where he is standing on the bench and he is tuened around

drowsy nymph Jun 1, 2019, 9:51 AM

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proxies have nothing to do with the animation that is used though. They just define the position

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you can use any cargo proxy and adjust the position after checking it ingame to see how your chosen cargoActions look

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the animation used, is entirely config based

trail basin Jun 1, 2019, 9:53 AM

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fair enough, but i need to change the turn out animation so that its looking in the opposite direction of the turned in one

desert raven Jun 1, 2019, 9:54 AM

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Having same proxy as used animation can help in the initial positioning though. Vanilla proxies are in the game data that you should have unpacked on your P

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@trail basin you may need to animate the proxy to turn

trail basin Jun 1, 2019, 9:54 AM

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yeah i ubinarized a few aswell and took a gander

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hmmm

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so i can make a model cfg animation that hass the proxy selected so that it tuens?

desert raven Jun 1, 2019, 9:55 AM

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Possibly

drowsy nymph Jun 1, 2019, 10:13 AM

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Yes, you can reposition the proxy with model.cfg animations using the same source as your use for hatch turn outs etc.

swift burrow Jun 2, 2019, 11:44 AM

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how can i make a character model perform an anim when the fire button is pressed?anim is setup and working with switchmove,just need it to be a "weapon"

desert raven Jun 2, 2019, 11:59 AM

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it would have to be tied to the fired eventhandler

lone cobalt Jun 2, 2019, 3:33 PM

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https://imgur.com/MedqkFc

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can someone explain me what causes this wiggle at the end at the animation?

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and maybe how to get rid of it?

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I assume its about IK curves?

desert raven Jun 2, 2019, 4:13 PM

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Possibly, maybe leave a couple of frames where it's already holding it in correct position at the end

lone cobalt Jun 2, 2019, 4:14 PM

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what do you mean by leave a couple of frames?

desert raven Jun 2, 2019, 4:19 PM

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Does you animation have few frames where its just holding the weapon at the end of it? Those could help blend it

lone cobalt Jun 2, 2019, 4:20 PM

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uh like without any motion? just the very last frame

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but he starts getting back into the handanim pose earlier

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if you mean that

desert raven Jun 2, 2019, 4:24 PM

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then try adjusting the IK curve

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and make sure you dont have some odd rotations in the wrist and hand that it has to null when it gets back to the handanim

lone cobalt Jun 2, 2019, 4:26 PM

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I dont, or at least there shouldnt be

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how would you adjust the IK curve then? I tried various things but nothing helped

desert raven Jun 2, 2019, 4:28 PM

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theres the IK curve array

lone cobalt Jun 2, 2019, 4:33 PM

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go ahead 😄

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I have no clue how I could blend the animation into the handanim using the IK curves

desert raven Jun 2, 2019, 4:42 PM

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whats you curve look like now?

lone cobalt Jun 2, 2019, 4:42 PM

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leftHandIKCurve[] = {0,1,0.260,0,372,1,0.419,0,0.604,1,0.693,0,0.739,1};
rightHandIKBeg = 1;
rightHandIKCurve[] = {0,1,0.005,0,0.093,0,0.126,0,0.172,0,0.186,0,0.237,1,0.74,0,0.81,0,0.833,0,0.902,0,0.972,1};
rightHandIKEnd = 1;

deft fern Jun 3, 2019, 8:54 PM

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@ruby hill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIzR1L16wDk managed to do similar thing to you in 3ds max 😉

YouTube

Florian Anfiertjew

3DS Max to Arma 3 model.cfg

Made some progress on script and rotation seems to work somehow - there is still some vodoo going on so probably there are some bugs there

▶ Play video

compact ravine Jun 3, 2019, 9:06 PM

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neat

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that would save a lot of arsing around encoding reyhard

naive hemlock Jun 3, 2019, 9:19 PM

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that would allow synked anims

ripe lotus Jun 3, 2019, 10:27 PM

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I am having issues with weighted vertex animation. In OB viewer they look good when I move in axis with mouse, however in buldozer it looks like entire mesh moves at same weight(?) :
https://gfycat.com/pl/upload/results
https://gfycat.com/NimbleAliveFairyfly

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class LeftPedalPilot
            {
                type = "translation";
                source = "rudderRTD";
                sourceAddress="clamp";
                memory=1;
                minValue = -1;
                maxValue = 1;
                offset0 = 0.2;
                offset1 = -0.07;
                selection = "Pedal_Left_P";
                axis="axis_pedals";
            };

desert raven Jun 3, 2019, 10:29 PM

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BZ has trouble with weighted anims if I recall right

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try in game

ripe lotus Jun 3, 2019, 10:30 PM

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ok will do

ripe lotus Jun 3, 2019, 11:01 PM

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Ok got it working I have next question though. What is the source for rudder pedals in helicopters in the standard flight model? "rudder" doesnt seem to work

zenith token Jun 3, 2019, 11:02 PM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Model_Config#Animation_sources
search rudder

ripe lotus Jun 3, 2019, 11:04 PM

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@zenith token I said I tried rudder and didnt work

zenith token Jun 3, 2019, 11:05 PM

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do you even search?

ripe lotus Jun 3, 2019, 11:05 PM

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and rudderRTD is for AFM

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yes?

zenith token Jun 3, 2019, 11:06 PM

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standard fm ok... try cyclicAside ?

ripe lotus Jun 3, 2019, 11:07 PM

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It is for cyclic, I am using it for stick movement

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I think there is no for SFM. Thats weird

zenith token Jun 3, 2019, 11:14 PM

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have you tried rtd sources?

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if you disable RTD ingame its not going to stop animations...

ripe lotus Jun 3, 2019, 11:15 PM

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Yes I tried, and it actually does stop the rudder anim ;d

zenith token Jun 3, 2019, 11:16 PM

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welp then its just not supported...

ripe lotus Jun 3, 2019, 11:16 PM

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ok then, script time

zenith token Jun 3, 2019, 11:18 PM

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im sure all the players on the server will appreciate the constant animation change commands over network, so their only pilot can see his feet move

ripe lotus Jun 3, 2019, 11:19 PM

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ok then I dont understand why are you being so negative towards me but whatever

ruby hill Jun 4, 2019, 7:40 AM

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@deft fern Neat, great to see Bohemia is getting on the level of GM now 😛

deft fern Jun 4, 2019, 7:40 AM

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😛

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I also noticed that your are converting anims to eulers and translate them to angle axis

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so instead of having one rotation you are using x/y/z

ruby hill Jun 4, 2019, 7:41 AM

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Yep

deft fern Jun 4, 2019, 7:41 AM

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why tho?

ruby hill Jun 4, 2019, 7:41 AM

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Parenting of bones.

deft fern Jun 4, 2019, 7:42 AM

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ah, I see, although that can be by solved by converting angle axis from axis space to transform space

deft fern Jun 4, 2019, 8:45 AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvCE5G3Sjds 😄

YouTube

Florian Anfiertjew

3DS Max to model.cfg - example

▶ Play video

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Added some extra functionality so it can be easily used to animate vehicles too

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and example output file

📎 AnimExporter.7z

desert raven Jun 4, 2019, 12:07 PM

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@ruby hill any chance your Blender solution sees the light of the day?

ruby hill Jun 4, 2019, 12:44 PM

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no

desert raven Jun 4, 2019, 1:21 PM

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unfortunate

zenith token Jun 4, 2019, 3:34 PM

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@ripe lotus sry i was cranky for some reason yesterday

ripe lotus Jun 4, 2019, 4:15 PM

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No problem, forget about it

swift burrow Jun 4, 2019, 7:10 PM

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@desert raven i think the fired eventhandler only fires if you hold a weapon in your hands.the model i have here should perform a melee attack with his claws

desert raven Jun 4, 2019, 7:11 PM

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you might want to explain it further then.

lone cobalt Jun 4, 2019, 7:48 PM

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thank god I started getting into 3ds max just for arma animations

swift burrow Jun 4, 2019, 8:19 PM

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@desert raven well i have a mutant p3d model which should,when finished,attack with its bare hands.the animation is done and i can start the rtm via switchmove but i need a way to let it attack via

a. a button if its player controlled
b. by itself when bein an NPC

kind of offtopic here,my spider senses tell me 😃

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preferable it would be the left mouse button obviously

desert raven Jun 4, 2019, 8:24 PM

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why can you not tie it to a invisible fake weapon it would use?

swift burrow Jun 4, 2019, 8:24 PM

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can i config together a weapon that has no p3d then?

desert raven Jun 4, 2019, 8:24 PM

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no

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but the p3d does not need to have visual mesh

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😛

swift burrow Jun 4, 2019, 8:25 PM

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so i would have to create a fake weapon ,interesting.any examples for that anywhere?

desert raven Jun 4, 2019, 8:26 PM

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fake weapon is just a weapon but you just dont put anything in the lod 0

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and you can fiddle with the ammo so that it fires ammo that makes no damage and no sound and no nothing

swift burrow Jun 4, 2019, 8:27 PM

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or make an ammo with the hit range of an arm length^^

desert raven Jun 4, 2019, 8:27 PM

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that is the basic way of doing melee in Arma

swift burrow Jun 4, 2019, 8:28 PM

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very interesting idea,thanks a lot for that.an example cfg would be what i need,only ever made some gas masks and uniform configs

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masks are goggles tho so no example

desert raven Jun 4, 2019, 8:37 PM

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Arma3 samples contain a weapon that should get you started

swift burrow Jun 4, 2019, 8:38 PM

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oh wow the test weapon seems a bit ovekill for what i want to do but very deep insight so,thanks,will do my best

trail basin Jun 5, 2019, 9:49 AM

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quick and dumm question. whats the animation source for main gun recoil

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i tried recoil_source that was in the examples config but it didnt work in game

deft fern Jun 5, 2019, 9:53 AM

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you have to define in CfgAnimationSources and link to a weapon you want

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it's part of CfgVehicles

hazy plaza Jun 5, 2019, 1:48 PM

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Hi guys I have a question can somebody help me with "CfgAnimationSourceSounds"?

desert raven Jun 5, 2019, 2:08 PM

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depends what the question is

hazy plaza Jun 5, 2019, 2:10 PM

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i want to do a indicator for my cars

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so i bought a sound with the "click" sound haha 😄 so i will loop this and integrate this at my cars 😄

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i only find this but i dont understand this :C https://pastebin.com/mdK4ZbMy

desert raven Jun 5, 2019, 2:12 PM

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what about it you dont understand?

hazy plaza Jun 5, 2019, 2:13 PM

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When I start the turn signal, the sound doesn't loop

desert raven Jun 5, 2019, 2:24 PM

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does your animation loop?

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have you set the sound to loop?

hazy plaza Jun 5, 2019, 2:31 PM

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https://pastebin.com/HY3YvjNx

deft fern Jun 5, 2019, 2:32 PM

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CfgAnimationSourceSounds cannot be looped

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I would rather suggest using customSoundController

hazy plaza Jun 5, 2019, 2:32 PM

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I've already tried loop = 1

deft fern Jun 5, 2019, 2:32 PM

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and soundset configuration

hazy plaza Jun 5, 2019, 2:33 PM

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with script ?

deft fern Jun 5, 2019, 2:38 PM

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take a look at Van (Ambulance) & how siren is done there

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yes, with script

hazy plaza Jun 5, 2019, 2:38 PM

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ok thanks 😄

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@deft fern do u know the path for the Van ?

deft fern Jun 5, 2019, 2:43 PM

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soft_f_orange

hazy plaza Jun 5, 2019, 2:50 PM

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thanks 😄

ruby hill Jun 5, 2019, 3:02 PM

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Probably the best file name in the A3 directory 😄 soft_f_orange.

white juniper Jun 5, 2019, 3:04 PM

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Why is the van so soft?

drowsy nymph Jun 5, 2019, 3:08 PM

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is there an armoured_f_orange?

trail basin Jun 6, 2019, 3:39 PM

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I've been having some trouble regarding the animation on my wheels. They seem to, spaz out and go super fast when i start moving, i thought it was the animPeriod and i set to 1 second, but it just made them...... wigle. Am i in the right direction or is there something else that im missing completely 😄

desert raven Jun 6, 2019, 3:54 PM

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wheelcircumference parameter affects it I think

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/CfgVehicles_Config_Reference#wheelCircumference

CfgVehicles Config Reference

trail basin Jun 6, 2019, 4:14 PM

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i presume that a higher number means slower

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judging by the wiki

desert raven Jun 6, 2019, 4:20 PM

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it should be the size of your wheel I believe

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumference

Circumference

In geometry, the circumference (from Latin circumferens, meaning "carrying around") of a circle is the (linear) distance around it. That is, the circumference would be the length of the circle if it were opened up and straightened out to a line segment. Since a circle is the ...

zenith token Jun 6, 2019, 4:58 PM

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if they wobble then your rotation axis is not centered

trail basin Jun 6, 2019, 5:04 PM

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well not that type of wobble, more like rocking back and forward

zenith token Jun 6, 2019, 5:36 PM

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it might seem like rocking back and forward, when wheels turn way faster than the fps

trail basin Jun 6, 2019, 5:37 PM

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well i tried using the wheelcircumference parameter but it dint seem to have any affect

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is there another way of slowing down the animation

zenith token Jun 6, 2019, 5:40 PM

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whats your tank like? i assume it has several different wheel radii?

trail basin Jun 6, 2019, 6:05 PM

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actually no

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it has a 1m in diameter wheel

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which woud mean the wheelcircumfrence is 3.14

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since the formula is 3.14(Pi)*d(diameter)

zenith token Jun 6, 2019, 6:08 PM

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but its a tank right? physx wheel diameter is automatically determined by - im guessing - averaging wheel diameter for all wheels

trail basin Jun 6, 2019, 6:08 PM

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yeah its a tank

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all the wheels are the same

zenith token Jun 6, 2019, 6:10 PM

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you can calculate actual wheel diameter (ingame) by looking at epevehicle dialog. It shows average wheel speed - by using a known vehicle speed you can calculate it

trail basin Jun 6, 2019, 6:23 PM

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ive been messing around with that parrameter and it seems for me that it doesnt effect wheel rotation speed at all :/

zenith token Jun 6, 2019, 6:32 PM

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yep

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idk if its a legacy parameter or not. But physx calculates its own diameter, from the axis and bound points

desert raven Jun 6, 2019, 6:41 PM

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that might be the case now

swift burrow Jun 9, 2019, 6:28 PM

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i am just asking that here,maybe someone can help me:

i have made an invisible fake weapon to have melee attacks for a character and the weapon cfg seems fine so far,i can kill another character using it,magazines are showing etc.i have a problem with the animations:

-i defined a .rtm file for handanim but the character will enter the normal "hold a rifle" anim regardless of what i put into the handanim line
-when shooting the character only does a part of the animation i defined for it and will then enter the "pull weapon from shoulder" anim again.

any help would be apprechiated a lot

zenith token Jun 10, 2019, 9:17 PM

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in the vanilla running animation (rifle raised) , has the right leg always snapped forward like that ? It looks pretty weird... and i cant unsee it

swift burrow Jun 10, 2019, 9:22 PM

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does anyone btw know which is the name of the "pull trigger" index finger anim?

desert raven Jun 10, 2019, 9:23 PM

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was it just trigger?

swift burrow Jun 10, 2019, 9:29 PM

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hmmm.i wanna swap it for something else.will try

sly violet Jun 13, 2019, 12:13 PM

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I tried making a new animation that would ragdoll a unit, sadly it only played the move and nor ragdolling was done.

class RagdollTest: Default
        {
            mask = "BodyFull";
            actions = "DeadActions";
            file = "a3\anims_f\data\anim\sdr\dth\pne\stp\ras\rfl\adthppnemstpsraswrfldnon_1.rtm";
            speed = -2;
            looped = 1;
            onLandBeg = 0;
            onLandEnd = 0;
            soundEnabled = 0;
            ragdoll = 1;
            blockMobileSwitching = 1;
            forceAim = 1;
            head = "headNo";
            headBobMode = 1;
            headBobStrength = -1;
            disableWeapons = 1;
            disableWeaponsLong = 1;
            ConnectTo[] = {"RagdollTest",10.2};
            InterpolateTo[] = {"RagdollTest",0.1};
        };```

deft fern Jun 13, 2019, 12:15 PM

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ragdoll = 1; is a flag which tells if ragdoll can be applied

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it's not triggering ragdoll

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ragdoll = 0 can be i.e. useful for making static death anims

sly violet Jun 13, 2019, 12:22 PM

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ah, that would explain it.
I'm trying to ragdollize a unit for a wounding script. The setUnconscious prevents units from reporting their status and kicks player out of squad leader role.
Sadly the trick with attaching an object to a unit seems to break damage handling at times
Maybe I could try making a hardcoded animation that looks like ragdoll.

white juniper Jun 13, 2019, 12:25 PM

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I have a "triggerRagdoll" script command, but currently BI is too busy with implementing other things

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVwp_9rVGLk great fun

YouTube

Dedmen Miller

Arma ragdoll

Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/dedmen

▶ Play video

deft fern Jun 13, 2019, 12:30 PM

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@white juniper well, there are sets of internal commands for ragdoll available for long time but thing is, that ragdoll state interferes with many other states

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rd_lforce
rd_force
rd_reload
rd_setFactor
rd_enable
rd_damage
rd_underwaterPars
rd_collisionPars
rd_hitPars
rd_forcePars
rd_vehColl```

white juniper Jun 13, 2019, 12:59 PM

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Don't remember what I was using, my documentation is awful

crisp berry Jun 13, 2019, 3:39 PM

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with no more programmer around to stop it, just push non perfect stuff to public build 😉

deft fern Jun 13, 2019, 4:04 PM

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...and break whole arma 😉

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those commands are basically in engine since beginning of arma

crisp berry Jun 13, 2019, 4:05 PM

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free that internal build to use mortals 🙏

trail basin Jun 18, 2019, 7:47 AM

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I'm trying to animate 2 hatches hat are for my codriver (cargo) and i cant find any animation sources, any ideas?

trail basin Jun 18, 2019, 8:14 AM

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also another issue is my FFV positions. i want to rotate their proxies, but i dont really know how to link them to their animations

desert raven Jun 18, 2019, 9:43 AM

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Proxy must be part of the animated selection. What kind of animation source are you lookin for for the cargo?

trail basin Jun 18, 2019, 10:02 AM

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turnout?

trail basin Jun 18, 2019, 1:34 PM

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my basic idea is for the codriver to be able to have a turn out option where he opens 2 hatches next to and infront of him, and for the FFv positions when they turn out their proxy to rotate

desert raven Jun 18, 2019, 1:41 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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these should help you

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@trail basin

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you should be able to define a animations source for each turret

trail basin Jun 18, 2019, 1:46 PM

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arent house going to activate for all, say one FFv turns out and all the other ones tuen aswell

desert raven Jun 18, 2019, 1:48 PM

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no if you define a unique animation source for each turret

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read the description

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of hatchCommander/hatchGunner

trail basin Jun 18, 2019, 1:49 PM

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i see, ill give it a shot

trail basin Jun 19, 2019, 3:12 PM

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does the gunnerInAction need to be a proxy name or can it be a path or a .rtm file

desert raven Jun 19, 2019, 3:15 PM

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it is an animation class name

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that animation class then points to the .rtm file your proxy uses

trail basin Jun 19, 2019, 3:16 PM

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fair enough

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any easy way of finding thouse class names?

desert raven Jun 19, 2019, 3:17 PM

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take one of the vanilla action names/classes and search through all in one config

trail basin Jun 19, 2019, 3:34 PM

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well, i found the one that i want to use (Gunner_Offroad_02_LMG_F} pasted it in as the action, but it doesnt load anything, not even the model

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i checked my proxies and i have given the right proxyIndex

desert raven Jun 19, 2019, 3:46 PM

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whats the line you have for it?

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are you sure its in the right place?

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and are you sure you packed it?

trail basin Jun 19, 2019, 3:48 PM

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439831 gunnerAction = "Gunner_Offroad_02_LMG_F"; from the latest AiO

desert raven Jun 19, 2019, 3:49 PM

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is that a normal turret or FFV turret?

trail basin Jun 19, 2019, 3:49 PM

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normal

desert raven Jun 19, 2019, 3:54 PM

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hmm thats the turned out action

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theres gunnerAction and gunnerInAction

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are you sure you are turned out?

trail basin Jun 19, 2019, 3:56 PM

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wait, i realiwd my mistace

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i thought gunnerInAction was for turned in lol

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wait no

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i was correct

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THIS is my line of code gunnerInAction = "Gunner_Offroad_02_LMG_F";

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// Gunner operations and animations
gunnerInAction = "Gunner_Offroad_02_LMG_F";
commanding= 1;
proxyIndex = 1;
forceHideGunner = 1;
inGunnerMayFire = true;
viewGunnerInExternal = 1;
personTurretAction = "vehicle_turnout_1";
memoryPointsGetInGunner = "pos_gunner";
memoryPointsGetInGunnerDir = "pos_gunner_dir";

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https://i.gyazo.com/b94df5d207a760b14f7fc395bd6ad254.png

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idk what black magic i did to it, but its fixes now

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it may be something to do witch binarizing it or something like that

desert raven Jun 19, 2019, 4:12 PM

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what are you packing it with?

trail basin Jun 19, 2019, 4:12 PM

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addon-on builder from arma 3 tools

desert raven Jun 19, 2019, 4:12 PM

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that path does not look correct at all

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and that is a risky move

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since Addon Builder does not really inform you about mistakes you make

trail basin Jun 19, 2019, 4:14 PM

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shoud i switch to mikero then?

desert raven Jun 19, 2019, 4:14 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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paths should be like this

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no P: in there ever

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and well I think Mikeros tools are more reliable

trail basin Jun 19, 2019, 4:15 PM

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oh yeah i know that, just i was doing things on the fly with the paths

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now that thats fixed, tiem to endlesly nudge the proxy till the fingers and the MG align XD

desert raven Jun 19, 2019, 4:18 PM

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the proxy should be visible in buldozer too

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so you should be able to align it quite easily with it

zenith token Jun 19, 2019, 5:40 PM

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does the proxy path even matter? (for crew) i have the impression just the name is relevant, path is ignored

desert raven Jun 19, 2019, 5:47 PM

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for it to open in buldozer it matters

ruby hill Jun 19, 2019, 6:27 PM

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The name of the proxy matters for simulation, not the path. you can check the cfgNonAiVehicles config for them. They do the same thing that terrain objects do with the land_ prefix, except they do proxy_

zenith token Jun 19, 2019, 9:32 PM

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yeah, matches my observations/my procedures

trail basin Jun 20, 2019, 11:55 AM

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does anyone know a crouched FFV animation or something similar?

desert raven Jun 21, 2019, 7:13 AM

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If there isn't one in vanilla, RHS might have some, or perhaps cup. Other than that they may be a bit rare.

sterile ice Jun 23, 2019, 2:56 PM

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Hola,
Anyone got a second to tell me how I properly import my weapon to the Anim Rig?
Do I have to position it exactly on the reference M16/Bone, or can I just link it somehow and it's then placed correctly.
Also is there a sample Pose for the regular Standing and Prone position that I can use, so the transition isn't noticeable later ingame?
(I'm new to Blender and the Animation Rig from Macser)

desert raven Jun 23, 2019, 5:05 PM

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@sterile ice Blender right?

sterile ice Jun 23, 2019, 5:06 PM

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Yup

desert raven Jun 23, 2019, 5:06 PM

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the weapon bones starting point is what you want to place your weapon object on to

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weapons objects center point matches the origin of the weapon bone/ weapon proxy position

sterile ice Jun 23, 2019, 5:09 PM

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Okay,one more thing : how do I make my weapon model move along the bone?

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Is there smth like a link tool?

desert raven Jun 23, 2019, 5:12 PM

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for instance like this

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sterile ice Jun 23, 2019, 5:16 PM

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Gonna give it a try, thanks👌

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Can't see the Origin point of the weapon bone (Blender 2.8), do you know how to fix this?

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Okay nvm, I think I got it

desert raven Jun 23, 2019, 5:23 PM

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mm yeah I think by default the bone has special shape

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I think it should show in edit mode

sterile ice Jun 23, 2019, 5:27 PM

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Yep, got it working. Thanks 😄

desert raven Jun 23, 2019, 5:28 PM

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👌

proud fossil Jun 26, 2019, 6:20 PM

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If I was using modified animations from "Anims_f_exp" My mod would need an apex dependency right?

desert raven Jun 26, 2019, 6:49 PM

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No I think those are shared in the public data

deft fern Jun 28, 2019, 2:33 PM

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https://github.com/reyhard/mta_animExporter If anyone is interested you can start testing it

GitHub

reyhard/mta_animExporter

Export weapon animations to Arma 3 model.cfg. Contribute to reyhard/mta_animExporter development by creating an account on GitHub.

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I will add documentation + few more tweaks in upcoming weeks

zenith token Jun 28, 2019, 2:40 PM

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cool stuff - what max version do you use it in?

deft fern Jun 28, 2019, 2:56 PM

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at home 2017, but I could save it once in office with 2018

woeful pelican Jun 28, 2019, 3:08 PM

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awesome!

zenith token Jun 28, 2019, 3:34 PM

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yeah but didnt max >2015 use new scripting engine (so not compatible with any pre 2015 stuff)
i only have 2013

deft fern Jun 28, 2019, 3:55 PM

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hm, you can always start studying 3ds max

zenith token Jun 28, 2019, 4:38 PM

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i could, but time...

deft fern Jun 29, 2019, 8:58 AM

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@zenith token toadie tested it with 2014 max version and it seems to work

zenith token Jun 29, 2019, 10:19 AM

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cool

proud fossil Jun 30, 2019, 6:14 PM

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for filepatching, do i need to be using dev branch to get my animations working?

drowsy nymph Jun 30, 2019, 6:24 PM

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filepatching uses the diagnostic exe that comes with the dev branch

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IIRC you can run the diag exe from the stable branch folder. But it's not distributed as part of the stable branch so you'd have to install dev somewhere to get it initially

proud fossil Jun 30, 2019, 6:30 PM

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Alright, I'll install the dev branch, and try it out. Thanks.

desert raven Jun 30, 2019, 8:46 PM

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I run diag exe/dev DLLs as a mod as I'm too lazy to switch between branches.

zenith token Jun 30, 2019, 9:06 PM

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@desert raven can you explain how thats done?

desert raven Jun 30, 2019, 9:40 PM

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@zenith token I got these folders from dev build in an addon folder and I got diag exe at the Arma 3\ root and I run that and -mods I need + the devbuild folder with a shortcut

zenith token Jun 30, 2019, 9:45 PM

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cool, thanks

desert raven Jun 30, 2019, 9:50 PM

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and filepatching launch parameter

spark mountain Jul 5, 2019, 3:02 PM

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Hey guys! Trying to animate a large gate that goes down into ground when interacted with. I'd like to make it like those medieval gates that stutter/jiggle vertically a bit before going down. If that is too complicated for my first time at animating in arma 3, I'm fine with just starting with press interact and one swoop constant velocity motion to go straight down. Could someone please point me into the right direction (just looking to add interaction option that opens door and the door animation is going down its complete height (the entire prop, since the gate is a different object!). Thanks much appreciatedddddddddd!

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And sorry for the noob questions, I try to get better everyday 😃

desert raven Jul 5, 2019, 3:19 PM

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It would need multiple animations but once you understand how model. Cfg animations work it should not be too complicated

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Wiki has "how to animate a model" page

spark mountain Jul 5, 2019, 5:07 PM

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Sweet will check it out

zenith token Jul 5, 2019, 5:16 PM

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you could do sine-wobbling by chaining two rotating animations with offcenter axis, one counterclockwise to the other.

spark mountain Jul 5, 2019, 6:17 PM

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Yea lemme see if i can figure out how animations are made first 😂😂😂

hidden badger Jul 7, 2019, 12:25 AM

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hello I will create my anim when we drink and I galea a little. In the list of anims it works it reads the rtm. On the other hand I do a playMove it bug. I think it comes from my config but I will admit that I did not find a basic config. My problem is when I do playMove nothing happens https://i.postimg.cc/vZygQ7Hr/screenshot-171.png

crimson granite Jul 9, 2019, 8:51 PM

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If I've made a standing reload animation using the 3DSMax CAT Rig is there any easy way to transfer that to a prone animation?

floral oak Jul 9, 2019, 11:03 PM

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there is a new rig from kiory i think this should be easier

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https://gumroad.com/l/KAOLj

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this was the rig from kiory

crimson granite Jul 10, 2019, 4:27 AM

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Oh amazing, thank you

crimson granite Jul 10, 2019, 4:52 AM

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this is fantastic, wish I'd known about it sooner

trail basin Jul 15, 2019, 8:26 AM

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for some reason i cant make the wheelsa of my car to turn in game

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They rotate normally in buldozer, but not in arma

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this si my model.cfg

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https://pastebin.com/x5s91dWq

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i have made all of the wheel_X_X selections in the model

compact ravine Jul 15, 2019, 8:41 AM

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did you give them an axis to rotate around? your axis = ""; entries are empty

trail basin Jul 15, 2019, 8:41 AM

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they had an axis of rotation but that didnt work aswell

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so i tried by ourely just having them rotate on the X axis

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with rotX but that also didnt work

compact ravine Jul 15, 2019, 8:44 AM

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give them an axis with the way your model.cfg is atm and try it, compared to model.cfg's I have yours is only mssing the axis

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and then in your inherited classes below add axis = ""; entries for each wheels axis

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if you have the arma3 samples on steam then there is a test-car with everything setup you can reference

trail basin Jul 15, 2019, 9:18 AM

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added the axes but still no luck

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they are static

compact ravine Jul 15, 2019, 9:19 AM

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do they rotate in objectbuilder > viewer ?

trail basin Jul 15, 2019, 9:22 AM

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yep

compact ravine Jul 15, 2019, 9:22 AM

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so there is something else missing from your model.cfg, compare it to the one in the samples test-car

trail basin Jul 15, 2019, 9:24 AM

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its pretty much the stock one, i just removed a lot of the dampeners and the dials

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i have defined all the parts in skeletonBones

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so idk what im missinf at this point

desert raven Jul 15, 2019, 9:26 AM

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are the steering physx classes connected to the animations?

trail basin Jul 15, 2019, 9:27 AM

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no the "car"(its a motorcycle) doesnt really have suspension

desert raven Jul 15, 2019, 9:29 AM

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it will still need all physx stuff

trail basin Jul 15, 2019, 9:30 AM

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i presume giving boneName the name of the wheel?

compact ravine Jul 15, 2019, 9:31 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Cars_Config_Guidelines#Wheel_PX_parameters

Arma 3 Cars Config Guidelines

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yep amongst other things

desert raven Jul 15, 2019, 9:31 AM

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depends on what part of it you want to rotate yeah

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naive hemlock Jul 15, 2019, 9:45 PM

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dat sketch

zenith token Jul 15, 2019, 10:37 PM

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profezzionalism 👌

desert raven Jul 15, 2019, 11:01 PM

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🖌

hazy plaza Jul 16, 2019, 12:46 AM

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Hello, I have created my own driver animations. The problem is if you kill the driver then he is in the car. Can someone help me there?

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lies in the car (sorry bad english)

floral oak Jul 16, 2019, 10:56 AM

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U also Need a own kia Animation

hazy plaza Jul 16, 2019, 12:55 PM

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kia ? @floral oak

floral oak Jul 16, 2019, 12:56 PM

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killed in action, u have to define a new killed animation

hazy plaza Jul 16, 2019, 12:56 PM

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can u show me how i do this ?

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config example etc.?

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@floral oak

floral oak Jul 16, 2019, 12:58 PM

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dont have one at the moment. u have to create a own animation and need to link it in cfgmoves with your normal driver animation

hexed hornet Jul 16, 2019, 3:59 PM

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for a smoother flight with fewer turbulences
https://imgur.com/w7zN3aV

desert raven Jul 16, 2019, 4:02 PM

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woo

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looks awesome @hexed hornet

deft fern Jul 16, 2019, 6:23 PM

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@hexed hornet haha, started working on blender version too week ago but didn't go that far 😛

hexed hornet Jul 18, 2019, 9:52 AM

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only for my understanding:
the value of axisPos is irrelevant when doing an animation with type = direct; and angle = 0; - i.e. only a translation, no rotation
(because Arma is using the current position of the selection as starting pos for the animation anyway)
is that correct?

drowsy nymph Jul 18, 2019, 9:56 AM

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Pretty sure you need two points axisPos and axisDir, otherwise there is no vector

deft fern Jul 18, 2019, 10:28 AM

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axisDir is a vector

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yes, axisPos is not needed for translations only anims

drowsy nymph Jul 18, 2019, 10:53 AM

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isn't axisDir just a single [x,y,z] coord too?

deft fern Jul 18, 2019, 10:56 AM

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isn't a vector being set of 3 numbers? 😛

drowsy nymph Jul 18, 2019, 11:00 AM

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Oh yeah, vector direction can be relative to [0,0,0] origin can't it

hexed hornet Jul 18, 2019, 12:04 PM

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thx

hexed hornet Jul 21, 2019, 9:23 AM

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https://github.com/4d4a5852/anim2cfg

initial release of version 0.1.0 of my Animation to model.cfg addon for Blender 2.80
it's a Blender 2.80 Addon for exporting the location/rotation of an (animated/constrained) object to a format usable in Arma 3 model.cfg files
at the moment it just creates plain animation classes, i.e. no usage of inheritance or preprocessor macros, yet

ruby hill Jul 21, 2019, 1:15 PM

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Looks like the knowledge about this is spreading. 😄

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It has always been possible, ever since Arma 1 at least.

north mural Jul 22, 2019, 9:19 AM

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Are there any video tutorials that are recommended for doing custom weapon reload animations?

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either that or any available samples that I can use to learn from?

desert raven Jul 22, 2019, 9:34 AM

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Depends what tools you use. Basic skeletal animation tutorials there are plenty for all popular 3D programs and I think I've seen links to couple of more Arma specific ones too.

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For Blender I'd recommend Macsers Arma Rig used with FHQ Arma Toolbox RTM export.

north mural Jul 22, 2019, 9:37 AM

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Cheers, I will give that a look and see how it goes

trail basin Jul 23, 2019, 12:50 PM

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hey guys, im trying to find a catgo position for an injured person laying down on a stretcher, any one know of such?

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i tried using Acts_CivilInjuredGeneral_1 but it doesnt woek

trail basin Jul 23, 2019, 1:10 PM

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Acts_InjuredLyingRifle01 doesnt work aswell

drowsy nymph Jul 23, 2019, 1:51 PM

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passenger_injured_medevac_truck03 etc.

crisp berry Jul 24, 2019, 4:07 AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJjPRtd7dFg

YouTube

LAxemann

Major issue: Character keeps walking without user input after lowe...

Recreation: - Walk with weapon raised - Lower weapon, release movement key Observation/problem: Character keeps walking for multiple seconds without user inp...

▶ Play video

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is this an animation setup issue or rather an engine handling issue?

ruby hill Jul 24, 2019, 12:01 PM

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Bad config work.

crisp berry Jul 24, 2019, 1:31 PM

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ty

winter fiber Jul 24, 2019, 7:58 PM

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Attempting to do a turnout animation on a vehicle.
Is a multistage animation doable on a turnoutcommand?
Anyone have a good way to implement this?
Would a RTM be a better idea?

Step 1: https://i.gyazo.com/thumb/1200/21c8a459722c0d0841bca309472cab82-png.jpg
Step 2: https://i.gyazo.com/thumb/1200/7b5bea5a7a66db980a8f6023519d52e4-png.jpg
Step 3: https://i.gyazo.com/thumb/1200/c3baac55b9fc53f6d76b6caf5678bbaf-png.jpg

desert raven Jul 24, 2019, 7:58 PM

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totally doable afaik.

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turnout animation goes from 0-1 and you just have to time different hatch parts to rotate at different stages

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the 0 to 1 is your timeline

winter fiber Jul 24, 2019, 8:06 PM

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This will be fun 😄

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Okay just wanted to make sure.

deft fern Jul 24, 2019, 9:01 PM

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@winter fiber it's quite tricky since you can't control turn in/out time

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It's hardcoded to 1 second or something like that

desert raven Jul 24, 2019, 9:28 PM

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not even by overwriting the source in animationsources?

worldly osprey Jul 27, 2019, 11:02 AM

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Bonjour guys, quick question:
I did a very small gesture animation. Could you point me to how I can configure it so that it pretty much remains in the last frame?
So, I'd like the character to stay in the position until another gesture is called, but currently it only plays the gesture and then gets back to normal.

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Setting looped to 1 obviously just makes the gesture repeat itself into oblibion 😄

deft fern Jul 27, 2019, 12:39 PM

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make two gestures? one without loop and another (single frame) with it?

worldly osprey Jul 27, 2019, 1:59 PM

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@deft fern do I have to? Would complicate things.
Patch did it in our Tactical Position Ready mod but I was unable to reach him so far

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(What I mean is that the configured the gestures so they play and then stay on the last frame, found it out by tweeking the speed value)

deft fern Jul 27, 2019, 2:33 PM

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if gestures are really simple it's easier to make them single frame and loop them

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interpolation would do the rest

worldly osprey Jul 27, 2019, 2:57 PM

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@deft fern such a simple solution - Thanks dude, together with a slightly lowered inteprolationspeed it looks fine. 😃

worldly osprey Jul 27, 2019, 3:33 PM

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Another thing - When doing pistol animations, do I have to delete the weapon bone in blender?
There seems to be a cfgMoves command to hide/show the pistol but none for the rifle, or primary weapon

deft fern Jul 27, 2019, 3:50 PM

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weapon needs to be on your back

worldly osprey Jul 27, 2019, 3:59 PM

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It is, but the rifle is shown in game anyway

deft fern Jul 27, 2019, 4:06 PM

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it need to be there

worldly osprey Jul 27, 2019, 4:08 PM

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Oh, do you mean in blender @deft fern ?

deft fern Jul 27, 2019, 4:09 PM

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too

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there is no param for hiding primary weapon

worldly osprey Jul 27, 2019, 4:12 PM

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so it's basically all about getting the rig as close to the rifle's ingame pose as possible - for EVERY pistol animation?

desert raven Jul 27, 2019, 5:08 PM

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You can import one of the vanilla rtms into blender as base.

worldly osprey Jul 27, 2019, 5:37 PM

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@desert raven Blender tells me it can't import encrypted rtm files when I try to import the vanilla animations

desert raven Jul 27, 2019, 5:38 PM

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Ah yeah true if you have mikeros subscriber tools there's a deRtm tool there that can convert them.

worldly osprey Jul 27, 2019, 5:39 PM

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Damn, don't havem

sterile ice Jul 27, 2019, 7:23 PM

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You don't need the weapon bone when making pistols, just make sure to to set the weapon bone in the mask to 0.
Otherwise if no weapon bone is present and it's set to 1 in the mask, it places the primary weapon in your belly

worldly osprey Jul 27, 2019, 9:16 PM

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@sterile ice Thanks for the info - I literally got into this just yesterday, so I honestly am not quite sure what you are on about (yet). Googling only showed ways to reset the bone roll value :P

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Would I have to do that in blender somewhere?

drowsy nymph Jul 27, 2019, 9:18 PM

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IIRC the animation config has various bone masks

sterile ice Jul 27, 2019, 9:23 PM

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Nothing in Blender, but in your config, where you define your ReloadAnimation:
There's a difference between Animations and Gestures, gestures are basically not full body animations, you can still walk etc and it only animates those bones which you've defined in the mask.
In that mask you can set exactly which bones should be animated and which not by setting them to 0 or 1.

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Like this:
https://pastebin.com/usBQCC5E

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Line 143 and 144 are two different masks, you can see that each animation has one mask assigned to it (line 99 & 138)

worldly osprey Jul 27, 2019, 11:10 PM

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@drowsy nymph @sterile ice oh, awesome, I get the concept!
Will google/look into the topic tomorrow. Would, of course, also appreciate if someone could point me into a direction, a quick Google on my mobile phone didn't really lead me to any point with a reference or explanation

sterile ice Jul 27, 2019, 11:19 PM

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Gestures aren't really well documented.
Here's a sample reload config:
https://pastebin.com/n0M8Jkn6

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Hope that helps
If you have any questions just ask 😄 @worldly osprey

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In this sample config I didn't make a prone reload animation (was lazy).
It will still work tho

worldly osprey Jul 27, 2019, 11:22 PM

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@sterile ice definitely, thanks dude!
With the parent class found, it should be easy to get available masks via a config dump :)

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🙏🏼

worldly osprey Jul 28, 2019, 12:06 PM

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For the record, the vanilla mask for pistol animations is

mask = handsWeapon_pst;

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Rifle:

mask = handsWeapon;

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Launcher:

mask = launcher;

desert raven Jul 28, 2019, 1:38 PM

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👍 👍 👌

hexed hornet Jul 29, 2019, 12:36 AM

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some anim2cfg testing:
https://imgur.com/QwZLdGY

proud fossil Jul 29, 2019, 1:13 AM

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For anyone that is or will be working on models with custom/different size skeletons, if you want to use the same weapon between two different skeletons you just need to add your skeleton name and hand animation file to the handanim in the weapon config (example below). For some reason i thought we had to use scripts and eventhandlers to be able to use the same weapon on both models.

handAnim[] = 

{
    "OFP2_ManSkeleton","\OPTRE_Weapons\Sniper\data\anim\srs99D_handpos.rtm",

    "Spartan_ManSkeleton","\OPTRE_FC_Weapons\SpartanWeapons\Sniper\data\anim\srs99D_Spartan_handpos.rtm"
};

desert raven Jul 29, 2019, 7:58 AM

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@proud fossil oh excellent news!!!

dull warren Jul 29, 2019, 12:25 PM

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Not sure if this belongs here or in Model_Makers...
Does vertex weighting 'work' in weapon animations? It's obviously necessary for uniforms etc. but can you get the same types of effects using weightings in weapon model.cfg animations?
I'm specifically thinking of using it for the follower and spring within a semi transparent magazine but wanted to check this was a sensible approach before starting.
So primarily moving the follower and using weighting to get partial movement of the spring underneath.

deft fern Jul 29, 2019, 12:51 PM

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it should work with
isDiscreet = 0 in skeleton

trail basin Jul 30, 2019, 7:04 AM

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Can cars have animated tracks. i.e. their textures rotate like thouse of a track?

noble meadow Jul 30, 2019, 7:38 AM

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as in like a halftrack?

trail basin Jul 30, 2019, 7:46 AM

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yes

noble meadow Jul 30, 2019, 7:51 AM

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ahh, perhaps

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maybe ask someone from FOW or IFA3

trail basin Jul 30, 2019, 7:52 AM

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they are tankX sp maybe yuo can, maybe you cant

woeful pelican Jul 30, 2019, 7:52 AM

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IFA3 are carX

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we use some animated texture thing that iirc the go karts use in the kart dlc

desert raven Jul 30, 2019, 8:00 AM

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UVanimations should be able to do that

hexed hornet Jul 30, 2019, 8:00 AM

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https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_UVAnimations

trail basin Jul 30, 2019, 8:00 AM

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how actually are thouse determined?

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the UV animations

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is it just a selection in the model with pasoffset_ and it does it itself or is there more fiddling around?

desert raven Jul 30, 2019, 8:03 AM

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the above link explains it

deft fern Jul 30, 2019, 8:37 AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1G9v-mwX2w and here you can see how it works in game

YouTube

Florian Anfiertjew

UVAnimations

Animating chain with new UVAnimation tech - https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/UVAnimations

▶ Play video

spark mountain Aug 1, 2019, 7:27 PM

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Oh shit, exactly what i was looking for thanks!

slate condor Aug 2, 2019, 4:50 PM

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@desert raven basically im making a Scimitar II, and i was mucking around in GM and saw a cool little engine switch on animation, just wondered how I could apply such method to my tank

desert raven Aug 2, 2019, 4:54 PM

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RPM or engineTemp sources could work for example

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or @ruby hill might tell you what animationSource theyve used. 😄

ruby hill Aug 2, 2019, 4:55 PM

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engineOn. I replied to the question in the channel above and then you pinged me here 😄

slate condor Aug 2, 2019, 4:56 PM

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sorry didnt see it and goat suggested i bring it here

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forgive me for been a code noob, so what line of code and where would I add?

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not seen this sort of thing in any configs iv seen so far

ruby hill Aug 2, 2019, 5:56 PM

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class Eventhandlers of the vehicle in question

wanton pier Aug 5, 2019, 3:33 AM

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hey is there any good tutorial video or something for a guy like to me who wants to learn animations ? 😃

white juniper Aug 5, 2019, 6:48 AM

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Would be interested too. Basically what the workflow is from empty blender/whatever to a working human gesture in game :3
I toyed around a bit but.. probably failed due to zero blender knowledge

desert raven Aug 5, 2019, 8:36 AM

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Macsers armarig for blender is quite good starting point and I think Macser also made some simple how to videos with it. Or possibly it was Alwarren.
C
For how to use animation tools there are plenty of video that are not Arma specific. Same skeletal animation principles do apply to animations made for Arma though.

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Come to think of it, not 100% if the rig works in the latest 2.8 blender.

icy snow Aug 6, 2019, 6:40 AM

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Is anyone here able to get "Acts_Dance_01" or "Acts_Dance_02" working on players?

desert raven Aug 6, 2019, 6:57 AM

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How do you play them?

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Only certain commands work on players I recall.

icy snow Aug 6, 2019, 10:23 AM

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I've tried switchMove, playMove, and playMoveNow all via debug simply in editor. Was just looking for a proof of concept but that didn't even work

desert raven Aug 6, 2019, 10:50 AM

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In editor or runtime?

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Because I think some stuff won't work in editor.

icy snow Aug 6, 2019, 4:52 PM

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hmm Ill give it a shot in runtime

desert raven Aug 6, 2019, 4:53 PM

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I mean editor I would think does not play the animations...

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which is only logical

icy snow Aug 6, 2019, 8:36 PM

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Still doesnt work on runtime. I tried it on client and on server as well

unborn vigil Aug 7, 2019, 11:24 PM

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Greetings Arma 3 family! Anyone here whiling to help me with an Animation for a personal mod? please PM me.

icy snow Aug 8, 2019, 5:09 AM

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Still looking for help and/or answers with the Dance animations if anyone is lurking 💀

desert raven Aug 8, 2019, 8:11 AM

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@icy snow how have you tried triggering the animation. Pls describe all tests you have tried.

@unborn vigil #creators_recruiting

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And pls describe what you want to be done openly so people can judge if they want to do it without having to hunt you down in DM

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All creators are usually busy so they don't have time to waste like that.

icy snow Aug 8, 2019, 9:11 AM

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What I want: To execute the vanilla animation moves on a player (not AI). Dance Moves: Acts_Dance_01, Acts_Dance_02
I have tried: using player switchMove,playMove, and playMoveNow to execute them. This was attempted both in debug on editor as well as on runtime over the client and over the server. Nothing worked.
If someone with this knowledge comes across this: Was this intended? And if so, Why?

idle tide Aug 8, 2019, 6:18 PM

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Hey does anyone know how I can disable the loop on an animation but have where they stop at their last position, i.e guy is putting his hand up but instead of putting it back down, he leaves his hand up

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But also have it where if I miss it, i.e guy putting his hand up, can restart the animation

desert raven Aug 8, 2019, 9:51 PM

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youll need a still "hands up" animation between raising and lowering them

worldly osprey Aug 9, 2019, 8:45 PM

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Thanks for the recent animation help, guys!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFqGqqhfB7I

YouTube

LAxemann

Another video only ArmA players understand

and no, those reload sounds are neither from me nor the final ones.

▶ Play video

tidal vortex Aug 10, 2019, 2:48 AM

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How would someone go about making animations for arma 3

quaint sage Aug 10, 2019, 2:51 AM

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Look up a tutorial, plenty are around the forums.

tidal vortex Aug 10, 2019, 2:58 AM

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Any recommendations?

green marlin Aug 10, 2019, 9:55 AM

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Wanted to know if it's possible to make a animationSource loop ?

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Because you can make the animation inside model.cfg to loop

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but don't know if it's possible to make the animationSource to loop

desert raven Aug 10, 2019, 10:12 AM

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@green marlin not that I know. @tidal vortex what kind o f animations??

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@green marlin some engine sources do repeat but it's a bit different thing.

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What is it you are after?

green marlin Aug 10, 2019, 10:17 AM

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Wanted to make a elevator, everything of the elevator is inside one source

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so opening/closing door. Lift of elevator and such is in one source

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and wanted to make my source loop, so elevator is looped infinitely and doesn't need to make script side

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just launch one time my animation with 1 line, and after it's looping

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I will try to put sourceAddress inside animationsources config

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and see

desert raven Aug 10, 2019, 10:27 AM

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I don't think that's possible.

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And does not sound like it would be useful

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You could not pick elevator destination or anything

worldly osprey Aug 10, 2019, 11:19 AM

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maybe he means this :P
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster

Paternoster

A paternoster (, , or ) or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for two persons) that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping. Passengers can step on or off at any floor the...

desert raven Aug 10, 2019, 11:31 AM

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dunno. that one does not have doors

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and imo that would be a complete deathtrap with Arma physics

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simple up and down going elevator is already very dangerous

merry locust Aug 11, 2019, 2:29 AM

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hi, does anyone know any tutorial to make character animations

cosmic vapor Aug 11, 2019, 7:14 AM

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hey guys! I've had a lot of problems figuring out how to go from one anim to another, please let me know if you can help! 😃

desert raven Aug 11, 2019, 9:25 AM

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@merry locust some Arma related and a lot for how to use whatever tool you use.

@cosmic vapor animation interpolation has to be configured correctly.

cosmic vapor Aug 11, 2019, 5:52 PM

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What's animation interpolation?

desert raven Aug 11, 2019, 7:26 PM

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the thing that tells the engine to play animations in sequence to get from Animation A to animation B

sterile ice Aug 12, 2019, 1:31 PM

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Anyone knows why this animation doesn't work in MP: AwopPercMstpSgthWnonDnon_start ?
I used the following to execute the animation:
[p2, "AwopPercMstpSgthWnonDnon_start"] remoteExec ["switchMove", 0];
It works fine with every other animation, but not this one

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(It's a vanilla animation)

zenith token Aug 12, 2019, 3:59 PM

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can someone point me to the path/class of the normal on-foot binocular animations?
The vanilla animation is screwing me over royally with my fortifications, because when using binocular suddenly the human tries to make himself as large as possible in upright position -> he can no longer properly see out of the firing ports

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the inconsitencies in height and position is really bugging me in general... Just look at the position of any rifle relative to the shoulder and switch through all the stances... its all over the place

crisp berry Aug 12, 2019, 4:14 PM

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animationState player doesnt help?

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otherwise one of the anim EHs maybe?
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Event_Handlers#AnimChanged

Arma 3: Event Handlers

ripe lotus Aug 12, 2019, 6:20 PM

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Any idea why translationZ is borked ingame but working fine in buldozer? I mean it is ofsetted

deft fern Aug 12, 2019, 6:26 PM

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any pics?

desert raven Aug 12, 2019, 6:28 PM

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have you tried just Translation with proper axis set

quaint sage Aug 12, 2019, 6:29 PM

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Everything works better in German.

desert raven Aug 12, 2019, 6:31 PM

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not that kind of axis.

woeful pelican Aug 13, 2019, 2:16 AM

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autocenter prob, it owned me too 😐

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as it only applies after binarization..

oblique snow Aug 14, 2019, 5:12 PM

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https://i.vgy.me/0SV5pn.jpg

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oh no

green marlin Aug 15, 2019, 6:08 PM

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This is possible to loop a source instead just one animation ?

desert raven Aug 15, 2019, 6:15 PM

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As far as I know, no

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Only time ticks forward indefinetly.

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@green marlin was iy you asking about this previously? For some sort of elevator?

green marlin Aug 15, 2019, 6:17 PM

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Yes

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But tried time as source not worked

desert raven Aug 15, 2019, 6:17 PM

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You could make a looping animations with 1 source and trigger that to run some ridiculously long time

green marlin Aug 15, 2019, 6:17 PM

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tried sourceAdress = loop

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in config

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but not working

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but actually my animation is not only one animation in model.cfg

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I have like ~20 animations linked to one source

desert raven Aug 15, 2019, 6:19 PM

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What kind of an elevator is it?

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And does it really run all the time?

green marlin Aug 15, 2019, 6:19 PM

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It's the eiffel tower elevator

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so I need to open door, close door

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lift up

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open door, close door, lift down

desert raven Aug 15, 2019, 6:20 PM

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Would it not be just easier to have it trigger by buttons?

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It would be als safer in Arma way.

green marlin Aug 15, 2019, 6:20 PM

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It's just a elevator with 2 floor

desert raven Aug 15, 2019, 6:21 PM

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Doesn't matter. The engine does not support what you want to do

green marlin Aug 15, 2019, 6:21 PM

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That's not for Arma 3

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but DayZ

desert raven Aug 15, 2019, 6:21 PM

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Oh then not even worth talking here.

green marlin Aug 15, 2019, 6:21 PM

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Have bigger name here, than DayZ Discord

desert raven Aug 15, 2019, 6:21 PM

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Because who knows what's broken in DZ

green marlin Aug 15, 2019, 6:22 PM

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It's exactly same animation in DayZ of A2/A3

desert raven Aug 15, 2019, 6:22 PM

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Perhaps, perhaps not. Its hard to confirm

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A3 Cant be safely compared with it

green marlin Aug 15, 2019, 6:23 PM

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Yeah for sure, I'm speaking only for animation

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and only pure model.cfg animation

desert raven Aug 15, 2019, 6:24 PM

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Well same question applies, why not make it use buttons and get it done

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Instead of fighting the engine

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Or make a script that loops that triggers it up and down

green marlin Aug 15, 2019, 6:26 PM

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Yeah just not wanted to have script running behind

desert raven Aug 15, 2019, 6:27 PM

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It's not very complex script and you can make it loop so that it does not check the triggering condition all the time

quaint sage Aug 15, 2019, 6:28 PM

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Especially if it's just the moving up and down part where it sleeps. The sleep could be a bit longer and have no issues since the timing wouldn't be off.

green marlin Aug 15, 2019, 6:29 PM

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Yeah but I can't make it loop with script, because my animationPhase will be 91, at the end

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and I need to restart from 0

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And no way to do it in script

green marlin Aug 15, 2019, 6:47 PM

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What exactly does sourceAddress="mirror" ?

desert raven Aug 15, 2019, 7:09 PM

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when it reaches the animations max value it should mirror the animation back to 0 when the animation plays forward and then again it would start again

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so if animation maxvalue is 50 and its set to play to 100 it would look like it returns to 0

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and if it was played to 200 it would look like its played twice in a loop

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the mirror sourceAdress is what I thought you were using

worldly osprey Aug 19, 2019, 11:00 AM

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Anyone knows if there's an RTM import plugin for Blender 2.8 already? The FHQ one was last updated 3 years ago : (

naive hemlock Aug 19, 2019, 11:54 AM

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@meager oar

meager oar Aug 19, 2019, 11:55 AM

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@worldly osprey FHQ Toolbox moved to github https://github.com/AlwarrenSidh/ArmAToolbox

GitHub

AlwarrenSidh/ArmAToolbox

Arma Toolbox for Blender. Contribute to AlwarrenSidh/ArmAToolbox development by creating an account on GitHub.

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But it never had import. I'm looking at adding it, but it has its problem since the imported animation wouldn't have any IK

worldly osprey Aug 19, 2019, 11:57 AM

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Ohh thanks for the explanation @meager oar ! Then I meant something else, sec...

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https://github.com/4d4a5852/rtm_import

GitHub

4d4a5852/rtm_import

Blender Addon for importing Arma 2/3 RTM files. Contribute to 4d4a5852/rtm_import development by creating an account on GitHub.

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this one

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I remember that this one also had the Ik issue, though

meager oar Aug 19, 2019, 11:59 AM

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Yeah, in order to import an RTM to a rigged skeleton, you would have to solve the IK for the control bones... No idea if that is even possible

desert raven Aug 19, 2019, 12:09 PM

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It might not be. But is it necessary either?

worldly osprey Aug 19, 2019, 12:23 PM

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@meager oar While it'd be nice if IKs'd work, for me it's mainly about being able to re-pose base poses. So that'd already be a great help

meager oar Aug 19, 2019, 12:24 PM

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I'll see what I can do. I guess I'll ask the author of that importer if he opposes me adding it to the toolbox.

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@desert raven It depends. If you want to really edit an animation, you can't really do much without decent IK

desert raven Aug 19, 2019, 12:25 PM

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The A3 animations are not really editable anyway since they're all keyframes.

meager oar Aug 19, 2019, 12:27 PM

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Yeah it's hard to edit, but you can always try to delete some of the frames in favor of real interpolation. But in any case, I don't think it is possible (at least not easy) to apply the animation to an existing rig with IK.

desert raven Aug 19, 2019, 12:28 PM

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Simple IK work, more complex rigs dont

meager oar Aug 19, 2019, 12:28 PM

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Problem is also that Blender's API documentation isn't the most comprehensive either 😐

desert raven Aug 19, 2019, 12:28 PM

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XD

meager oar Aug 19, 2019, 12:28 PM

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And some of the internals are... weird

desert raven Aug 19, 2019, 12:29 PM

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Fits with Arma perfectly

meager oar Aug 19, 2019, 12:29 PM

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😄

crisp berry Aug 19, 2019, 2:29 PM

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@hexed hornet ^

hexed hornet Aug 19, 2019, 2:39 PM

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who disturbs my afternoon slumber

meager oar Aug 19, 2019, 2:51 PM

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points It was kju!

desert raven Aug 19, 2019, 2:52 PM

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🖐 🔫 🔪 🔨

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here sort it out

hexed hornet Aug 19, 2019, 3:04 PM

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yep, the IK issue is not easily solvable
tried all sorts of approaches but never got an acceptable outcome
even tried inverting the IK relation between bones and control bones before importing and then reverse it afterwards again, but the results weren't great

desert raven Aug 19, 2019, 3:13 PM

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Control bones do seem to break but if the IK is set only as a chain in the bones without any controllers those still work.

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Its possible to work with that but not as easy as with nice rig

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but then again easier than without any IK at all

drowsy nymph Aug 19, 2019, 3:39 PM

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Is IK maintained if you source the animation from mocap? I'm imagining if it would be possible to playback the Arma animations on a dummy with mocap reference nodes and apply that to the IK'd rig

desert raven Aug 19, 2019, 3:40 PM

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probably would work yeah

worldly osprey Aug 22, 2019, 12:14 PM

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Hello sexy people,

I've got around to do my first ever reload gesture, yay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnyS7tknBM4

I did it with the full weapon mesh only and would like to rig the weapon aswell for the next step (in Blender), maybe go the extra mile of trying out 4d4a5852's blender to model.cfg exporter.

Not at home atm but would really like to know if I got this right: In order to do that I'd have to...

Create Vertex groups from the "main mesh", e.g. for the magazine, bolt ....etc...
Name them accordingly
Create bones and parent them with the vertex groups
Correct?

YouTube

LAxemann

mp40 reload test

My first reload gesture, yay :D

▶ Play video

desert raven Aug 22, 2019, 12:20 PM

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sounds about right yeah

hexed hornet Aug 22, 2019, 12:23 PM

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but at the moment my anim2cfg addon can only export the translation/rotation of blender objects (not vertex groups) - i.e. the different parts to animate need to be separate objects

worldly osprey Aug 22, 2019, 12:26 PM

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@desert raven thanks dude!
@hexed hornet Thanks for the info aswell, mate. I only used blender for animating the ArmA rig so far, not for modelling/rigging itself.
But I just read up it's fairly easy to seperate stuff into seperate objects, which is nice 😄

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So it'd be

Select the vertices and split them into seperate objects (with P, I guess)
Name them accordingly
Create bones and parent them with the objects

hexed hornet Aug 22, 2019, 12:28 PM

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dummy objects could work probably, too - in the meantime

desert raven Aug 22, 2019, 12:39 PM

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separate objects is just a wee bit different workflow.

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Do the objects translation export if they are constrained to armature movement?

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to the bones directly I mean

worldly osprey Aug 22, 2019, 12:44 PM

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@hexed hornet ^

hexed hornet Aug 22, 2019, 12:54 PM

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the addon is using the resolved world position of the objects, so pretty much every form of parenting/rigging/... should work fine

desert raven Aug 22, 2019, 12:59 PM

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👍

worldly osprey Aug 23, 2019, 4:26 PM

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@hexed hornet
I tried your exporter (awesome!) - Bear with me, I'm a bloody amateur.
Can it be that it doesn't work with child constrains?
I made two seperate objects (bolt and mag) and animated them/assigned them to the weapon and left hand via child constrains, in the finished result they were both just floating in the same place

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📎 buldozer_2019-08-23_18-07-10-66.png

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It also seems I might have messed up the origins/relations... I left the weapon's origin the way it was inserted (a fair bit to the left) and re-set the origins of the magazine and bolt.
Can this cause location issues, too?

hexed hornet Aug 23, 2019, 6:02 PM

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@worldly osprey have you set the correct parent in the export dialog - and the correct bone hierarchy in the model.cfg, too?

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when the parent is not set then the origin is used

worldly osprey Aug 23, 2019, 6:14 PM

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@hexed hornet used the weapon model as a parent. Actually not sure if this was right, though - might also interfere with the child constrains.

How would you go about setting it up for weapon anims, if you don't mind?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjHZ3ol86DA

This is what it looks like in blender

YouTube

LAxemann

mp402

▶ Play video

hexed hornet Aug 23, 2019, 6:24 PM

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so far I would have done it the same way

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and it already fails when previewing the animation in buldozer?

worldly osprey Aug 23, 2019, 6:30 PM

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Yup

Only on my phone atm but here is the summary

Opened the weapon p3d
Deleted everything but the bolt and mag
Copied the bolt and mag as two separate objects into my animation project
Moved the weapon to default position so that bolt and magazine align perfectly
Parented the bolt to the weapon (which itself is patented to the weapon bone)
Created child constrains to the magazine, one to the weapon object, one to the left hand ik object
Animated bolt and magazine
Exported animations for both, with selection names "bolt" and "magazine", using the weapon model as a parent and "reloadMagazine" as the source
#included both files in the model.cfg,which is set up correctly

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Oh, step 6.5 would be moving the weapon back into the hand position, obvously

hexed hornet Aug 23, 2019, 6:47 PM

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I can't spot an error at the moment
not sure with the multiple child constraints for one object - but if it works in blender then that shouldn't be the problem

worldly osprey Aug 23, 2019, 7:21 PM

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@hexed hornet do you have a working example for weapon anims you can share with us/me by any chance?

worldly osprey Aug 23, 2019, 8:12 PM

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Tried to do a very basic setup and still didn't got it to work. A quick video showing what I did, step-by step:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNBIA-nZE8s

Do all elements have to share the same origin for it to work? Maybe I just can't get behind which object has to be parented with what or how the positional relations have to be set-up

YouTube

LAxemann

model.cfg export stuff

▶ Play video

proud bay Aug 23, 2019, 9:11 PM

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copy pasting from #arma3_model I'm very very doubtful about the optimisation of a p3d running +500 anims everytime weapon class is reloaded, even with binarization. Looks like a shit hole. Do you have any insight on this ?

desert raven Aug 23, 2019, 9:13 PM

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@ruby hill You have made similar animations with your exporter right? What kind of experiences have you had?

drowsy nymph Aug 23, 2019, 9:30 PM

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There are several weapons in RHS currently using anims generated in a similar manner with reyhard's 3DS exporter

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Mostly in GREF so far: the FAL, M3 Grease Gun, MP44, M79, M1 Garand

proud bay Aug 23, 2019, 9:37 PM

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I'd be curious to know what happens if 20 guns run the reload animation at the same time

drowsy nymph Aug 23, 2019, 9:39 PM

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Try it. But they run sequentially on a single source so I don't know that it will cause much of an issue compared to say flying an aircraft where you have upwards of a dozen different animation sources and applying hundreds of animations running in parallel

desert raven Aug 23, 2019, 9:44 PM

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the animations run with single source run locally right

worldly osprey Aug 23, 2019, 9:52 PM

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@drowsy nymph did you use the 3dsmax exporter?
I guess it's set up in a similar way as the blender one - what object did you set as a parent for e.g. the magazine?

drowsy nymph Aug 23, 2019, 9:54 PM

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I didn't use it no. reyhard made them himself

worldly osprey Aug 23, 2019, 9:58 PM

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@deft fern

did you use the 3dsmax exporter?
I guess it's set up in a similar way as the blender one - what object did you set as a parent for e.g. the magazine?

:p

worldly osprey Aug 23, 2019, 10:55 PM

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@hexed hornet
Whatever the issue is, a little feedback for you: Seems like child constrains won't export over in the animation.
I'm at a point where I can see that it "generally" works, I see the magazine float around the gun, but as soon as I change the child constraint and re-position the gun in blender, the magazine does a huge jump in the exported file and then floats around with an offset.

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Aside from that, my/our ( @frank mica is struggling aswell) seems to be finding the correct parent - neither the weapon model, nur the weapon bone, nor the rig itself, nor using the object's origin seem to create the right offset :/

deft fern Aug 24, 2019, 7:33 AM

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@worldly osprey I used model center, I haven't checked that blender plugin so I'm not sure how it exactly works

worldly osprey Aug 24, 2019, 10:58 AM

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@deft fern thanks mate!
Talked to 4d4a5852 already, seems as if the axis get exported all over the place for some reason, he's looking into it

winter fiber Aug 24, 2019, 3:21 PM

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Any idea what could be causing the results ingame differ than in max?
Ingame: https://gyazo.com/3bdbc5836fc2872c270bfc90fa94b936
Max: https://gyazo.com/4629e82c0dda6352edee4ff8fc623197

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Fixed, armor lod was missing GEOlod with autocenter = 1

desert raven Aug 24, 2019, 4:27 PM

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👍 that would cause it indeed

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 2:35 AM

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Hello!
I wonder if somebody could help me out with a reload animation issue
After a long time I decided to try this out
Made an animation in blender with the arma rig and exported it into RTM with the ArmaToolbox
Now my problem is that I've looked around on the wiki/forums for the necessary config and found few examples but unfortunately the animation doesn't seem work
It simply doesn't play
I press the reload key and it just instantly reloads without any kind of animation or delay
Does anybody have an idea of what might cause this?
Thanks in advance

desert raven Aug 26, 2019, 5:26 AM

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Sounds like your configured animation can't find the file to play.

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 6:33 AM

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Yeah that was my first guess too but the path must be correct I checked it about a thousand times
And the handplacement animation is doing just fine
Do you think there might be a problem with the file itself?
And if it just can't find the file, wouldn't it give back an error?

crisp berry Aug 26, 2019, 7:12 AM

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checked rpt yet? diag.exe and debug.log too?

desert raven Aug 26, 2019, 10:52 AM

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What are you packing the addon with?

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 4:13 PM

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Sorry for the late answer
I just got home from work
No I haven't checked those but thanks for bringing it up (guess I was too tired yesterday to think clearly)
I use the official arma tools
I heard that it'd be better to use Mikero's tools but frankly, I haven't had the time yet
Although if one of you could point me to the right direction I would really appreciate it

desert raven Aug 26, 2019, 4:18 PM

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mikeros tools might catch errors and wrong pathings you may have made

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addon builder packs just about anything were it right or wrong

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 4:21 PM

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That's good
Could you maybe link me to the site where I can get the Mikero tools?

white juniper Aug 26, 2019, 4:21 PM

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https://mikero.bytex.digital/Downloads @quasi beacon

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 4:22 PM

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Ah thank you

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 5:05 PM

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I feel like a bit of pain in the neck but could one of you guide me through the install of the mikero stuff?

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I just now got time to sit down

desert raven Aug 26, 2019, 5:08 PM

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hit exe and click install basically

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 5:11 PM

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Ah let me rephrase
Since I see it is in parts, which parts do I need to install?
And in what order?

desert raven Aug 26, 2019, 5:17 PM

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all of them

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order should not matter

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 5:24 PM

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Well I've installed the DeRap, DeOgg, DePbo, ExtractPbo, MakePbo, pboProject, rapify and DeRoad but I must have did something wrong because it doesn't seem to work
Whever I double click on one of their exes either nothing happens, or I get a windows popup

crisp berry Aug 26, 2019, 5:24 PM

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what does it say?

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 5:25 PM

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The popup well it says for example "MakePbo has stopped working"

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Yea
So non of the GUIs seem to open up

crisp berry Aug 26, 2019, 5:35 PM

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did you install the required dlls from the readme?

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 5:36 PM

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Yes I did install the DePbo dll

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As well as the DeOgg dll

desert raven Aug 26, 2019, 5:39 PM

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try installind depbo again

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sometimes it needs to be installed twice

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 5:41 PM

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Okay wait
Forgot to ask one thing
The DePbo installer asks "Headless server install?"
What does this mean?

desert raven Aug 26, 2019, 5:42 PM

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sorry, you answer no to that

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 5:42 PM

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Got it 😄

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But what does that mean just out of curiosity

quaint sage Aug 26, 2019, 5:44 PM

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No gui would be my guess.

desert raven Aug 26, 2019, 5:44 PM

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that as far as I know yeah

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so if you had the tools on a remote server you just send them to be automatically packed

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 5:45 PM

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Ahhh

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Makes sense

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Ah well
I have no luck seemingly

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 6:02 PM

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Well
Odd
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/582912672971096065/615606851312156769/unknown.png

desert raven Aug 26, 2019, 6:05 PM

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windows 10?

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 6:06 PM

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Yes

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Why?

desert raven Aug 26, 2019, 6:15 PM

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it often has this kind of problems

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someone else had similar trouble with windows not creating the environment variables for the Mikero tools and those had to be made manually

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 6:16 PM

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Oh god

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Guess then no Mikero stuff for a while for me

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I assume there is nobody online who could help in that

quaint sage Aug 26, 2019, 6:20 PM

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If you purchased those tools, I think there's ticket support there for it, if not, I've not personally had that issue on Win10 so I cant help. Maybe someone else will have seen it and can chime in or mikero may.

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 6:20 PM

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I hope

desert raven Aug 26, 2019, 6:24 PM

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@thorny anvil might have tips when he gets online

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you can search the chat history on this server for "envrionment variables" and it should come up

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cant remember what channel it was on though

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 6:38 PM

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Oh thanks
I'll check then now real quick

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 6:58 PM

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Well @desert raven thanks for bearing with me
For some misterious reason, the tools only want to run in admin mode for me but they do at least 😄

desert raven Aug 26, 2019, 7:01 PM

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it is a problem how Windows 10 handles those internal modes I guess

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 7:03 PM

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It's weird tho because according to what Mikero said a good while ago (just found it) the tools don't like being in admin mode...

desert raven Aug 26, 2019, 7:09 PM

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they are not developed on win10

quasi beacon Aug 26, 2019, 7:11 PM

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Well I guess it's one more item on the list of why we hate win10

thorny anvil Aug 26, 2019, 8:26 PM

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my tools, will not run AsAdmin. This is intentional. My tools are not anywhere near as important as the things you have, stored on your pc. You will not be paying ran$omeware because of me.

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the error message you received above comes from arma3p. It is being run AsAdmin for whatever reason. The last 'customer' who had this issue set all the shortcuts to run in win7 compat mode.

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you're giving the impression that you're having all sorts of issues installing my tools, which is clearly not the case, you are using one of my tools, and hitting a minefield.

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fyi: in technobabble, the registry settings for each user on the pc are entirely different to each other. 'admin' is just another user. and i never set his registry hive, so he can't find my tools to do damage.

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consider the above an early warning system to your benefit. it is warning you that later on down the track you will get unexplained mysteries when t/b or o/b crash, or neither can find your p drive (because it doesn't exist for admin). None of which has anything to do with my tools, but a clear warning your pc is under risk, and bis tools will not work (but they don't tell you that).

fathom narwhal Aug 27, 2019, 12:54 AM

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So, I'm trying to set up a carrier. And I would like to get the Deck Crew to go through the animations that they do in the Jets Showcase. I haven't figured out how to string animations together to get it working. I can get the one animation working however not the next.

desert raven Aug 27, 2019, 8:50 AM

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Check the different playMove and action commands, some of them put animations into queue to be played one after other.

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#arma3_scripting thing.

quasi beacon Aug 27, 2019, 8:40 PM

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@thorny anvil Thank your for making it clear
I was more on the line of me doing something wrong not that your tools have an issue and I completely understand the reasoning behind the way you decided to make it work now
Apparently the issue was that since the account I tried to install them on is not the admin account of the PC so the installer asked for the permission of the admin confirmation and this happened to tie the tools to the admin so only the admin could run them
Fixed it by giving admin to my account temporarely and reinstalling the tools

desert raven Sep 1, 2019, 5:24 PM

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nope

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there are static poses for picture taking

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but dont think theres any live animations thats been made new

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Arma does contain quite a bit of those in the vanilla data

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look through the animation viewer in game

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there is, just perhaps not as easy to apply

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look through the animation viewer in the editor

daring sundial Sep 3, 2019, 1:45 AM

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Onto the next step in my helicopter is going to be custom pilot and gunner poses. I currently have a 3ds Max rig and made a pose.in key frame 1. When I imported the skeleton and made a driver proxy P3D. When I tested in game, the driver was locked in a standing pose. This may not be the issue but do I need to have a separate model.cfg for the guy? I have followed the old Arma 2 video and it does not work for me.

desert raven Sep 3, 2019, 7:10 AM

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There should be a model.cfg with the ofp2manskeleton class in it in the RTM folder. Also you need to define the pilot and gunner action classes so that the engine knows what poses to use dor your helo. The proxy does not determine the animation, it only determines the position of the character and it helps to make the proxy look like the animation.

daring sundial Sep 3, 2019, 10:03 AM

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That’s what I thought but just started to play around with it.

daring sundial Sep 3, 2019, 8:20 PM

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Update. Got it to work but need to fix the pose. Is there a way to see an body instead of a skeleton in object viewer

desert raven Sep 3, 2019, 8:21 PM

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📎 unknown.png

daring sundial Sep 3, 2019, 8:29 PM

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Nice

spark quiver Sep 10, 2019, 4:39 AM

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Hello everyone. I need animation creator for animations of player. Notice me in personal message please.

desert raven Sep 10, 2019, 4:47 AM

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@spark quiver #creators_recruiting Would be the place to ask.

spark quiver Sep 10, 2019, 4:49 AM

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Thank you. I did look but not found...

sterile ice Sep 14, 2019, 3:30 PM

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Heyo,
I've tried making Animations the first time in Blender now, but for some reason there is no "Export .RTM" Button.
I'm using Alwarrens Arma Toolbox, the export p3d button does show up.
(Blender 2.8 with Toolbox for 2.8)

Edit: Seems like RTM export is broken for 2.8, it works perfectly with 2.79

worldly osprey Sep 16, 2019, 9:35 PM

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@sterile ice rtm export definitely works with the latest tool/blender version, just make sure its box is checked

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Maybe re-download the current fhq toolbox

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https://i.imgur.com/NvQyOWJ.jpg

Imgur

sterile ice Sep 17, 2019, 10:34 AM

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Interesting @worldly osprey
The toolbox is activated as I can export P3D etc, just not .rtm
Ive downloaded it from somewhere else but it still didn't work.
I'll have another look today

desert raven Sep 17, 2019, 12:03 PM

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were you in pose mode?

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I recall 2.79 needs pose mode on to export rtm

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and the armature needs to have arma properties enabled

sterile ice Sep 17, 2019, 6:21 PM

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https://imgur.com/a/2b0CWha

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I'm in pose mode and arma properties are enabled

desert raven Sep 17, 2019, 6:44 PM

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have you added a frame range to be exported

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in the Arma Properties panel

sterile ice Sep 17, 2019, 7:06 PM

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Yup

desert raven Sep 17, 2019, 7:10 PM

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perhaps time to call reinforcements. @meager oar we summon thee

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🕯 🕯 🔯 🐔 🔪 🕯 🕯

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lets see if this works

meager oar Sep 18, 2019, 1:27 PM

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Exporting should work in object mode as well

sterile ice Sep 18, 2019, 4:34 PM

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No idea what I'm doing wrong
I've redownloaded the Toolbox fram various sources without success

sterile ice Sep 19, 2019, 2:32 PM

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@worldly osprey can you send me the Toolbox version you use?
I just tried on a different computer and also asked a friend to try it, neither did I or him have the option to export .rtm

worldly osprey Sep 19, 2019, 2:36 PM

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@sterile ice sure, this one right here!
http://friedenhq.org/arma-ii/fhq-arma-toolbox-for-blender/

-FHQ-

Alwarren

FHQ Arma Toolbox for Blender

sterile ice Sep 19, 2019, 2:36 PM

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Hm, I have that one

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Alright, I found the issue.
The one on there doesn't work.
The one on Armaholic does, I think I got confused with all the different versions I downloaded ^^

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Might want to let @meager oar also know

meager oar Sep 19, 2019, 2:46 PM

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I really need to either update or retire that web page.

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This is the latest version of the Toolbox

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https://github.com/AlwarrenSidh/ArmAToolbox

GitHub

AlwarrenSidh/ArmAToolbox

Arma Toolbox for Blender. Contribute to AlwarrenSidh/ArmAToolbox development by creating an account on GitHub.

sterile ice Sep 19, 2019, 2:46 PM

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Alright, I'll use that in the future 😄
Thanks

worldly osprey Sep 20, 2019, 9:35 AM

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This might be very obvious for seasoned animators, but has been something I've been struggling with, so I'm just leaving this here :P

https://youtu.be/hDJFy9l2a9A

YouTube

LAxemann

Blender A3 Rig - Stop the pelvis from influencing arm positions

▶ Play video

feral shuttle Sep 21, 2019, 7:17 PM

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is someone able to help me with the IK systems for arma ? I have been screwing around with my model memorys and model config but I cant seem to get it to work.
you free to send me a dm if you are willing to spend some of your superior time to me.

zenith token Sep 21, 2019, 7:20 PM

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details, we need details. No details no help

feral shuttle Sep 21, 2019, 7:34 PM

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alright here are the details and information I know so far.

In base arma 3 you have this vehicle the offroad, as a gunner when you aim up and down, the character/player bent its lowerleg and move its arms/hands according to the movement of the gun. Now I have tried creating axis in memory for the specific parts of the character to move but that doesnt work.

I also have the following line of code in my config for my vehicle, but it no success on that.

            rightLegIKCurve[]={1};
gunnerLeftLegAnimName="leg_L";
                gunnerRightLegAnimName="leg_R";```

I went on the community bis wiki and found this.

IK for hands and legs

It's not Inverse Kinematics in fact, but as close to it as possible.
A soldier should have IK defined for hands and legs by default
Each vehicle pose using IK should have leftHandIKCurve[] and rightHandIKCurve[] set to 1
Driver should have driverLeftHandAnimName and driverRightHandAnimName defined as drive wheel bone of the vehicle (drivewheel by default)
Gunner should have gunnerLeftHandAnimName and gunnerRightHandAnimName defined on handles of the gun, or shaking bone of the weapon shall be sufficient (usually something like otocHlaven_shake)
Double check names of bones if the game crashes upon loading this vehicle and call stack points to IK. Wrong definition causes CTD all the time and removing the bone causes the same (eg. by hiding it).


But I dont get anywiser from this, So I was hoping if someone managed to get a turret or a vehicle with a mounted turret to get the IK system work.

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and in my model config I got this.


            class leg_l_rot_fix
            {
                type="translation";
                source="mainturret";
                selection="leg_l";
                sourceAddress="clamp";
                minPhase=0.78539819;
                maxPhase=1.396263;
                minValue=0.78539819;
                maxValue=1.396263;
                memory=0;
                offset0=0;
                offset1=1.1;
            };
            class leg_r_rot_fix
            {
                type="translation";
                source="mainturret";
                selection="leg_l";
                sourceAddress="clamp";
                minPhase=-1.396263;
                maxPhase=-0.78539819;
                minValue=-1.396263;
                maxValue=-0.78539819;
                memory=0;
                offset0=1.1;
                offset1=0;
            };

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with the proper selection named on my model

zenith token Sep 21, 2019, 7:41 PM

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leftLegIKCurve[]={1};
rightLegIKCurve[]={1};
You have that in the vehicle config? Or in the config of the CfgMovesMaleSdr?
Custom vehicle i assume? What simulation (tank, car, plane, heli ,...) ? Custom "gunnerinAction"/"gunneroutAction" ?

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and yes it works... rhs uses it on static weapons (and other things), i use it too. Pretty sure you just have some setup issue

feral shuttle Sep 21, 2019, 7:42 PM

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simulation car and that is in the config for the vehicle

zenith token Sep 21, 2019, 7:43 PM

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it doesnt belong in the vehicle config

feral shuttle Sep 21, 2019, 7:44 PM

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well... that explains why then

zenith token Sep 21, 2019, 7:45 PM

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what animation does the gunner use?

feral shuttle Sep 21, 2019, 7:45 PM

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https://gyazo.com/b5e331d3f6e55eb50947799ec28d8827

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for now im using the base offroad HMG config file's so it using that one

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no customs or anything

zenith token Sep 21, 2019, 7:46 PM

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model config - you used leg_l for both left and right

feral shuttle Sep 21, 2019, 7:47 PM

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from my understanding from weapons model configs you can have section inhert from the parent, like the front and back sight flipping up and down for scopes

zenith token Sep 21, 2019, 7:49 PM

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uh yes - i just have no idea whatsoever what you are trying to do, and try using my crystal ball to guess and the snippets you give me to predict what it is you intent to do and how to fix it...

feral shuttle Sep 21, 2019, 7:51 PM

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im trying to make the gunner move up and down with its body when its aiming for exmple up

zenith token Sep 21, 2019, 7:51 PM

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class leg_r_rot_fix { selection="leg_l";} << is that intended?

feral shuttle Sep 21, 2019, 7:52 PM

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to be fair im not familiar with vehicle configs so I have been trying stuff at that point

zenith token Sep 21, 2019, 7:53 PM

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to move the body, you make proxy of the gunner in the p3d part of the "maingun" selection or whatever else you called it

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OR animate the proxy by making it a named selection

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you use IK memorypoints to controll the position of the feet

feral shuttle Sep 21, 2019, 7:57 PM

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IK memorypoints are under the memory LOD then correct ?

zenith token Sep 21, 2019, 7:57 PM

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yes (thats the normal way)

feral shuttle Sep 21, 2019, 7:58 PM

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alright let me try that

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thanks for your time.

zenith token Sep 21, 2019, 7:59 PM

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there are no "dedicated ik memorypoints". You define points in memory LOD and apply a selectionname to them. You can use these points for whatever purpose you want/need them and for multiple things

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normal use: leg ik memorypoints are made part of the rotating turret selection.
gunner proxy is animated with translation or rotation to swivvel up/down - using the animationSource from the turret's gun. Arm IK points are made part of the elevating gun selection.

wintry hamlet Oct 5, 2019, 11:11 PM

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How does one import a (vehicle) animation skeleton into 3ds Max from the example content? I understand that skeletons in A3 are defined by model.cfg but just from eyeballing it I don't see any coordinate or orientation data.

drowsy nymph Oct 5, 2019, 11:17 PM

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coordinates are defined by axis points in the memory LOD

zenith token Oct 6, 2019, 12:12 AM

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animations are in model.cfg too... there is no importer (unless you make one)

desert raven Oct 6, 2019, 10:30 AM

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The animations by default are written manually in the model.cfg.

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Read the "how to animate a model" bi wiki page and the model.cfg page.

deft garden Oct 17, 2019, 3:36 PM

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Hi everyone. Does anyone know if there is an animation for turning a character around? I have AI's manually turning using * setDir * as part of an animation script, but this looks like a glitch in the Matrix :).

desert raven Oct 17, 2019, 7:53 PM

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you can order them to look in X direction