Spartan Pack - Better weights

[wintry meadow]

Spartan Pack - Better weights

this is essentially the same weighting as was in previous spartan packs prior to Ekur. this includes the deforming elements of the following cores, on my control rig (the same one in the 2.0 pack put together by @/MrGruntington):

• Mirage
• Rakshasa
• MK IV
• MK V
• MK V (B)
• MK VI G1
• MK VII

this does not include any of the other customization, this is a leaner file size just so you can get better deformation. if need be, I can look into adding other bodies that aren't included.

Credit:

• @/Zangh for the initial pack (and those who put the pack that he aggregated from)
• @/AuroraThePideon for the skinning
• me for the rig

there shouldnt be any issues with texturing or weighting, but if you run into anything let me know.

[modern thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/marvin-titanfall-titanfall-2-phoenix-shannon-sharpe-gif-16338833460499427626

[proper zealot]

GANG SHIT

Would deeply appreciate Mark VI G3

[bold bluff]

baller

[jaunty echo]

Can we get Drill seargent (Agryna)?

[wintry meadow]

Dropping this here, if anyone wishes to add one of.the missing cores till i update this

This is a guide i wrote to how to put older spartan pack models on this rig

[bold bluff]

[sage basalt]

Do models imported by ekur use this updated rig by default?

[wintry meadow]

They use a similar rig to this, but the game weights are less desirable. I doubt this works with ekur but never tried

[sage basalt]

Alright

Is there a way to take a spartan imported with ekur and put it onto this rig?

[wintry meadow]

like i wrote its on a similar rig already, but this has the better weights on the meshes themselves. you can do it multiple ways, the best way would be make your ekur spartan parent transfer over the hard surface stuff that dont exist (helmets, shoulderpads etc) and copy the material over from the duplicates. you might need to do some uv coord fixes depending on the core, its nothing more than rotating the uv 10 degres and flipping it on the X axis

[sage basalt]

Yeah I meant the weights, thank you!

[jaunty echo]

Or just copy the whole hims node on the shading tab, and just plug it on the 4 image textures

[wintry meadow]

whatever works

i just copy the mat and do the uv fix

less work

[plucky mural]

Cómo puedo controlar mejor las manos para posarlas?? No logro hacer la pose que necesito

[wintry meadow]

english please

[plucky mural]

How can I better control my hands to pose them? I can't get the pose I need with my hands.

[wintry meadow]

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[night mortar]

just to be 100% sure, can I ask what exactly using this rig would change compared to the current spartan pack's rig?

[wintry meadow]

its essentially the same rig, the difference here is the actual meshes are much better in terms of deformation.

[night mortar]

i see
i might give it a go tomorrow 👍
hopefully will go smoothly

[night mortar]

it did not go smoothly
I tried replacing the spartan-pack's rig with the one here (i do not know if that would actually change anything but regardless it does not appear to have worked)

[wintry meadow]

you dopnt need to do any replacing, the only thing you need to add is the hard elements to the existing pack. so the helmets attatchments and what not

[night mortar]

ah i see
ill try that tomorrow
what if one of the spartans is using the CE-style chief legs or arms? those dont seem to be included in the better weights, and it also has the shin, boot and knee joined as one

[wintry meadow]

then youd better be off trying to find an older upload of them, if not then you might want to manually reweight them

[tall spoke]

@brisk quiver

[night mortar]

does anyone know a way to optimise this rig for animating?
the older spartan pack ran smoothly (19-ish fps) with around 4 animated spartans visible, this one drops to 11fps with 4 spartans

[daring marten]

Sorry for the direct ping @wintry meadow
I have followed the instructions step by step from your Powerpoint, renamed the bones and everything, and I have been stuck for a few hours, I am trying to attach this better weights rig to BR312 from the Noble Pack.
Is there something I am missing? Thanks in advance.
P.S
I messed with the Geometry to make it look "better," "cleaner" could that be an issue?

[wintry meadow]

this is intended to use the existing bodies in this file. you should be able to apply the textures on the ones in this file

if you want to use the same mesh youd have to do some data transfers for the vertex groups then put it on the rig

the only reason id do it is if you want better face normals. the existing mesh is fine in most parts

[daring marten]

This absolutely made it work, thanks!

[lean ginkgo]

Could you look into adding the Gen 3 Mark VI sometime?

Surprised it isn't here already

[wintry meadow]

Nah, im lazy

[lean ginkgo]

:(