[WIP] Animations For SH4

Jeff-Groves · 01-05-18, 11:37 AM

I did a quick scan of SH4 files and found no MeshAnimationData2 files.
That's probably because the movement of the body parts are Skeletal in SH4.

So the facial stuff can be changed just as I did it in SH3.

Will be doing an example today with needed images for a select few people.

S3D should be all we need to do this.

Rockin Robbins · 01-05-18, 11:44 AM

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

Jeff-Groves · 01-05-18, 11:51 AM

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

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

Jeff-Groves · 01-05-18, 12:16 PM

open the cap_m13.dat with S3D.

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

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

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

Jeff-Groves · 01-05-18, 12:33 PM

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

Open the Marine.dat in the SAFE FOLDER!!

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

)

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

Jeff-Groves · 01-05-18, 12:36 PM

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

propbeanie · 01-05-18, 02:09 PM

OK, my classroom display looks like yours...

01-05-18, 11:44 AM	#2
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,899 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Isn't translation just (not so) great sometimes! Good to see you Anvart. You are one of a handful who understand the Silent Hunter series in true depth. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

01-05-18, 02:09 PM	#7
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 9,790 Downloads: 444 Uploads: 2	OK, my classroom display looks like yours... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayer/s" - Jimbuna

01-05-18, 11:37 AM	#1
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,394 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	I did a quick scan of SH4 files and found no MeshAnimationData2 files. That's probably because the movement of the body parts are Skeletal in SH4. So the facial stuff can be changed just as I did it in SH3. Will be doing an example today with needed images for a select few people. S3D should be all we need to do this.

01-05-18, 11:51 AM	#3
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,394 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Just as was done in the SH3 thread? Create a safe folder to work in! To follow along copy 2 files into this folder. I've got Marine.dat from the Library/Characters folder and cap_m13.dat from the animations/headmorphing folder that I will be working with.

01-05-18, 12:16 PM	#4
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,394 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	open the cap_m13.dat with S3D. Lets look at it just a bit. Open Node 1 and then node 2. We are going to export the Normal Speech animations. Open node 11 and go to node 12, MeshanimationData. That is the animations we want! There are 8 frames. Now S3D says "Full support? Yes" I always had a problem with that until I figured out HOW to make S3D do this stuff. So I can live with that. (To this day I don't think Swasjer even knew We could do this!)

01-05-18, 12:33 PM	#5
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,394 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Keeping the cap_m13.dat file open, Go to the menu in S3D. File/open Open the Marine.dat in the SAFE FOLDER!! YES! S3D will open multiple files as long as you use the File/open. (Took me awhile to figure that out at first ) Open Node 3 in the Marine.dat file. Scroll WAY down to Node 1684 Hmmm cap_m13

01-05-18, 12:36 PM	#6
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,394 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	If you do a model preview with show only selected objects? We have a head!!! Woo hooo!!! We must be on the right track.