I have a Quake custom model that I want to make into a Half-Life model, how do I convert the sequences from vertex to bone based? How do I make a working skeleton to use them?

Jackathan, подумав, добавил 13.03.2017 в 03:02


This is the model.

2 Jackathan:
1. Rigging with like skeleton from Quake Remake
2. Convert self.

You have a mesh set from vertex animation?

It uses custom animations that I want to preserve into a skeleton animation.

Jackathan, подумав, добавил 13.03.2017 в 03:26
It uses custom animations that I want to preserve into a skeleton animation.

Some algoritmh:
1. Build hand-made skeleton for first frame of mesh.
2. Use tool for generate skeleton animation.

Tool must switch all angles for every joint to find the most optmimalny angles in every frame. This tool can ask to Xaerox or Uncle Mike(Дядя Миша) or develope self. I think it not hard.

But you must have set of meshes for every vertex animation!

2 DrTressi:
Wouldn't it be difficult as hell? It's basically mvtools but in 3d instead of 2d. Like, slicing 3d space into cubes, for original A and assumed B skeletal model, then using XYZ positions of all the vertexes in each cube of both models to calculate some unique sign number and the substracting or comparing cube A123 to cube B123 and all B-cubes surrounding it to find the closest match and build a difference vector for each vertex...

2 crystallize: Ну мне то ты можешь по русски писать. Причём термины.

You can't just convert vertex animations into skeletal. You need to create a rig, as mentioned above, and frame by frame re-create those animations for skeleton.

Although there might be some kind of conversion algorithms that mihht create those anims as close as original ones but not identical.

Also you might try converting vertex anims into flexes if you're modelling for Source Engine...

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Why you're asking here? Aren't there any appropriate forums about modelling stuff, like Facepunch etc.?

2 DrTressi:
Нужно же чтобы и он тоже понял.

2 xDShot: Мне кажется, если пилить каждый кадр вручную, угрохаешь кучу времени и не получится лучше, чем если сделать это тулзой.

DrTressi, подумав, добавил 13.03.2017 в 18:01
2 crystallize: ну я ему объяснил, что достаточно иметь набор мешей-кадров и построить скелет для одного из них. А дальше прога будет крутить-вертеть кости, пока не найдёт идеальные углы для каждого джоинта.