Im trying to train my animation skills, Im planning to make a mod with some additional animations. How can I make one with two character models involved? Im using Blender btw

[image] Stonestomach: Im planning to make a mod with some additional animations. How can I make one with two character models involved? :eyes: that is very suspicious … :jubilant: I hope your mod is SFW :merry: Other than that, there are some really good threads dealing with that: …

Making two entities interact is not easy, since both have to synchronize their AI in a sense. If you’re planning to add animations for conversations, those are made individually (only one hearthling), then the game starts an animation before the other hearthling has finished their emote, and it loo…

What Im planning is a mod that adds finishing moves in combat. I always found the way enemies just poof out of existence when they die kind of bland. So, instead of doing that, a northern footman with a claymore deflects an Orc’s axe attack, chops his left arm and then pierces him with his sword… an…

Hmm… it might be possible to change the AI action that performs the attack to play an animation in the target (although the whole combat system has many files, so maybe it’s not so easy). The mobs run the death effect on their own when their health reach 0, and from that action you wouldn’t be able…

Yes indeed. So is there a way to make the animation happen when only one hearthling is attacking? (I mean is it written somewhere the amount of enemies a mob is taking hits from) Appart from that, You have a very fair point. If I wanted different animations for different weapons wouldn’t it be nece…

[image] Stonestomach: Yeah, they are pretty gruesome (no blood, though), so I dont know if it fits with the whole PG clean aesthetic, and it is a very ambitious job for a first - timer, but I would like to begin modding these things. I mean, the cool thing about mods is that people can choose…

I mean, I didn’t fix into the code (because I have no idea how to code) So I was basically playing with an idea. Until then, Guess Ill have to get an easier project, like hearthling reskins or something like that

Well, yes. I wouldn’t recommend anyone to start with something that complex. But on the other hand, Stonehearth is a great place to get started/learn a bit, it’s not overly complex and you can grasp things and start getting nice results in no time with patience, practice and dedication. I barely co…

What if… There were hearthlings who had a “musician” trait… And when Idle can trigger an animation of them playing an instrument according to their faction… (Lyre for the ascendancy, Zither for Rayya’s Children and Flute for the Northern Alliance) And nearby hearthlings can get a morale boost or…

Seems quite doable with very little (if any) extra code. Trait: you can add the trait without code. Playing: You can make the playing of the instrument be a skill, like a combat skill - but that works similarly to the buffs/AOE heals from the cleric. That covers pretty much everything: the effect …

Animation tips anyone?

Modding

DaniAngione January 29, 2019, 6:12pm 2

that is very suspicious …
I hope your mod is SFW

Other than that, there are some really good threads dealing with that:

and this is very useful too:

These threads themselves contain more links and tips, etc… So you can start digging them

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Animation tips anyone?

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