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jermi on 21/11/2010 at 16:34

Excellent, but don't you have a side view reference?

LarryG on 21/11/2010 at 19:00

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LarryG on 22/11/2010 at 07:09

Quote Posted by nicked

Are you going to be putting the new bones together into a skeleton AI perchance?

I wasn't. But now that you've suggested it ... click to enlarge the first and on the second to see the skeleton AI walking about.

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(http://s255.photobucket.com/albums/hh121/goldsla/?action=view&current=NewSkeleton.mp4)

Inline Image:

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh121/goldsla/th_NewSkeleton.jpg

... I think it's a bit of alright. This is the lighter bone color textures. I'll see what the darker ones look like, but I think I'll stick with this color for my own mission.

qolelis on 22/11/2010 at 22:40

I think that looks more than a bit alright, but maybe now that the skeleton is up and about, it could get its lower jaw re-attached!?

LarryG on 22/11/2010 at 22:51

Here are both versions of the textures. I still prefer the lighter bones, but I'll provide both in case anyone wants them.

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Now one last important question: is there anyway to make a skeleton obviously male or obviously female without dressing them up? I mean obvious to the lay person, not versed in subtle anatomical hip differences or whatever, psychologically obvious, instinctively obvious. I'm guessing not, but if anyone has an idea ...

nicked on 23/11/2010 at 08:59

Add some straggly bits of long hair for the woman? I think skeletons are pretty much the same for everyone unfortunately.

Melan on 23/11/2010 at 09:10

Oh, that looks very good! How many polygons is the entire skeleton model?

LarryG on 23/11/2010 at 15:04

Quote Posted by qolelis

I think that looks more than a bit alright, but maybe now that the skeleton is up and about, it could get its lower jaw re-attached!?

Somehow I knew someone would say that! I suppose the magical animation is enough explanation of why it didn't fall off. I was thinking of having a skull with a jointed jaw as an oracular object, maybe I'll make the the AI's jaw jointed too. Would that work on an AI? I don't know, but I do know how to find out. Besides the jaw, are there any other special requests? I thought I might try adding some cobwebs to see how that looked, maybe in the rib cage and other places ...

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Add some straggly bits of long hair for the woman? I think skeletons are pretty much the same for everyone unfortunately.

That's a better thought than any I've had ― blue bones for boys and pink bones for girls ... :joke: ― or maybe a cute ribbon bow on the head for the girl skeleton :erg:

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Oh, that looks very good! How many polygons is the entire skeleton model?

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Melan on 23/11/2010 at 15:11

I didn't know the Dark engine could handle so many. 4117 polys is pretty impressive for a late 90s engine (unless I am misunderstanding something).

LarryG on 23/11/2010 at 15:14

It can't handle that many polys in static objects, but for some reason AIs get to have lots more polys than static objects. :confused: