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May 18 2008 11:55am

Aidan®
 - Aidan
Aidan®
firstly this is my first post so if its in the wrong category sorry.

Im currently creating a machinima project (a movie using a game) for school with JA and i just want to know if anyone has gotten JA characters mouths to move.

If so could you please tell me how you did it, i suspect that it involves modding the character animations.:(

i will be highly grateful to anyone who helps and i will make sure you are credited in the movie.:D
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Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.

This post was edited by Aidan® on May 18 2008 11:58am.

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May 29 2008 01:33pm

Aidan®
 - Aidan
 Aidan®

so far ive come to two options with making mouths move.

the first which is probably the best for smooth mouth movements is a program called 'noodle flix', now this program lets you type a phrase in plain english, converts the words in to frenetically written computer speak and associates the mouth position with the sound required. if you have no idea what i just said then have a look at this

the idea is that i would change the characters and backgrounds to screens of JA characters and maps, because the characters are only 2d images not 3d models, and just change the mouths, there are ten mouths in total, and we have perfect mouths without any animation/scripting. sorry if you don't understand a word im saying, ill try and get some captures of files and the program to make it more clear.

the second option is to continue on the idea of modding the character animations directly in the game which i now have the animations of movements like taunt in .xsi format, which i got of the JK3 files site. this would have other advantages that noodle flix doesn't like instantly changing camera angles and more movement, but it still would be more like animating only quicker.

im probably the only one that understood a word of that:D
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Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.


May 27 2008 05:29am

Aidan®
 - Aidan
 Aidan®

yeah their are lots of animations in multiplayer eg. siting

with those animations i want to open them change them so their mouths move instead of their body, using ten different commands for ten different mouth movements, and then bind the commands to so at the press of a button have the character move their mouth in the appropriate position.

hopefully that makes sense to somone.:D
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Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.


May 27 2008 01:55am

Setementor
 - Jedi Master
 Setementor

Ever tried taunting, tarpman? :P

May 27 2008 12:40am

tarpman
 - The Tarped Avenger
 tarpman

Mouth animations occur in single player but not in multiplayer. So if you want mouths moving you'll need to implement your movie as a map for single player, most likely using ICARUS.
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May 26 2008 12:43am

Aidan®
 - Aidan
 Aidan®

thats always one option,:)

i could just mod the skins to look like their mouths are open in a certain way and change the skin by pushing a binded button to change character. but that would be more like an animation than Machinima. the ideal thing would be to change the animations,

thanks for the idea though, i might go with that for now:D
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Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.


This comment was edited by Aidan® on May 26 2008 12:48am.

May 25 2008 05:03pm

Masta
 - Jedi Council
 Masta

I'm not sure if there is a mod that lets you move the characters mouths. You could, however, just make use of skins that have the mouth concealed - there's plenty of those, especially with all the custom ones you can download.
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This comment was edited by Masta on May 25 2008 05:03pm.

May 20 2008 12:02am

Aidan®
 - Aidan
 Aidan®

Thanks for your help :), i've been madly googling with no luck.
i hope your right with the mod cause that would be awesome and i see no reason why their couldn't one.

anyway if you remember anything about the mod please don't hesitate to post:)
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Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.


May 19 2008 01:17pm

ShadowJedi
 - Student
 ShadowJedi

Well Hmmm I wanted to do the same thing . I found a mod for making a movie with JA . But I forgot from were I toked it:(:'( . I will search for it .
And Good Luck with your movie .
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