Boss Mana Guardian converted animations from Boss Siege Guardian

• Boss Mana Guardian converted animations from Boss Siege Guardian
  Posted by Vkoslak on 11 Jun, 2018 23:42
• @Lord Nyriox was asking about these animations on Discord.  I started playing with it and couldn't stop 
  
  I used Blender 3d, Gyro's script, and my animation splitter to get this done.
  
  The walk animation was the only one that really needed a lot of tweaking.
  In addition, I used some physics stuff in blender to make the tail move and then saved it as keyframes.
  
  It took me a while to remember how to setup the physics stuff. I haven't done it in quite a few months.
  
  Updated:  It doesn't work with the original mesh, so I included an updated mesh to go with the skeletons.
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• #1 Reply
  Posted by Phanjam on 12 Jun, 2018 05:26
• HOLYGUACAMOLE @Vkoslak you are DA MAN!!!
  
  Gonna use this tonight tonight tonight !!!
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• #2 Reply
  Posted by Lord Nyriox on 12 Jun, 2018 10:40
• Sorry, @Vkoslak, but it appears that the bones are all out of order somehow. 
  
  A quick preview in Dusho's Torchlight Mesh Viewer shows the limbs all crossed. 
  
  Can you somehow fix it? 
  
  
  Thanks for your help.  :} 
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• #3 Reply
  Posted by Vkoslak on 12 Jun, 2018 16:11
• You replaced all the skeletons with the ones in the zip right?
  
  I changed the parent of the tail bone to make it work better so it's not compatible with the old skeleton files.
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• #4 Reply
  Posted by Vkoslak on 12 Jun, 2018 16:33
• I updated the first post to have a new zip with the fixes.
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• #5 Reply
  Posted by Phanjam on 12 Jun, 2018 17:33
• In spite of my emphatic "tonight x 3!" i did not get to it last night
  So now i can use the fixed files
  Thx @Vkoslak !
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• #6 Reply
  Posted by Lord Nyriox on 12 Jun, 2018 20:19
• @Vkoslak, @Phanjam: 
  
  I went ahead and polished the model data (so it can be used in a mod right away).
  
  First of all, I added all the "other" Mana Guardian model data (materials, animation-registry, etc). 
  
  I spliced in the animation-registry from the Siege Guardian (removing any irrelevant data, such as the Siege Guardian's "idle" and "bind" animations, and the "hide/show material" events). 
  
  I rebuilt and optimized the Mesh and Skeleton data using OgreXMLConverter and MeshMagick (so the model should be both version-matched and more efficient). 
  
  Finally, I fixed the "bind" animation to actually have the correct properties: name="Bind" and length="0" (same as every other Torchlight base skeleton). 
  
  
  I tested my edited model with a modified copy of the "Playable Siege Guardian" mod.  My patched version plays just fine. 
  
  
  Aside:  Call me weird, but for whatever reason, the Mana Guardian seems far more "sexy" to me than any other TL1/TL2 model I have seen. 
  
  Even the TL1 Zealot is barely a shadow in relation to it, as far as I am concerned.  ;} 
  
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• #7 Reply
  Posted by Korzeam on 05 Jul, 2018 20:05
• Hi @Vkoslak and @Lord Nyriox.
  
  I've just noticed this work you made and I wonder if it has been included in a mod ?
  And would you give me the authorization to include it in my Variant Pets mod ?
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• #8 Reply
  Posted by Vkoslak on 05 Jul, 2018 22:07
• Fine with me.
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• #9 Reply
  Posted by Lord Nyriox on 06 Jul, 2018 07:21
• Quote from: Korzeam on 05 Jul, 2018 20:05

  And would you give me the authorization to include it in my Variant Pets mod?

  
  Go ahead, @Korzeam.  :}
  
  You might want to try one of my later revisions of the model.  I have created several experimental variants of the "Boss Mana Guardian" mesh, which are included in my newer model packages. 
  
  "Boss Mana Guardian", version 7: 
  

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• #10 Reply
  Posted by Korzeam on 06 Jul, 2018 13:31
• Thanks @Vkoslak and @Lord Nyriox, and nice work ! 
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