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Tool for making characters and converting VRML files to gm

<!--`QuoteBegin-CouchcaptainCharles`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CouchcaptainCharles)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->But I bet you know that feeling <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="icon_wink.gif" />[/quote]<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/urgh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":urgh" border="0" alt="urgh.gif" /> YES... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/modding.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":modding" border="0" alt="modding.gif" /> YES!!! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/modding.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":modding" border="0" alt="modding.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

Perhaps I should have said "nobody ELSE" in my statement... Haven't seen any new stuff in there (except for yours, and my one tiny little contribution) in quite a while...

Then again, we're ALLLLL pretty busy, prime example being NathanKell... He wants to be here, misses us all, but I think he made commitments to "real life" (whatever THAT is!) <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> and simply has not the time to spend on the computer like he used to... He'll be back - he's just VERY busy right now... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
Is there any way of improving or changing the quality of the crew members on your ship? They are VERY low res and could benifit from a few extra poly's and a bit of texture mapping improvement. I'd love to do it.. if i knew where to begin.
 
<!--`QuoteBegin-CatalinaThePirate`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CatalinaThePirate)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->It's frustrating that nobody seems to be interested in updating or adding to the Wiki anymore.  :([/quote]

I´d love to do that, but apart from adding weapons with the weaponsmod enabled I don´t know anything new - and that´s more of an update than a new tutorial. If I knew how to submit an update, I would at least do <u>that</u>.

And as soon as I´ve figured out the music part, I´ll do that, too. But that still requires quite a bit of experimenting.
 
While experimenting with the parrot animation I found out that actually the rescaling of animations with the tool *is* working correctly, even if you make models very small.
<b>Zozogh</b> and I had both been doing it wrong when testing:
Not only do you need a .ani file with the same name as the animation .an file - for example my.ani if the tool writes to my.an -
in that ani file you have to change the line
animation = man.an
to
animation = my.an
After that you only need to set you character's animation attribute(usually in characters.ini - and note the European version has two instances of that file - not sure which one you have to change).

So <b>Alan</b> you can now make children.
 
Uploaded another new version. The bug with making.col files is now fixed, and it can generate new rooms from an arbitrary polygon (there's a Polygon/Extrude menu item in the 2D view.) Support for making new animations is also there, but as yet undocumented - so use it at your own risk <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="icon_wink.gif" />
 
Making new animations??? Like in <i>fistfighting</i> animations??? <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />
 
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Making new animations??? Like in fistfighting animations???  <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
In principle yes - but in practice it's pretty difficult, and the interface is rather clumsy so far. I'll make it better as I go along working on the parrot, but you're welcome to try it as it is.
 
Inez,
I finally got a chance to play around with the great tool that you've come up with, looks like I may need to update, and just had to say Thank you!
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

I came up with a guy using the mix characters feature, bocman (with two good eyes) and pirat11, that I thought I would share with you.

<img src="http://www.pix8.net/pro/pic/332ZK34H/386756.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

I've been refering to him as Christophero Sly, or Captain Shadow (because he bears a close resemblance to the family dog) and he also looks a little like someone playing Fagin in a production of "Oliver Twist", "Gotta pick a pocket or two, boys, gotta pick a pocket or two...", but I like him. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

<img src="http://www.pix8.net/pro/pic/332ZK34H/386755.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

Here is Christophero Sly asking Fred Bob if he has seen his car keys.

<img src="http://www.pix8.net/pro/pic/332ZK34H/386757.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

And here they are again, whispering over a couplet or two of the most sage saws...

Thanks again, Inez! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/danse1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":dance" border="0" alt="danse1.gif" />
 
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":woot" border="0" alt="w00t.gif" /> Well done, Sir Christopher! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" /> He looks great! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
Ditto. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" /> That makes bocman look almost...distinguished!
 
Inez, is there a new update to your tool if not, can you post the link were i download it again...
 
Looks neat, Sir Chris; I used the same mix for one of my characters in my first "captains courageous" pack, though with a red coat, new face, and yellow bandana.

...hrm, crud, I don't have a picture of him on my photo account to post. But here's a thumbnail on Pieter's modpack page:

<img src="http://millenniumdock.bravepages.com/storage/others/images/face_201.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

(Pieter, if me posting this here wrecks your bandwidth or anything, tell me and I'll remove or just link the image)
 
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