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Tutorial Porting characters from PotC to CoAS

Captain Maggee

Captain Maggee

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It is really easy to port characters from PotC to CoAS ;)
There is however some sideeffects of doing it (they don't effect the game though)

Pretty much copy all the files for the Pirates of the Caribbean/RESOURCE/MODELS/CHARACTERS/*Character* to its CoAS equivilant

Then in a character_init file (eg Characters/init/Jamaica.c) just copy an entry and change the stats to your liking and also change the location to where you want them

Then add
Code: 
ch.model.animation = "man2";
under the model name to add a man PotC model OR
Code: 
ch.model.animation = "woman2";
to add a female ;)

NOTE: That is for a NPC and make sure there isn't a line like
Code: 
ch.model.animation = "man";
or
Code: 
ch.model.animation = "woman";
in the character entry to begin with ;)

To make a PChar with PotC model it is RESOURCE/INI/TEXTS/RUSSIAN/HeroDescribe.txt that is the file that is changed
Code: 
animation_*num char* {man/woman}
add the number 2 on the end of man or woman to get them to have the animation
EG.
heroName_4 {Jack}
heroLastname_4 {Sparrow}
heroNameGen_4 {Jack}
heroLastnameGen_4 {Sparrow}
heroNameDat_4 {Jack}
heroLastNameDat_4 {Sparrow}
heroFace_4 {236}
heroModel_4 {Jack}
heroType_4 {Merchant}
heroNation_4 {England}
sex_4 {man}
animation_4 {man2}
hero_4 {
My test of PotC model in CoAS
}
This is making Jack Sparrow with the model "Jack" as character selection number 4

Side Effects
As CoAS has more fighting moves some of the PotC moves look a little dodgey.
- Sidestep is PotC backstep but to the side
- Getting knocked over makes character sit on ground

But other than that is exactly like a CoAS character :D
 
Hi,

A bit of a downer....permission to give us the CoAS animation sorce files has not been granted(wierd as it may seem,seing as they let us have the source code for the whole game :shrug ),but copying it is'nt out of the question..is it?,supposing we live long enough to do it xD:

:cheers
damski.

PS..back yet again,comp.power supply fried this time :modding
 
Copying animation source files? I'm not quite sure if I understand... :?
 
Pieter Boelen said:
Copying animation source files? I'm not quite sure if I understand... :?
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Hi Pieter,
I meant watch the female animation in TOOL then make a source file in Maya...it's only the female source we needed anyway really.

damski.
 
Hi,....anybody still working on character animation these days ?
 
I work on PoTC, any porting I do is in the opposite direction. And I don't work on the .an files which directly produce the animations. But I have had some success with a .ani file which contains references to a .an file to pick out specific actions. Have a look at this:

AoP / CoAS animations in PoTC

This was where I ported a CoAS character into PoTC for use in a story, and had to make a PoTC-compatible .ani file for him.
 
Captain Maggee said:
It is really easy to port characters from PotC to CoAS ;)
There is however some sideeffects of doing it (they don't effect the game though)

Pretty much copy all the files for the Pirates of the Caribbean/RESOURCE/MODELS/CHARACTERS/*Character* to its CoAS equivilant

Then in a character_init file (eg Characters/init/Jamaica.c) just copy an entry and change the stats to your liking and also change the location to where you want them

Then add
Code: 
ch.model.animation = "man2";
under the model name to add a man PotC model OR
Code: 
ch.model.animation = "woman2";
to add a female ;)

NOTE: That is for a NPC and make sure there isn't a line like
Code: 
ch.model.animation = "man";
or
Code: 
ch.model.animation = "woman";
in the character entry to begin with ;)

To make a PChar with PotC model it is RESOURCE/INI/TEXTS/RUSSIAN/HeroDescribe.txt that is the file that is changed
Code: 
animation_*num char* {man/woman}
add the number 2 on the end of man or woman to get them to have the animation
EG.
heroName_4 {Jack}
heroLastname_4 {Sparrow}
heroNameGen_4 {Jack}
heroLastnameGen_4 {Sparrow}
heroNameDat_4 {Jack}
heroLastNameDat_4 {Sparrow}
heroFace_4 {236}
heroModel_4 {Jack}
heroType_4 {Merchant}
heroNation_4 {England}
sex_4 {man}
animation_4 {man2}
hero_4 {
My test of PotC model in CoAS
}
This is making Jack Sparrow with the model "Jack" as character selection number 4

Side Effects
As CoAS has more fighting moves some of the PotC moves look a little dodgey.
- Sidestep is PotC backstep but to the side
- Getting knocked over makes character sit on ground

But other than that is exactly like a CoAS character :D
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I've ported over a TEHO character Norman_2, the base model works but its all white. I'm confused, where do I paste his animation file?
 
Okay I got the textures over (hooray)

but now the arm's flying around...any ideas how to solve this?
 
Animations are in RESOURCE\animation, textures in RESOURCE\Textures\Characters (as you already found).

I assume you need to link the model to a different ".an(i)" file.
 
Foo Mxcah said:
I've ported over a TEHO character Norman_2, the base model works but its all white. I'm confused, where do I paste his animation file?
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Foo Mxcah said:
Okay I got the textures over (hooray)

but now the arm's flying around...any ideas how to solve this?
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Ah once again eagerness has gotten the better of me...haha.

Thank you, now I've got a Long John Silver model ported over! Indeed, porting characters is easy, challenging but the results make you feel like those hackers in a spy movie:D




With that being said...its time I ported Blackbeard over, any good sources? I was thinking of the one from Eras but I need to buy the engine to access the file...? Any luck from PoTC?
 
Foo Mxcah said:
With that being said...its time I ported Blackbeard over, any good sources? I was thinking of the one from Eras but I need to buy the engine to access the file...? Any luck from PoTC?
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There is a PotC film Blackbeard in PotC:NH, yes.

Foo Mxcah said:
Oh a little beside the topic but, how do I change the character's picture?
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I only know for PotC:NH. :shrug
 
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