A Room with a Preview

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Mortalitis_Infinitas — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:22:01 GMT

Glad to hear things are coming along nicely. Tools such as these really force you to consider all the background going ons in a game the size of Fable 2. Definitely impressive, if not mind boggling at times.

stuff!

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Derobrash — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:38:41 GMT

I want to be an engine programmer, I'm already crazy so I guess I'm halfway there already..

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BayStone — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:08:27 GMT

Heh, heh. When I read "So I needed to look into the engine" I pretty much started smiling and shivering at the same time. It seems the reaction was correct.

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sCM redruM — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:08:51 GMT

I don't get the paired animation thing...Wouldn't the combat in the demo be a paired animation?? Or are you talking about just normal, gesturing, conversation type of animating??

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Kalev — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:07:12 GMT

sCM redruM: There's a difference between what works in game and what works in the editor. Some combat is paired animation, but not all of it. Same with conversation. Basically, anything that has two characters touching each other will be implemented as a paired animation (such as hugs and sticking a sword through someones head), while everything else would be normal animations (such as normal conversation gesturing, or normal combat swing sword at enemy).

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sCM redruM — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:17:41 GMT

Not sure if you can answer this, but I'll ask anyways...When you die, and the Bandits are beating the bajeebies out of you, is that also a paired animation?? I mean, even though like 4 Bandits are simulatenously kicking you on the ground, does that fall into the paired animation class or is that a whole new concept?? And thanks for the previous explanation, much appreciated...

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Kalev — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:25:40 GMT

I don't know specifically which animations were used for that, I only really know the specifics of the animations I'm given to test tool functionality out with, and in this case those are animations from when you first meet <censored>.

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paulecoyote — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:36:42 GMT

Great first blog :-)

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wrongfire — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:46:47 GMT

Can someone explain what paired animations are... is it just more than 1 animation running on 1 person at 1 time? or is it something... more? dun dun dun

i feel sorry for programmers, the patience you guys must have.... I draw a pic and if i dont see progress in at least 5 hours, the pic will never be done =/