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Halocombatevolved
Joined: Nov 20, 2009

Son, I would've been your daddy, but, nevermind.

Posted: Sep 4, 2010 10:45 PM    Msg. 1 of 20       
I've been searching but I can't find a tutorial for it! All I know right now is to import a scenario with recorded animations in it. THANKS!

lordofblake
Joined: Jan 6, 2008

Nice Tongue

Posted: Sep 5, 2010 02:18 AM    Msg. 2 of 20       
(recording_play <Unit Name> <Recorded Animation Name>)
Edited by lordofblake on Sep 5, 2010 at 02:19 AM

deathraider555
Joined: Jul 16, 2008

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Posted: Sep 5, 2010 06:18 AM    Msg. 3 of 20       
How exactly do you make a recorded animation from scratch?

Gamma927
Joined: Jun 12, 2008

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Posted: Sep 5, 2010 01:17 PM    Msg. 4 of 20       
You can't; Gearbox locked down that feature in HEK.

d4rfnader
Joined: Jul 16, 2010

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Posted: Sep 5, 2010 01:43 PM    Msg. 5 of 20       
yeah the only way to have custom animations is to create custom animations for halo lol.

Halocombatevolved
Joined: Nov 20, 2009

Son, I would've been your daddy, but, nevermind.

Posted: Sep 5, 2010 02:34 PM    Msg. 6 of 20       
So like this:

(recording_play hog_p jeep_delivery_service)

Do I put the "hog_pelican_flag_1" in the flags section where the animation starts and "v_hog_pelican_flag_1" at the end?

d4rfnader
Joined: Jul 16, 2010

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Posted: Sep 5, 2010 02:48 PM    Msg. 7 of 20       
from what i've tried the flags are pointless (correct me if i'm wrong) but setting up recorded animations is usually through trial and error the starting point is usually where the vehicle is.

Gamma927
Joined: Jun 12, 2008

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Posted: Sep 5, 2010 03:27 PM    Msg. 8 of 20       
Recorded animations begin with object_teleport, to teleport them to a certain flag before beginning the recorded animation. Add the object that you want to play the recording, and your syntax will be correct.

Halocombatevolved
Joined: Nov 20, 2009

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Posted: Sep 5, 2010 03:37 PM    Msg. 9 of 20       
I did the teleport thing and played the recording and the pelican flew down my mountain and then landed in a lake! How do I set the point for the pelican to land, and where to leave?

Gamma927
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Posted: Sep 5, 2010 04:14 PM    Msg. 10 of 20       
You don't. The only thing you can modify is the starting location.

d4rfnader
Joined: Jul 16, 2010

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Posted: Sep 5, 2010 04:18 PM    Msg. 11 of 20       
for my pelican drop off i had to change its starting location over and over until it went to the correct spot so its just completely trial and error.

Halocombatevolved
Joined: Nov 20, 2009

Son, I would've been your daddy, but, nevermind.

Posted: Sep 5, 2010 04:23 PM    Msg. 12 of 20       
Ok thanks!

Edit: I got the pelican where I want it but it wont fly back! Is there a animation for that too?
Edited by Halocombatevolved on Sep 5, 2010 at 04:50 PM

Edit: Ok I got it now!


Edited by Halocombatevolved on Sep 5, 2010 at 06:04 PM

GameCreat0r
Joined: Apr 9, 2010

"Perhaps the ending has not yet been written..."

Posted: Sep 5, 2010 06:36 PM    Msg. 13 of 20       
Guys I know there have probebly been many people busting this before but i can't stand to ask: Can't we 'unlock' the recort animation feature? I know there is a bunch of guys that can do different forms of magic here like kornman that unlocked stuff in gurillia. I'm one of those magic guys myself but not for this sort of things. There must be a way to reconstruct the part bungie cut out of tool and stuff.

SlappyThePirate
Joined: Aug 24, 2009

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Posted: Sep 5, 2010 08:14 PM    Msg. 14 of 20       
Quote: --- Original message by: Niels
Guys I know there have probebly been many people busting this before but i can't stand to ask: Can't we 'unlock' the recort animation feature? I know there is a bunch of guys that can do different forms of magic here like kornman that unlocked stuff in gurillia. I'm one of those magic guys myself but not for this sort of things. There must be a way to reconstruct the part bungie cut out of tool and stuff.
I don't think anyone could. Animations aren't even tags. Tool has no command for this now, and we don't know how bungie does it. My guess is it's in the scenario, or the scenario has a hidden reference to animations somewhere.
The only stuff I you would find in the scenario tag about recorded animations is they have some element references under "recorded animations block"
  recorded animations	block	34
   element 0
    name	string	insertion_pelican_in
    version	char integer	4
    raw animation data	char integer	0
    unit control data version	char integer	4
    length of animation	short integer	788
    recorded animation event stream	data	2097152
   end element 0

   element 21
    name	string	AREA5_PELICAN_A_IN
    version	char integer	4
    raw animation data	char integer	0
    unit control data version	char integer	4
    length of animation	short integer	575
    recorded animation event stream	data	2097152
   end element 21

As far as I can tell, the animations are not in any visible tag. They're somewhere else. These animations were once data on a bungie computer, and we don't know for sure how to save them, where to save them, or how to compile them.

Architect of Halo
Joined: May 15, 2009

Justice for all

Posted: Sep 5, 2010 11:06 PM    Msg. 15 of 20       
If any of that is true, than how did the people who made the headcrab and Sonic the hedgehog tags get those characters to move the ways they wanted them to?

If you don't believe me:

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=3752

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=5284


EDIT:

Put those in your maps if you don't get what I meant at first.
Edited by Architect of Halo on Sep 5, 2010 at 11:07 PM

Dennis

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Posted: Sep 5, 2010 11:14 PM    Msg. 16 of 20       
Quote: --- Original message by: Niels
Guys I know there have probebly been many people busting this before but i can't stand to ask: Can't we 'unlock' the recort animation feature? .
There is nothing to unlock. it is just not there. It was omitted from the published tools.

Architect of Halo
Joined: May 15, 2009

Justice for all

Posted: Sep 5, 2010 11:20 PM    Msg. 17 of 20       
Yes, but how did those two tagsets gain their animations?

deathraider555
Joined: Jul 16, 2008

Blood is that which ties me to my devils.

Posted: Sep 6, 2010 12:39 AM    Msg. 18 of 20       
Quote: --- Original message by: Architect of Halo

If any of that is true, than how did the people who made the headcrab and Sonic the hedgehog tags get those characters to move the ways they wanted them to?

If you don't believe me:

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=3752

http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=5284


EDIT:

Put those in your maps if you don't get what I meant at first.
Edited by Architect of Halo on Sep 5, 2010 at 11:07 PM


You are able to make custom animations for anything you put ingame. That is of course with the exception of the recorded animations.

In some cases you dont need to use the recorded animations. Before my laptop crashed I was stuffing around with different things and I managed to make an AI fly a pelican along the path I set and to the exact spot I wanted it. It then waited there for 10 seconds and flew off again. I chose a pelican that didnt have landing gear so it looked like in the original halo game (when the pelicans hovered for quick drops).

GameCreat0r
Joined: Apr 9, 2010

"Perhaps the ending has not yet been written..."

Posted: Sep 6, 2010 03:53 AM    Msg. 19 of 20       
Quote: --- Original message by: Dennis
Quote: --- Original message by: Niels
Guys I know there have probebly been many people busting this before but i can't stand to ask: Can't we 'unlock' the recort animation feature? .
There is nothing to unlock. it is just not there. It was omitted from the published tools.


Well I know that but my point was that someone could might just make that part. Can't anyone make his own scrip whitin the game to make this recording work agin? I mean tool_pro could be made, kornman unlocked stuff in gurillia, why can't we at a feature ourselfs. The only thing I'm not sure of is the recording in game since you can't modify the game engine.

Hydrogen
Joined: Dec 6, 2009

Wort Wort Wort...

Posted: Sep 6, 2010 03:57 AM    Msg. 20 of 20       
bungie when they didnt it corrct me if im wrong but the spawned the drop ship hitted record anim and drove it to where they wanted it but i could be wrong.

but u cant unlock it if you could korn would have.. it wasnt built with hek

korns hek and os_

is just hacked and modded ( i think those mean the same

Edited by 12 ninjas with sushi that will give you heart burn for years on Sep 5, 2010 at 02:19 AM]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
 

 
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