Ok, so i've just started FP animating, and i have some questions:

1. How does the firing animation in weapons like the assault rifle work? I can't find the animation referenced anywhere.

2. How do you set the reload time? The animations seem to set it, and the bit in the weapon tag doesn't change things. At the moment i can fire whilst i'm reloading, and if i don't press R it skips the animation entirely.

Thanks in advance.

What do you mean? The reload time and firing are set when the animations are made in 3dsMAX/GMax/whatever 3d program. Then they get compiled into a file which get's run through tool then you have your animation set.
So the only way to change the reload speed is in a 3d program.

Also all of the animations are in a single file called a model animation file. each animated thing has one.

Hope that helps.

Yes, i've done all the FP animating and modelling, and the game seems to be ignoring the length of the reload animation. And the firing animation for the AR doesn't seem to be referenced anywhere

I already have the animations into tags.

Do you mean that it is not referenced inside the model_animations tag?

Also how many ticks is your reload?

Yes, i do mean that.

My animation is 120 ticks/4 seconds.

I have no idea why you don't have the animation in your AR FP animations. You sure you looked in tags/assault rifle/FP/FP_animations?

I don't know why your animation is playing fast. Can you show me a video of it?

My animation isn't the assault rifle animations. I'm just wondering how it does the recoil thing with no obvious reference, and how i can do the same. I mean, it's in the tag, it's just not specified when to use as far as i can see.
I can't show you a video as it would be 0 seconds long. It's not playing the reload at all unless i press R, and even then i can still fire when it reloads.
Edited by Koo294 on Dec 19, 2010 at 05:47 PM

Name it first-person fire-1.JMA. Don't use the assault rifle animations as a base; that was Bungie's "testing ground" for animations.

Name it first-person fire-1.JMA. Don't use the assault rifle animations as a base; that was Bungie's "testing ground" for animations.

Whoa XP

I never noticed O.o

How did that happen? Lol.
Anyways, I wish someone would bring back the flashlight animation from pre-release Halo.

I understand that, but I want it to keep doing the animation as you are firing like the AR, not reset every time you fire, like the rocket launcher etc. Basically I'm animating a chaingun and i want the barrels to spin, if i use what you said they'd only spin after firing.
Edited by Koo294 on Dec 20, 2010 at 05:13 PM

first-person overlays. 9th frame.

yea, that's what else i was going to ask, how do the overlays work? I can't seem to find any tutorials. Also, i couldn't really do a barrel spinning with 1 frame could i?

I am just here to admire the double post o.o
Do two frames, one frame with default pose, next frame with 180 (or something) degree turn.
Edited by ThetianSoldier on Dec 20, 2010 at 05:22 PM

Frames 0 - 8 are for looking overlays. For the ninth frame, do what ThetianSoldier said: make it the origin rotated 180 degrees.

That wouldn't work, that'd just make the barrel turn upside-down when firing. I guess it's impossible then. Unless i do some extremely complicated ammunition anim.

Edited by Koo294 on Dec 20, 2010 at 05:37 PM

No, it would work. If you add an effect like smoke, and disguise it well enough, it'll create the illusion that it's spinning.