Custom walker issues

Marth8880 · Post by **Marth8880** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 1:00 am

(TV-14) pics related.

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Now that those depressing images are back in your head...

But in all seriousness:

Hey guys.

So I'm trying to workaround getting Combat Drones working the way they should in Mass Effect: Unification, and one idea that popped up was an auto-pilot walker (because they actually work [offline]). I rigged my Combat Drone model to be animated as a walker, I animated it identically to how the AT-RT is animated (like the same exact leg animations, basically), set up the ODF accordingly, aaaaaaand...this happened: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O19vgUAEEJ4

Bugs that occur:
- The vehicle cannot move.
- Whenever the vehicle attempts to drive forward or in reverse...interesting things happen, such as the steering becoming uncontrollable/out-of-control.
- The vehicle sometimes clip itself underneath the "terrain"; when this happens, the player dies immediately and dies whenever he/she tries to spawn thereon after; the framerate drops sharply upon each attempted spawn, and the player is forced to restart the mission.

ssv_walk_combatdrone.odf

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[code][GameObjectClass]

ClassLabel          = "walker"

GeometryName        = "weap_tech_combatdrone_walker.msh"

[Properties]

//***********************************************

//***********  VEHICLE VALUES AND INFO  ********

//***********************************************

HUDModel = "hud_ATRT_shape"

WALKERSECTION       = "BODY"

//PilotType	= "self"

VehicleType         = "light"

Label               = "Combat Drone"

VehiclePosition         = "common.vehiclepositions.pilot"

GeometryName            = "weap_tech_combatdrone_walker"

AnimationName           = "weap_tech_combatdrone_walker"

//ExplosionName         = "imp_walk_atst_exp"

//ExplosionOffset           = "0.0 5.9058 0.1833"

CockpitTension          = 25

MapTexture      = "troop_icon"

HealthTexture       = "HUD_com_probedroid_health_icon"

MapScale        = 1.0

TimeRequiredToEject	=	"5.0"

EjectResistance			= "0.03"

TimeTilReboard			= "5.0"

//***********************************************

//***********  MOVEMENT VALUES  *****************

//***********************************************

NoCombatInterrupt	= "1"

AICollisionRadius	= "1.0"

AIUseHoverPhysics	= "1"

MaxTerrainAngle         = "45.0"

Acceleraton         = "6.2"

MaxSpeed                = 3.5       // base forward speed

//MaxStrafeSpeed          = 3.5       // base right/left speed

//MaxTurnSpeed            = 3.5       // base turn speed

StoppedTurnSpeed        = "3.5"

ForwardTurnSpeed        = "3.5"

TurnThreshold           = "0.6"

SteerAtYawLimit         = "1"

SteerAtStrafeLimit      = "0"

CorrectAimForSteering   = "1"

SteerTowardAimFactor    = "0.0"

ReverseBackwardSteering = "1"       //steer in reverse like a car - ThrustAngleToStrafe works more intuitively this way

ThrustAngleToStrafe     = "87"    //should match yaw limit or 0.0

ThrustAngleToTurn       = "88"    //thrust angle to reach full forward turn speed

ThrustAngleToStop       = "89"    //thrust angle to turn in place

LegRayHitLength         = "1"

//EnergyAutoRestore   = -99999.9 // -5.0

EnergyBar			= 60.0

//***********************************************

//***********  CAMERA VALUES  *******************

//***********************************************

EyePointOffset      = "0.0 1.0 0.0"

TrackOffset         = "0.0 -0.12 2.2"

TiltValue       = "5.0"

MaxPitchSpeed           = "5.0"

MaxTurnSpeed            = "1.5"

MaxYawSpeed				= "3.5"

PCMaxYawSpeed           = 3.5

PCMaxTurnSpeed          = 1.5

PCPitchRate             = 5.0

PitchLimits     = "-45 45"

YawLimits       = "-0 0"

PitchTurnFactor	= "0"

TurnRate        = 1.5

TurnFilter      = 5.0

PitchRate       = 2.0

PitchFilter     = 5.0

//***********************************************

//***********  MAIN WEAPON VALUES  **************

//***********************************************

VehiclePosition = "common.vehiclepositions.gunner"

WEAPONSECTION   = 1

WeaponName		= "weap_tech_combatdrone_stun"

WeaponAmmo      = 0

WeaponChannel       = 0

AimerNodeName           = "aimer"

AimerPitchLimits	= "-45 45"

AimerYawLimits		= "-0 0"

FirePointName = "hp_fire"

PitchTurnFactor	= "0"

WEAPONSECTION   = 2

WeaponName		= "weap_tech_combatdrone_incinerate"

WeaponAmmo      = 0

WeaponChannel       = 1

AimerNodeName           = "aimer"

AimerPitchLimits	= "-45 45"

AimerYawLimits		= "-0 0"

FirePointName = "hp_fire"

PitchTurnFactor	= "0"

//***********************************************

//***********  ANIMATION VALUES  ****************

//***********************************************

TEMP_AnimationSpeed     = "1.0"

TEMP_Type       = "0"

SoldierCollision	= "p_sphere"

OrdnanceCollision	= "p_sphere"

BuildingCollision	= "p_sphere"

BuildingCollision	= "p_-tbv_sphere"

BuildingCollision	= "p_-tbv_sphere1"

TerrainCollision	= "p_sphere"

TerrainCollision	= "p_-tbv_sphere"

TerrainCollision	= "p_-tbv_sphere1"

//TargetableCollision  = "p_sphere"

//******************************************

//***********  EFFECT VALUES  **************

//******************************************

LegPairCount        = "1"

WalkerLegPair       = "LEGS"

LegBoneLeft     = "bone_l_leg_2"

LegBoneRight        = "bone_r_leg_2"

LegBoneTopLeft      = "bone_l_leg_1"

LegBoneTopRight     = "bone_r_leg_1"

TerrainLeft     = "p_-tbv_sphere"

TerrainRight        = "p_-tbv_sphere1"

FootBoneLeft        = "bone_l_foot1"

FootBoneRight       = "bone_r_foot1"

AISizeType          = "HOVER"

//***********************************************

//***********  DAMAGE VALUES  *******************

//***********************************************

MaxHealth       = 1.0

MaxShield       = 850.0

//***********************************************

//***********  DAMAGE EFFECT VALUES  ************

//***********************************************

//PUT DAMAGE JUNK HERE MAYBE I DUNNO SHUT UP BUT DON'T ACTUALLY :twinkeyrunaway:

//*****************************************

//***********  SOUND VALUES  **************

//*****************************************

VOUnitType              = 125

HurtSound               = ""

DeathSound              = "com_exp_md_layered"

VehicleCollisionSound   = ""

EngineSound             = "drone_engine_med_idle_property"

TurnOnTime              = "1.0"

TurnOffTime             = "5.0"[/code]

weap_tech_combatdrone_walker.msh.option

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[code]-vertexlighting -keep aimer hp_fire bone_root1 bone_spine bone_l_leg_1 bone_l_leg_2 bone_l_foot1 bone_r_leg_1 bone_r_leg_2 bone_r_foot1 [/code]

Walker hierarchy in XSI

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Quite frankly, I haven't hardly the slightest clue what I'm doing when it comes to walker-exclusive animation, rigging, and ODF parameters, so any help is appreciated. Thanks.