#Mechcommander 2 omnitech wont start how to
#Mechcommander 2 omnitech wont start software

Most people just want to make one model and be done with it. Start big, UV and then work your way down.

#Mechcommander 2 omnitech wont start how to

In my experience, most issues with LOD stem from people not knowing how to properly create LODs for open-source engines.

#Mechcommander 2 omnitech wont start software

I haven't done any Lua scripting in years (that's more my Wife's thing - she's a software developer). Thank you! I downloaded the Engine to play a bit, but it seems that you really need a game built to really see how the Engine works. If Magic finds interest in Spring (or I do), I may look into Blender for exporting animations, but don't hold me to that. I was never a fan of Blender (I found the UI to be kludgy and worse than Max), but in theory, my animations workflow would work for this engine. Doing it like this means animations are interchangeable between units that use the same skeleton - naming scheme for meshes shouldn't matter at all, so long as the locator names are the same. NOTE - There are still issues jumping between Max and Maya, mainly due to how constraints work in each program, but if you stick with one application and BURN the animations in the DAE or FBX, they're pretty much interchangeable between any 3D application, as they all have the equivalent of Locators (Maya) or Helpers (Max). The way organic models are, you have to paint weight to multiple bones. Ironically, this would only work with vehicles or Mechs. Animations will still work with Collada and FBX, without the bones, thanks to the locators. I have a workaround that allows you to use actual IK rigs and animate using bones and control curves, by parenting meshes to locators and then locators to bones. It's a poor approach, but one that was necessary, back in the early 2000s, when Microsoft made the game (It's models were done with the DOS version of Max 6.0). MC2 used Locators (or in Max, Helpers) to move parented meshes to simulate animation. There is a blender plugin for exporting animations, (calling Anarchid!) though it only works for certain filetypes and may have other restrictions. This is usually not a problem for vehicles and mech type models but can be restrictive if you want a more 'organic' look. Essentially it works akin to bones but each bone must be a separate mesh. Not familiar with the MC2 engine myself but MC2 models have been converted into Spring so probably a similar system.

It's also worth joining #moddev and/or #lua on the lobby server (same people in each) for real-time help & feedback. Worth noting that the scripts also have elements of game/unit control as well as purely visual animation. It is worth looking at public repos to see more fully developed scriptsДЄnd an animation walkscript that the generic script includes: That page links to a very basic couple of tutorials that will give you some insight into how things work ДЄs well as the API pages for the lua animation scripting (LUS) With regards animating would be the place to start for doing it 'the old fashioned way' i.e. I was always wanting to push it to 5k-6k.ДЄlso, is there any sort of documentation that will push me in the right direction for someone that's mainly a modeler, rigger and animator? The documentation page is rather sparse when it comes to animators. I wasn't a fan of keeping mechs/vehicles under 3k. Is there a poly count limit per unit? MC2/O was severely limited in texture mapping, but mostly poly count. Looking for a new engine to show the developer, as he's grown frustrated with the limitations of the MC2 Engine and I got a hankering to play MCO again. I used to be an artist for MCO, but as I exclusively use Maya, my input was limited, due to the use of Max 6.0. So, I am understanding correctly, IK isn't supported, but bones are and animations function similar to how they do with Mechcommander 2/Mechcommander Omnitech, in that it's basically helper objects that move the polys around to simulate movement? I'm trying to see if my extensive knowledge in Maya Animation will allow me to build a proof of concept in the Spring Engine for a developer.