z3n's Combined Animations Pack

[ahowl11]

Very Nice!

[z3n]

Updated this for Christmas with latest files I have for CATW. A fair number of new changes, two game changing ones to infantry other than archers/skirmishers if you are using the reccomended skeletons.

Enjoy and have great Christmas everyone.

[ahowl11]

The latest change fixes how the swordsmen hold their shields right?
Also, didn't Prometheus have a horse swordsmen animation to go with his horse spearman animation? Not a fan of the RMK horse sword animation because again, they die strangely.

[z3n]

Which swordsmen skeleton? I believe I fixed that for spear/sword a long time ago. Could you describe the issue?

Horse death anim- I will look into that.

[ahowl11]

fs_s1_semi_fast_barbswordsman
fs_s1_slow_barbswordsman
fs_s1_swordsman

They twist their shields when fighting so that letters and designs look strange, and long shields are also twisted to the side
Hoplites too with fs_s1_hoplite

[z3n]

Oh yeah. I meant only one skeleton be used for swords. Which is fs_swordsman_shield


These I spent the most time on, others I have not yet.

Suggested Skeleton Usage
fs_thp_f_spearman** all pikemen, has slight and perhaps unnoticeable bug but looks best
fs_thp_f_spearman_p** alternate if you happen to notice the unnoticeable bug
fs_RM_hc_swordsman ** horse swordsmen
fs_swordsman_shield ** swordmen/daggermen
fs_spearman_shield ** spearmen
fs_RM_hc_archer ** horse archers, warning may not work with some models which have large shields
fs_RM_javelinman ** javelinmen/pilummen
fs_archer_sidebag_right ** archers
fs_2hsw ** 2h swords
fs_hc_glaive_swing ** horse spearmen
fs_s1_hoplite ** hoplites (a small animation rework to this)
fs_o_f_spearman ** alternate hoplites spear must be reversed from vanilla spear placement
fs_gladius** gladius users or short sword stabbing elites/imiatation legions
fs_2hsw ** 2h swords
fs_2hbill **l long polearm like units **naginta's,large 2h falx's etc (for falx's 2hsw may be better)
fs_hc_glaive_swing or fs_Prome_hc_spearman ** can use either (depending on preference) for horse spearman units

[JanHauser]

Hello, which skeleton should I use for 2 handed spearmen? I mean, not hoplites, just like a single standard spear but thrusting with it while holding 2 handed. I'm going crazy, can't find them anywhere

[z3n]

You could try fs_thp_f_spearman_p.

[JanHauser]

Tried that skeleton. Combat animation looks wonderful, problem is when walking. They walk as if they were in phalanx mode, even after disabling phalanx attribute in export_descr_units. Run is ok though, any clues about this? Am I doing something wrong?

[z3n]

Oh, yeah, I know what's going on. That's actually something I put in to represent the combat situations better so that units actually placed their shields in front of them instead of leaving themselves open to missile fire. Plus I wanted to make things a little more strategetic. I think it should happen for units with shields except for skirmishers.

But I can put it back to normal.

[spikewolf]

download sites don't work

[vyrille]

spikewolf, they do. this one i downloaded from in particular just yesterday http://http://depositfiles.com/files/ti6lralfj

[vyrille]

lol, im sorry, i doubled "http:" here http://depositfiles.com/files/ti6lralfj

[z3n]

Egh, I never did get around to adding alternate additions of the normal variety in terms of walking.

I'll get around to that today if all goes as planned and I don't get caught up enjoying my uh mods lol. Finally found discs again.

[z3n]

http://depositfiles.com/new/files/xwfahws2o

[Aradan]

z3n, could you please create running speed variants for a couple of the EB skeletons in your pack and also a vanilla one? If I'm not mistaken, the only thing you'd need to change is the running animation, in order to make it the same speed as the vanilla slow/semi_fast/fast ones (for consistency's sake).

fs_2handed: semi_fast, fast
fs_thp_f_spearman: slow, semi_fast
fs_2h_swordsman: slow, semi_fast, fast

[z3n]

I will look into it.

[Aradan]

Thank you!

[20ninescene]

I've been doing some stuff I found pretty cool for animations w/ CATW, so I'll release an update eventually.

edit:
By 'cool' here's an example for RTW or Alexander executables (no shield wall ability activated). I figured out what the developers did when creating that effect and attempted to recreate it in what ways were possible. There are other small improvements, among these but I don't want to make video's for them since it would take a lot of time to compile everything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usef2UX9GjY

Would it be possible to add that shield wall animation to the s1 hoplite skeleton?

[Foxcon]

link is dead. Anyone who could upload a new one?