Good animations guide please!

[Soul Reapir]

ok so i have heard about you guys needing an animations expert, or at least you need more i think, but i havent found a good BEGGINERS guide to animation for mwt2, so anyone find one? cause i have too much free time and want to be productive with it so i will TRY to become good at animation so i could possiblly make cool animations for you guys, like elves shooting bows sideways once in a while, those huge two handed things that the heavy noldor troops have could use cool animations too!

[Varjon]

I don't want to let you down, but it seems to me that becoming good skin, animation and model maker in Total War games might take years. I don't think that your skills are high enaugh for a big mod like this when this mod has been released.

And anyway for first release we probably need only animations for trolls. Rest comes in patches.

P.S. Try to post small questions like this to Ask Questions Here or Third Age General discussion threads.

[Soul Reapir]

I don't want to let you down, but it seems to me that becoming good skin, animation and model maker in Total War games might take years. I don't think that your skills are high enaugh for a big mod like this when this mod has been released.

And anyway for first release we probably need only animations for trolls. Rest comes in patches.

P.S. Try to post small questions like this to Ask Questions Here or Third Age General discussion threads.

(sigh)

[The Big Red 1]

Try modeling stuff though. Look for the tutorials on this site and look for Unit Makers Tome of Knowledge, and if you want it's a lot easier to model for Oblivion.

[Soul Reapir]

ok sorry guys, im gonna stick with modding for oblivion, i cant even figure modeling out for tw games,lol, im kinda a retard when it comes to file types, its when i get the 3d rendering window up that my magic starts but i cant even figure that out,lol, but like i said before ill be happy to help any other way!

[The Big Red 1]

ok sorry guys, im gonna stick with modding for oblivion, i cant even figure modeling out for tw games,lol, im kinda a retard when it comes to file types, its when i get the 3d rendering window up that my magic starts but i cant even figure that out,lol, but like i said before ill be happy to help any other way!

No start modding for this game too. We need all the modders we can get, and I'm sure you'll be able to help with my Empire Total War: Zombie mod b4 it comes out.

[The Count(er)]

yeah first thing you got to realise that we at this forum don't just create threads on a whim and see if such a thread exists already I mean check out the thread title here

[The Big Red 1]

yeah first thing you got to realise that we at this forum don't just create threads on a whim and see if such a thread exists already I mean check out the thread title here

Glorfinel, Glorfindel, Glorfindel.

[Soul Reapir]

ok guys ill try, but it might take a while for me to learn, any reccommended easy to follow (not that advanced yet so begginers guides would be good) modding guides for this game you can post here at any time, it would be appreciated, so my training now offically starts for modding TW games!!!!!

[aNarion.]

Nice to see how dedicated people are to this mod..ehm, well it doesnt suprise me, thought, because its a great concept and all that..

Trying to make models and all that is a hard thing to if your new to it, guess animations is even harder to make, if im not mistaking..

[Inhuman One]

while we are on the topic of animations, would it be possible to have all elven archers shoot at the same time? that would truly show their dicipline.

[The Count(er)]

nope they can't fire at the same time I'm afraid it's as close as it'll get

[The Big Red 1]

while we are on the topic of animations, would it be possible to have all elven archers shoot at the same time? that would truly show their dicipline.

I'm not sure, but it would be cool to have a DIFFERENT fire at will command that makes them fire faster but less accurate.

EDIT : COUNT(er) finnally beat me too it. Cant' be done.

[The Count(er)]

EDIT : COUNT(er) finnally beat me too it. Cant' be done.

yeah but my internet's still being a slow B@#%* and takes forever to load

[Soul Reapir]

lol, im just now installing 3dsmAX, THATS how stupid i am,lol.

[The Big Red 1]

lol, im just now installing 3dsmAX, THATS how stupid i am,lol.

I use milkshape. I thought 3ds max was like $3000

[Soul Reapir]

well its just a trial, is milkshape free?

[The Big Red 1]

well its just a trial, is milkshape free?

you get a thirty day trial. But it;s only like $25. But there are other softwares out there I think are free.:hmmm:

[Soul Reapir]

you get a thirty day trial. But it;s only like $25. But there are other softwares out there I think are free.:hmmm:

ok, if you find any tell me, not sure how long 3dsmax trial is

[SigniferOne]

It doesn't take years to edit animations. You just need to get a good animation importer/exporter, and start playing around with stuff.