WIP: Chocobo

[LightNinja]

does anyone knows where can i see how chocobos move/walk/run? I dont have any FF game so i don't know how they move :/

[Lei Hng Wei]

If you have the Clone Wars cartoon, you could copy the running style of the critter Yoda rides in the very beginning of the series.

[_PlasmA_]

I recorded an ff7 video of the chocobo track awhile ago it'll show you how they run heres the link:

 

http://rapidshare.de/files/12017248/FF7ChocoboRace.wmv.html

[LightNinja]

Thanks, also, they run like that in FF-online? Well im gonna look if theres any trial for FFonline

[~Dark Side~]

I hope you haven't finished it yet, cause in that latest picture, the legs look horrible, they looked better in the one before it...

 

~Dark Side~

[Szico VII]

a kinda swoop chocobo could be made, also it only would be in a static position, it wouldnt look too realistic, flying vehicles can't have a walk/run anim, its just an static animation, for example, you can make a plane vehicle, but you can't make the helix of the rotor move all the time when you are flying, thats the bad thing about JA, is not much mod-able.

Superb job Cuillere ^^

 

the plasma vid is how they run in all ff games and it shows them sprinting too, which is good

 

and...you know how the x-wings s-foils open when it takes off? Could you have something like that, say a flap or a few of the wings instead, and then have it kinda soar like an eagle? that'd be well cool.

[LightNinja]

but only flying vehicles have that kind of animations in this game, i mean, if i do it like that there wouldn't be a visible driver and it would fly, i asume chocobos dont fly, it can't be done in the way you mean

[Szico VII]

the golden chocobo can fly so maybe if u made a golden variety, that one could be a flying vehicle?

[LightNinja]

i think i can, once i have the skin i'll start animating it

[Neon]

Is it possible to see your player model on a flying vehicle?

[LightNinja]

nop

[Buffy]

I already made your one of playable model (howler)to fly as NPC for my Side Kick yay !

[Szico VII]

i don't think it'd matter than much if you couldn't see your player.

[Cuillere]

 

An artist friend help me

[Cuillere]

Update again...

[Lei Hng Wei]

Ooo... looking good.

[Cuillere]

 

Finished...

[Lei Hng Wei]

Sweet! How does it ride? And when will you start on a Road-Runner skin?

[Szico VII]

beak - more orange

legs - more goldeny-brown

 

 

and then, it'll be perfect

[Cuillere]

 

Orange ? Goldy ? I can rework the legs, but the rest are the good colors for me...

[Buffy]

or have to wait more longer ? cant wait !!!

[Szico VII]

it'd just look a bit more 'classic' with a slightly oranger beak

[LightNinja]

O.O!!!! man i'm really impressed!, your skin is perfect!! i've come today from some vacation, im tired and im going to rest, but once i've rested enough i'll start animating it

[Szico VII]

O.O!!!! man i'm really impressed!, your skin is perfect!! i've come today from some vacation, im tired and im going to rest, but once i've rested enough i'll start animating it

 

that news is the best ive heard all week

[LightNinja]

Cuillere, i dont see you by msn so if you read this send me by mail the textures of the belts and the seat, it seems you forgot to put them in the .rar you send me

Oh and do a 'Reset XForm' to all the meshes before you export it to .3ds (yep, send again the model). If you dont know where is it is here:

Once you have reseted the xform of a mesh turn it into 'Editable mesh', dont worry if the faces are fliped, you just reset the xform in all the meshes and export it, dont touch anything more

And if you dont find it press where the green circle is.