Adding weapon animations/poses to an existing boss model?

93SHADoW · **Author**

So to make a long story short..

i have a boss that's based on the medic, and its model is binded to the medic's skeleton for the animations/poses.

Now the deal is, since the stock Medic animations/poses lacks animations/poses to hold the Huntsman/Fortified Compound properly (reference pose), i'm trying to figure out how to replace ONLY the primary weapon animations/poses so that it uses the sniper's primary weapon animations/poses, while the rest of the animations/poses are the normal medic ones (secondary, melee, taunts, etc.)

I am well aware that decompiling and editing certain files are going to be necessary to be able to recompile them with said animations so that it doesn't go to a reference pose when holding said weapon.

friagram · 09-12-2014 , 02:05 Re: Adding weapon animations/poses to an existing boss model?

You can't just seitch them, because the sniper and medic don't have the same bones. And even the bones that are the same do not have the same angles/lengths.. So the animations would deform the mesh badly. You could make your own animations with the medics bones, but it would take a good amount of time. It's easier to just use the crusader's crossbow instead.

93SHADoW · *Last edited by 93SHADoW; 09-12-2014 at 08:02.*

In that case i might as well improvise with a second model that's binded to the Sniper's skeleton for the time being as part of a rage DOT (along with the weapon) until the custom animations are done.

friagram · 09-12-2014 , 16:12 Re: Adding weapon animations/poses to an existing boss model?

Well, you could rebuild the medic's model but include the sniper's animation's instead.
Just bonemerge the sniper's skeleton reference in and relevant attachments.