one correction for simplicty of controller. The Dpad will also be part of the cryptic codes. 4 keyboard buttons to the left and 4 keyboard buttons to the right. special right and left will be gameplay buttons.
Got Today and possibly tomorrow to work on the code some more. Just finished the 2d camera system for my game. Works really well and is replicates. Uses ALS without breaking ALS. https://youtu.be/l-ilojBtFqo
next code crunch, I'll add in the rest of the 2d camera system. Extend it to do cinematic more easily and change axis placement in the environment. Char has to walk forward in certain places and the camera axis must interp to new positions. Once thats complete, E1M1 is pretty much done with all hard code stuff and the rest…
got all of it put together. All the fundamental systems are in place and working in 2d. Going to spend the day adding a few more things in, jump, burst, dodge, warp travel and so on, than I have to do code clean up pass. https://youtu.be/Qm_NR6AyC6c
Canned animations are best for cinematic, if even that. They are actually very hard to work with because it's all baked down. Code answers the small changes better than make changes then bake the animation down. Control rig may take a little bit of practice to learn but once it's figured out in the midst of everything it's…
test complete! Got a bit more time to work on it. I'm blending control rigs sooooo easily. No point to use canned animations. Procedural animation is DONE animation. Just need to add in the leg extension when unloading the attack. It is far better to animate using code than linear canned method. https://youtu.be/B-BHTWY4xUk
as for the complete project. I go it all down to one project file and tested timelines for packaging with lumen and nanite based objects. I'm currently jamming in all my code. All visible R&D stuff has been completed. I can now move onto building out the game.
The next step is bow tie up an old code experiment I created in Unreal with Chaos. It's a simple character destruction system that is really fun and good-looking. Youtube video of it in action. Also finished up the key base char mesh in zbrush and even have the skel for it. https://youtu.be/zUZU3I5pI70?si=qFlhzeE_UVfGSGyv
Pinned down the complete work flow with control rig. Create the pose and intended animation function in control rig itself, then send only the working point controls. Handle the control rig no differently than a bake animation in anim bp. Use the character bp to do the timing. It's very clean. My strategy is duplicated…
code crunch is complete. Got all the basic system in and working. Came up with a developer camera system that allows me to build environments how I want with the 2d camera and it will see through anything. It's a material trick. Once the look is right with foreground middle ground and background then I'll turn off the auto…