Editor and tools

[ComradeReptiloid]

(08-07-2016 09:40 PM)Hiei- Wrote:  No one will complain about video quality, it's better than nothing

With the editor launched, we can easily check which lines are the needed ones.

Edit : I'm actually doing a text version of your video.

Which value do you put for "AI_Idle_Group" ? Can't manage to see it (32?). And how do you choose it? Is is a value related to another one? (From the video, it seems it's related to the Anchors and so, I guess they should all have the same group number?)

I test my new recording soft and editor + i record videos on my new budget notebook (for traveling), so expect that kind of quality. I will re-record and delete those unscripted piss of shit videos, when i get everything in tact.

You can put any value, not used by different actors and anchors. If you have blank map, you can type any int (1-99 works better for some reason) value. Actor and anchors, assigned to this actor have the same idle group. You define this group by manualy typing same number in actor idle group box and related anchors idle group box.

You can check show idle group in actor properties tab to see green arrow, connecting anchors (sequence defined in ai job anchor idle anchor queue for this example).

I plan shooting more videos on editor next, if no one helps me with adding new jobs to Kneller.

BTW, did you saw/understanded everything from VisArea video?

(08-07-2016 09:40 PM)Hiei- Wrote:  (you have to put, at least, two anchors)

I write misleading title for my video. This is basic example of AiJobAnchorsIdle. Diferent AiJobs require different number of anchors. You can put one anchor too, but ai will cycle one animation with 1 second breaks and stand in one place. You can put up to 9 anchors too. You can create second AiJob Anchors idle and pick another 9 anchors and so on. Basicaly you npc can easily use 9-18 anchors for complexity sake, if you use cascade job function (pick actor and press J)

(08-07-2016 09:40 PM)Hiei- Wrote:  Select "AI_ANCHOR_CUSTANIM_ROT_IDLE".

I recorded basic example with just two RotIdle animations.
For example: What if you want to make npc smoke more than 16 seconds, lets say 40? If you just edit usetime, then npc do next - he light cigarette (8 seconds), use it one time and then just stand with lighted cigaretted doing nothing; when 40 seconds will pass - npc drop cigarette and proceed to next anchor.
To fix that issue use AiAnchor Animation Fixed (i show in my next video different types of AiAnchors and AiJobs), that ressembles AiAncorCascadeAnimations (version for idle npcs). So you can pick Custom_Smoke animation for 16 seconds, then Custom_Smoke_Relax for 5 seconds. How it gonna look in the game? Actor smoke, releases smoke after 16 seconds for 5 seconds and then smoke for 16 seconds again. That procedure continues until 40 seconds passed.

(08-07-2016 09:40 PM)Hiei- Wrote:  Enter a new value in "Use time", "4" for example.

Use time must be >= animation time or animation just skips prematurely. Or if you set it for too long, npc complete animation time and then just stands idle (see Select "AI_ANCHOR_CUSTANIM_ROT_IDLE" answer for example). Most animations like sitting and wash_wall can use AiAnchorRotIdle and everything will be ok.