Modular Power armour frame (help) (WIP)

[SandMouseAnarchy]

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first of all, im a moddeler, animator, designer, im not the best coder ^.^ so ill need a little help on this one.

 

i'm starting work on a mod that will allow the player character and quipped armour/clothes to be visible when in the power armour frame.

it will also allow for visual differences in upgrades made to the frame, the ability to modify the frame itself, as well as visual changes made to the armour pieces that attach to the frame.

 

Unfortunately just stuffing the player character body in the frame isn't enough,

((I've thought of making a power armour frame that can be worn like a normal outfit, and change the player animations to the power armour animations. I think this will work well and easily but wont be as compatible with other power armour mods as it could be - But it is a possible solution.))

 

 

ideally - and this is where i need help -

 

It is possible to attach the actor/player character to another skeleton that can then be controlled as one entity (rideable robots and the rideable car/motorbike mods for example). in the same way, if the player character was attached to the power armour frame and if the game didn't disable the character and equipment when changing to the power armour race, then we would have something very close to the result we want. -

 

But how do we attach the player character to the power armour frame?

 

 

((Then, the only problem would be that the player character doesn't animate correctly with the power armour, i think that can be solved easily - either by a "control ring/outfit" that will contain extra bones of the same name as the power armour bones so the animation will be picked up by both skeletons - or a custom skeleton can be made that has those extra bones. ^.^ (and alternatively i could remake the animations if need be.))

 

Any thoughts? Any help? Any comment at all would be massively appreciated!

Above all else i need to know how to keep the player character visible and attached to the power armour frame once you're in the power armour. *back to modding*

Edited May 29, 2018 by SandMouseAnarchy