Simple Question

[Vehlir]

Now please understand that I have ZERO experience in animation modding, which is of course the reason I ask this question.

 

So please pardon my ignorance, but how in the world can modders successfully animate a fully choregraphed "Gangnam Style" dance, but no one can produce a simple "Stab" animation for spears.....?

Edited December 12, 2012 by Vehlir

[Paulja]

Eh, I'm guessing context. I assume the gangnam thing can simply be triggered like any idle animation, because it's just a standalone dance thing. Spears on the other hand need to be worked into the combat animations because of the implications of hitting a target, getting blocked, etc. Probably also why nobody's done a mod to switch handedness (for lefthanded people) because after all it's "just mirroring the animations".

[heyiforgot]

I had wondered the same thing but Paulja makes sense.

[ghosu]

Another thing would be that you would have to replace another weapon type's animation since it's not possible (yet) to create a new weapon type with its own animations.