[Guide] Animation Porting

Tigurius · 03/30/2010, 14:29

Tools needed:
*ModIt:

*ChangeAnimations.py:

*PyM2:

*A Python Interpreter
*Notepad++ or any other texteditor

Step 1: Find the correct Bones

Open ModIt, navigate to the correct model, then click View->Show model control, enable Bones, disable Render.
Click Edit Model -> Edit Bones.
Now search the Bones of head, shoulders and legs(if you enable a bone in Edit Bones, it will be colored):

Step 2: Edit ChangeAnimations.py to your values

Open ChangeAnimations.py with your texteditor.
line 3 and 4 define the filenames, inName is the Model, which has the Animations, and outName is the Model, which gets them.
In line 57: changeBones = (0,1,2,3,4) you can add bones which you want to be ported but not the bones depending on them.
in line 69 to 88 you need to change the values of Dependent:
eg: Change left shoulder animation of HuF to SkM

Code:

if (Dependent(i,om2,16,ic) & Dependent(j,im2,10,jc)) & (Depth(i,om2) == Depth(j,im2)):
			ChangeAnims(i,j)
			break

becomes

Code:

if (Dependent(i,om2,16,ic) & Dependent(j,im2,9,jc)) & (Depth(i,om2) == Depth(j,im2)):
			ChangeAnims(i,j)
			break

if you want change the left shoulder animation of HuF to the Arakkoa one.

In line 114 you can set the output folder.

Step 3: Run ChangeAnimations.py

To run ChangeAnimations.py you need to have a Python Interpreter installed.
Then ChangeAnimations.py has to be in the same folder like m2.py, wowfile.py etc. from PyM2.
Under Windows, if you've installed a Python Interpreter *.py should automatically be attached to the Interpreter,
so you can double-click on the file and it'll run.
Under Linux you need to add a shebang:

Code:

#! /usr/bin/python

(something like that)
and than execute the file.
Under MacOS I've no idea :P
Now your animation port is finished and you can add your files to your MPQ ;D

Appendix:
Some model information (will be updatet):

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