Wow. This is SO cool. Great work.

Man that looks awesome, even more badass than screaming Banshee



Not sure if you played it, but there when skeleton dies it's bones completely scatter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-dU9Z4rFt4

awesome, just awesome!!!!!! :rock:

I was wondering, could that sort of animation also work for making npc die in a more believable manner? Im not that in love for with oblivion ragdolls but its one of the things I like best about that combat system, giving the final axe swipe to a guy and sending him flying was cool, but actualy looking dead would was awesome, even a few animations like going down on one knee and then falling down or something that makes the translation from beign alive to dying way more immersive

I like it but is it possible to make the bones crumble slightly at different directions because in the vid the bones seem to follow the axis of its respective joints. I'm not sure if I explained myself well.

That looks super!

He-he, I was mislead, even twice. 1. I thought that you were talking about animation skeletons (Bip01) not about NPC-skeletons. 2. I thought that “breaking” was taking place in a battle e.g. copping off subsequently an arm, a leg in a melee combat (breakable doors/walls).

I guess this might not work with skinned meshes. Anyhow, I am very curious to see “how it is made”.


That look fine for me and very “natural”, a sort of rapid degradation/decomposition, “life” is leaving these bones and they are falling apart.


Well, MW death animation sequences are random and not dependent on a weapon/spell used. It is possible to script that in certain cases but a global solution could be tough.

For NPCs, would it be possible to apply just the death/fatigue animations of the Corprus Stalker? They may be a bit over-the-top for every bandit you run into, but they feel a lot more human than the default "I'm going to fall over now!"

I guess if you use a magical sword of degradation but if you hit a skeleton 50-80 miles swing with a sword the bones won't fall very organized. But of course, I'm aware of the limitations of the engine and respect the time this wonderful animation modder has, that's why I said in my first reply to do that just a little bit more.

It looks great to me, like the spell of that was animating the corpse just ran out and the body is sort of turned off. No big explosion, it just becomes inanimate

just a though you can ignore me if you want but in addition to the breakable skeletons maybe do the same with the beast races and have varying skeletons. you know skeletons for all the races since they all have skeletons. not really my idea but Elaura pointed it out at GHF.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCyvuVL2phk

Cool! :thumbsup:

This just keeps getting better and better! Fantastic work, Arcimaestro Anteres. :bowdown: :goodjob:

Very nice

I think I liked the second one best, where the skeleton simply sort of went dead and fell backwards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThRU80-LjTA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FmyvtbHtiA

o.o

This entire post would be blank to show my speechlessness, but i'm afraid it'd just get deleted.

I would say I like the third one the best of all. However, to break it up some(no pun intended even though for some reason they always seem to happen) perhaps it would be possible to randomize which animation is used?

I kinda wish they would get back up. ;D Just because it'd be creepy as heck. You kill it and then you have to stand there ready for a few moments to make sure it doesn't get back up.

That banshee is very, very nice! The paralyzing from fear is a great touch! One suggestion though. Maybe add a CE chameleon effect to get that vaporous look? Just a thought.

Once again, great work!


KF

The way the banshee dies is magnificent, and I do agree a bit of the chamelon spell might make her a bit more transparent, but still its great

yes, it is random.
There are these 3 new death animation, along with other 2 old ones.



Yes, sometimes, they came back, like these ones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmRy4TWupQ

I wanted to make a transparent Banshee, but then you can see her hair from front, and I didn't like that

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/456/screenshot465o.jpg


I could add a so called "Plastic effect" to the Banshee.
What do you think about that?

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3020/ijiop.jpg

the new skeletons and banshee, are http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=6777

Thanks for the release, AA.