Okay I can't go through every page, but as far as I went no one had mentioned a viable replacement for Sneak. I say disable sneak all together, and instead attach the same damage multipliers based off of how fast you are moving when you hit the target. This came to me after posting, maybe just make it so pushing C (or whatever your sneak button is) makes you charge at a faster than normal rate, but limited control ie: CHARGE!. Sounds more horse-like to me. Also, will people be able to ride on your back? I'm sure somebody had to ask that, but I ain't lookin'

If this creature works out then it would be as simple as following this tutorial to make a ridable centaur:
http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Making_Ridable_Creatures

but riding the player Im pretty sure would be impossible.


what was ended up deciding for sneak, sneak mode consists of the player going sneak, but you cant move around in sneak mode (but still attack, cast spells etc). Same with backflips and whatnot from high acrobatics, ill be making them impossible.

Also I forgot to mention, you will be able to wear greaves and boots, they just wont be seeable, this is mainly to aviod having to patch for different items (knight of the Nine boots) and saves losing enchantment slots, same with full body armor (arena rainment) you can wear it but the bottom half will dissappear. All just for compatibility.

I just died a little on the inside *takes off saddle and leather fetish gear* . Great job thus far, I never thought I'd see this come to fruition. That completely makes sense about dodging + greaves/boots. I suppose it'll only be a matter of time until we have special centaur outfits though

so much for trying to aviod having to keep this thread up.

i just have a quick question that i need feedback on. For the rearing attack animation, when should that happen? I was thinking during a hand-to-hand power attack, but should that be it?

whats your take on it?

Hmm, what about handtohandattackbackpower.kf ??

KP

trouble is, those animations take the player in a certain direction...thoughi have had an idea.

because we can no longer have the spinning attacks, ill input the horse rearing there along with a downward thrust.

Yeah, that would be sweet!

Any chance of using the horse attack animation as a handtohand attack?

thats what i was just asking, for the hand to hand power attack/s ill be putting it in, but wondered if i could find any other attacks where i could put it.

why not use the default pc hand-to-hand attack?

oh, it'll be there too for the normal attacks becasue its faster, but for the bigger attacks it makes more sense to have the horse attack instead.

Any news?

yes, I have reached the mid way point now, and some testing has begun at TESA just now. (wow, good timing for a post)

The creature idea is getting scrapped, im just moving straight up to NPC compatiable centaurs. No much to show off, but yes, progress is still going. Once I am sure my animations so far work on other's computers, then I start merging for attack animations, which is actually a simple process as it requires nearly no editing or custom animations.

I've been working pretty quitely with it, Im not abandoning it, just dont want to bother updating until I have something worth showing off.

Wonderful!
Great to know that this is moving forward.

Totally agree! Can't wait for the beta! (If there is one...) =D

Any news?

End of semester at university...I havent had much time for anything mod-related lately.

Aww =(

Well if you have any news plz post it!

Not sure if this was mentioned, but wouldn't it be easier to just make a centaur *creature* and then use TheTalkieToaster's Playable & NPC Creatures mod to play?

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1093805-relz-playable-npc-creatures/page__hl__playable

I was the one that fixed Talkie's last problem with his creatures mod, and yes that it exsactly what im doing, custom skeleton with custom animations, i dont replace any animations. Think of this project more like "creating a custom creature", I didnt start from total scratch (as I can modify and merge the exsisting animations) but its still a alot of work. If you want to compare it, a bit like making the akatosh mount into a playable creature...only without having the akatosh mod. You must have the creature finished before you can use talkie's method to make it playable.

I could nearly release a creature at the moment, but it would only have the horse rearing animation...which wouldnt be good to play with in my opinion.

The part that takes the longest (and the same reason Im waiting for the holidays) is the creation of each animation. Im not using the human animations, I have to modify nearly single one to make it would properly with the centaurs. Im going to do more testing, but i will have to edit any animation that involes the player moving.

That mod is so awesome! Can't wait for this one!

Are you on holidays making the new animations yet? Because I really want this mod to come out. =D

Then may be you should help out with the project!

Hey man, I would if I could!

Yes iM on holidays

I sent a message off to PacificMorrowind the other day because I couldnt get one of his pyffi scripts working (to change bone prorities). Hoping he gets back to me soon.