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Well to give you a better idea of where things are the animations and models as well as the MD5 system was implemented into the code within the last four weeks prior to the release of the alpha to the public.

This is how it’s done to solve the chicken and the egg problem that “perfect” models and animation are needed for the game proper but the programmers need raw data regardless of its current level of quality. To them how a jump looks is not as important in that it works in the first place as raw data.

So yes we have models and animations as far as a car can have tires and gasoline but before you can build on top of the rolling chassis you first need a sound foundation.

Soooooo

For the moment just look at things based one what the programmers need to make it work and know that we will worry about how it looks later.

woody, on 27 December 2010 - 11:09 PM, said:

To answer that question it's a matter of how weapons are processed.

Currently we swap weapons that is in the load out already as the basic work has already been done which usually result being the weapon does have the same specs and sounds as the original weapon that was replaced. Some are direct replacements like the UMP45 where changes go unnoticed except for the model and skin where other models will still have the same identical animations, specifications as well as sounds once it’s move to it’s own directory and load out mark up.

The reason for this is simple

First it gives both the modeler as well as the texture artist the opportunity to tweak their work based on how it looks in the game.

Second it readies the model to be moved to it’s own directory using material already built for another model as a place holder that makes it easier and faster to get their job done with out waiting for the content creator to make the necessary and time consuming replacements.

Third even as a replacement the weapon can be send over to the QA side of things to see how the weapon can be balanced out against other weapons with in the dynamics of real time game play.

The last part of the process is to create unique specifications for the weapon as well as proper animations and remove any dependencies it had to the original swap that was used as the base reference.

So to answer another question you had no it’s not as easy as changing a line in the code and to answer what may seem like a simple question would require writing the book on how things are done around here.

This is a process that can take up to a year to complete and in the case of the P90 even longer and a proper specification is usually the last to go in.

Pussnboots, on 28 December 2010 - 01:59 AM, said:

hehehehe first lesson I learned is to never use words like not hard or easy in the same sentence as change when communicating with a programmer.