[FS Frankie V]

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nice work frankie. i dont know why everyone is talking about the run animation having the gun too close... as it is probably the least used movement (at least by me) the walk->shoot looks so cool, and hopefully sprint will be sexy too.

Thanks for the kind comment Yas. I can see the concern for poor Tom not having that manly look but it is rather an easy fix. If they want to point out the flaws and it makes them happy then I’m cool with it. On the other hand it does give me a better idea as to what is important rather than thinking its no big deal    

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how is it for shooting in the crouched position, is it low as in how the movement was, or is the back and head more vertical as it is in the reload position animation?

The reload animation in the crouch position uses the same animation as the reload in the up right position. I/we have not yet decided just how this action should be played out as having the player pop up a bit in my view should be the risk a player should take in a decision to reload. This will be worked out during player testing involving players who have a better idea as to how the game should be made rather then me having to make a decision that could screw things up.

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also, how is it in first person view between the crouched animations, is there any vertical movement?

First person view will not change at all and will remain the way it is now. The 3rd person model has little or no bearing as to the current pose of the player model and is part of the code system that player are use to. The animation will be nothing more than a visual queue similar as to how a player uses sound in a non-intrusive manner.
 

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i do fear that campers may be gainin an advantage from the idle crouch stance being so low. compared to 4.1 are the new crouch hitboxes higher or lower or both depending on animation?

First yes the hitboxes are tied into the 3rd person model so where ever the player model goes so do the box.

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Once again the complete pack will be extensively player tested by a group that knows best of how anything added in the form of new animation could be taken wrongfully advantage of. It’s imposable for me to test every aspect out under all possible conditions in a short period of time and I’ll be the first to admit that I’m probably the wrong person to make those types of decisions.    

[Hayame]

Just wondering Frankie, what would be the animation for powersliding? and for some jumps, you powerslide THEN jump to finish that jump, wouldn't it be hard? or would it still be the same.

[straight jackin (old)]

Wow awesome job Frankie_V, everything looks really cool and gets me more excited for 4.2.  One thing I did notice from the constructive criticism side of things is in UrT walk (without firing) is used in for stealth and stamina regain, in both cases we are probably attempting to keep as low a profile as possible.  I noticed when we go into walk the gun will be sticking out from the face of the body, where as when he is running his profile is smaller keeping the gun against his body.  Its better than it currently is, but my sense is its a bit counterintuitive from a game play standpoint, even though its intuitive from a real world standpoint. 

[FS Frankie V]

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Just wondering Frankie, what would be the animation for powersliding? and for some jumps, you powerslide THEN jump to finish that jump, wouldn't it be hard? or would it still be the same.

Power sliding will have it’s own animation and was one of the first sequences, along with the limp, that was suggested needed to be improved and from there the list just grew. Jumps will be looked at and touched up but will be more of the cosmetic nature (the thinking is for now). For example the two-legged jump is designed to work with the sprint and looks goofy when used when just running.

[FS Frankie V]

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but my sense is its a bit counterintuitive from a game play standpoint, even though its intuitive from a real world standpoint. 

The weapons key position right now is nothing more than a proxy placeholder in which to push all the other motions through from a single point.

Makes sense if you consider this is not being done in the md5 format, which you can fit to finish the animation, but in the md3 format where each sequence comes one after another. Since the Q3 engine does not blend animation it’s best to get the animation, no mater how it sucks, into the game as soon as possible so everyone else on the team has the resources to do their thing.   

[FlanKthem (old)]

Kudos to the people who worked on this!

Another step to beat other fps games!

[Hayame]

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Kudos to Frankie_v who worked on this!

Another step to beat other fps games!

Fixed, and Urban terror has no reason to compete with other games (its free you know, and Devs don't haul butt just to compete with commercial games... maybe )

[f8`Fleuv]

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Well you should be able to make those kinds of moves now in 4.1. Remember I can not make the player model move in a manner that is not allowed by the code.

Yes but i tough you said that if you put your walk button once and you can walk with out holding that button and if you press the walk button again you will walk normal again. But that option is stupid (Soz)

[StonedLemming (old)]

Awesome, cant wait to try out 4.2.   

[FS Frankie V]

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Yes but i tough you said that if you put your walk button once and you can walk with out holding that button and if you press the walk button again you will walk normal again. But that option is stupid (Soz)

A bit of my bad for not being clear. The ability to switch between running and walking has always been avaiable in the engine since Q3 was first released and I just use scripting to switch beteen the two mods using one key instead of two. There is no need to change the control system as it's perfect the way it is.