Dragon Roosts with Birth and Decay animations and team colour

Mister_Haudrauf · Mar 28, 2017

This is pretty useful. You just made a dream come real.

Alok · Mar 28, 2017

If someone prefers the birth animation with the building slowly emerging from the ground, I have that too:
Picture:

Kyrbi0 · Mar 28, 2017

The Next Ujimasa Hojo.

Love it.

Alok · Mar 28, 2017

Kyrbi0 said:
The Next Ujimasa Hojo.

Haha. I'm still far from that level of modelling.

Kyrbi0 · Mar 28, 2017

Alok said:
Haha. I'm still far from that level of modelling.

So was he, before he wasn't. ; )

Zavorakto · Mar 29, 2017

Useful edit, however I would have preferred the team color on the dragon instead of the egg.

xDeathKnightx · Mar 29, 2017

I think you've done something wonderful here.

Good job, also I like the fact the dragon stays the color it should be (I.e. Red, Bronze, Black etc)

5/5 +Rep

Alok · Mar 29, 2017

Zavorakto said:
Useful edit, however I would have preferred the team color on the dragon instead of the egg.

That would require a custom skin to look good, that's why I chose the egg, because I could make it have proper team colour without skin edits.

Neruvatar · Mar 29, 2017

I dunno why, I prefer the birth animation as: the nest builds up first with no eggs, then a dragon flies from somewhere and sits upon it.

Alok · Mar 29, 2017

Neruvatar said:
I dunno why, I prefer the birth animation as: the nest builds up first with no eggs, then a dragon flies from somewhere and sits upon it.

I would like that too, but I'm afraid that would require leet animation skills. Plus the dragon on the roost isn't the normal red dragon model, it has no hind legs, so it would require a heavy revamp of the whole model.
However, I can make the normal dragon descend upon the roost base and phase into the final building during the final moments of the birth animation, but I don't promise anything. This would also heavily increase the model file size as I have to import the whole dragon model into the roost model.

Neruvatar · Mar 29, 2017

It's okay. As long as the model is good, i've no complaints. Maybe i'm being too realistic. LOL. I'm alright with this model though. YOu can try that some day! I wish I can be a modeler too cuz I need lotsa custom ones. =(

Gumberbunbder · Mar 29, 2017

This is useful, opens up some new options for my map. Thank you!

Ian The Red · Mar 30, 2017

I think that team color would look better if placed on the model like this.

Alok · Mar 30, 2017

Ian The Red said:
I think that team color would look better if placed on the model like this.

I saw that, but, again, that requires a custom skin.

Misha · Mar 30, 2017

Alok said:
I would like that too, but I'm afraid that would require leet animation skills. Plus the dragon on the roost isn't the normal red dragon model, it has no hind legs, so it would require a heavy revamp of the whole model.
However, I can make the normal dragon descend upon the roost base and phase into the final building during the final moments of the birth animation, but I don't promise anything. This would also heavily increase the model file size as I have to import the whole dragon model into the roost model.

what he wanted can kinda be done with a single bone and an attachment point, that has a path to a normal dragon model, in theory.. in practice you'd need to have a good timing in the model, like.. when/how to move that bone and when to show/hide that dummy dragon model

Alok · Mar 30, 2017

Misha said:
what he wanted can kinda be done with a single bone and an attachment point, that has a path to a normal dragon model, in theory.. in practice you'd need to have a good timing in the model, like.. when/how to move that bone and when to show/hide that dummy dragon model

Yes, I've nearly finished the model. I just had some problems and had to redo it multiple times. Upon rotation of the dragon model with its bones, animations go bonkers.

Misha · Mar 30, 2017

Alok said:
Yes, I've nearly finished the model. I just had some problems and had to redo it multiple times. Upon rotation of the dragon model with its bones, animations go bonkers.

how or why did that happen? oO

Alok · Mar 30, 2017

Misha said:
how or why did that happen? oO

Seems that a model along with the bones can only be scaled or moved. When you rotate it animations look displaced, wings flapping the wrong way in two different directions, jaw goes to the sides and legs too.

Misha · Mar 30, 2017

Alok said:
Seems that a model along with the bones can only be scaled or moved. When you rotate it animations look displaced, wings flapping the wrong way in two different directions, jaw goes to the sides and legs too.

yeah, that has happened to me a few times.. think that's one of the war3 limitation that's really fiddly to overcome

Alok · Mar 30, 2017

I had finished the model, but when I tested it in game everything was screwed up, model parts stretched all over the place. It seems that whenever I import the dragon model into the roost model this would happen, no matter what, tried renaming all the bones, checked if every bone reference is alright, tried importing again and importing differently and from base models without any edits, nothing works.

General Frank · Oct 5, 2017

Useful, but not a shining example.
Works in-game.
Moved to substandard.

BaiyuGalan · Nov 25, 2021

This is pretty useful.

Dragon Roosts with Birth and Decay animations and team colour

DragonRoostBlack (Model)

DragonRoostBlue (Model)

DragonRoostBronze (Model)

DragonRoostGreen (Model)

DragonRoostRed (Model)

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