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Nux

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Backflip
« on: February 17, 2011, 05:12:41 am »
Has anybody ever noticed the backflip animation that's part of the lower.md3 of the human model? It's unused with your standard animation.cfg but a simple change and...



Here's the simple edit file you can pop into your trem folder to see this acrobatic display first hand: http://ul.to/6c4vmh

It's funny how I never noticed this till now.
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Lakitu7

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Re: Backflip
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2011, 05:18:30 am »
Neat! How hard is it to use that for dodge? Can it be easily applied to that and side dodge or would he backflip for side dodges? Might look cool and be doable for trunk if it's not difficult.
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Re: Backflip
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2011, 05:51:37 am »
That would be pretty awesome if back dodge did that.
Bonus points if the camera flipped too and you could get off a couple shots behind you in midair.
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Re: Backflip
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2011, 06:12:22 am »
Haha, epic.  The marine who could barely jump three times in a row is now doing backflips.  Way to go, Ked! :D
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Re: Backflip
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2011, 06:17:15 am »
Quote from: your face on February 17, 2011, 06:12:22 am
Haha, epic.  The marine who could barely jump three times in a row is now doing backflips.  Way to go, Ked! :D
Four of them in a row. Someone's been pumping some iron in his downtime on the Fractal Zion.
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jm82792

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Re: Backflip
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2011, 06:23:47 am »
Sounds like a cool idea as a option if it could be implemented so it won't change game play.

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Re: Backflip
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2011, 08:49:45 am »
Quote from: Lakitu7 on February 17, 2011, 05:18:30 am
Neat! How hard is it to use that for dodge? Can it be easily applied to that and side dodge or would he backflip for side dodges? Might look cool and be doable for trunk if it's not difficult.

Yes!!! I love backflips.
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Re: Backflip
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2011, 03:08:22 pm »
o wows mens. him does a roll in the air
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Re: Backflip
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2011, 03:43:15 pm »
Quote from: Tremulous Feature List
Realistic physics and motion - no bunny hopping or quick back peddling.

Quote from: Lakitu7 on February 17, 2011, 05:18:30 am
Neat! How hard is it to use that for dodge? Can it be easily applied to that and side dodge or would he backflip for side dodges? Might look cool and be doable for trunk if it's not difficult.

Mhm.

Backflipping doesn't even make any sense. When was the last time you saw anyone backflip out of danger?
This is the kind of mechanics that fit into COD23: Modern Warfare 67 because "it looks cool".
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Re: Backflip
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2011, 04:14:47 pm »
Lol Nux :D
Be praised of yer keen eye.

Quote from: Cadynum on February 17, 2011, 03:43:15 pm
Quote from: Tremulous Feature List
Realistic physics and motion - no bunny hopping or quick back peddling.

Backflipping doesn't even make any sense. When was the last time you saw anyone backflip out of danger?
This is the kind of mechanics that fit into COD23: Modern Warfare 67 because "it looks cool".

Oh, don't be so picky. I know Tremulous should be quite close to realistic, but hells, why not some entertainment sometimes too?

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Re: Backflip
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2011, 04:22:58 pm »
Welcome to the
C I R C U S !


The backflip exists because the human animations were based on Paul Steed's bone animations for Quake 3, which had backflipping players.
« Last Edit: February 17, 2011, 04:26:33 pm by cron »
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Re: Backflip
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2011, 04:21:30 pm »
Quote from: Cadynum on February 17, 2011, 03:43:15 pm
Quote from: Tremulous Feature List
Realistic physics and motion - no bunny hopping or quick back peddling.

Quote from: Lakitu7 on February 17, 2011, 05:18:30 am
Neat! How hard is it to use that for dodge? Can it be easily applied to that and side dodge or would he backflip for side dodges? Might look cool and be doable for trunk if it's not difficult.

Mhm.

Backflipping doesn't even make any sense. When was the last time you saw anyone backflip out of danger?
This is the kind of mechanics that fit into COD23: Modern Warfare 67 because "it looks cool".

I'd rather have backflips than realism.

I tried to do a backflip once. I launched myself into the air, my eyes set on the heavens, and for the briefest of moments i felt an exultant sense of freedom, as if i was a bird taking off into the auburn sunset. Then i landed on my back, and realised i had failed. Life has never been the same since. True story.
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Re: Backflip
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2011, 07:26:58 pm »
Quote from: cron on February 17, 2011, 04:22:58 pm
Welcome to the
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Beautiful circus  ;D
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Nux

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Re: Backflip
« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2011, 09:59:31 pm »
Quote from: Lakitu7 on February 17, 2011, 05:18:30 am
Neat! How hard is it to use that for dodge? Can it be easily applied to that and side dodge or would he backflip for side dodges? Might look cool and be doable for trunk if it's not difficult.

It's a backflip animation so will only ever show him flipping backwards. The only way to make it look right would be to edit the md3 to include another few frames of animation in the direction of the side dodge.

Quote from: A Spork on February 17, 2011, 05:51:37 am
That would be pretty awesome if back dodge did that.
Bonus points if the camera flipped too and you could get off a couple shots behind you in midair.

Sadly, as it is, the view stays fixed forward and you can even fire forward while you're facing the other way in mid-flip.

Quote from: your face on February 17, 2011, 06:12:22 am
Haha, epic.  The marine who could barely jump three times in a row is now doing backflips.  Way to go, Ked! :D

:D

Quote from: Cadynum on February 17, 2011, 03:43:15 pm
Quote from: Tremulous Feature List
Realistic physics and motion - no bunny hopping or quick back peddling.

That's odd, I'm fairly sure tremulous has both of those.

( HINT: I'm doing both in the GIF)
« Last Edit: February 18, 2011, 10:01:20 pm by Nux »
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Dracone

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Re: Backflip
« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2011, 05:31:04 am »
Sticky + announce + give it its own separate site and release it as "1.2 GPP: Backflip Edition"

This is significant material and I'm certain there will be financial gain.
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Re: Backflip
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2011, 12:18:35 pm »
Just tested this with my LEGO heads and yes it IS very lolzy.

BTW I hate the file host that Nux used to host the pk3 so i put it here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16088580/Tremulous/MISC/zzz-BackFlip.pk3
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