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3Y3
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posted 14 May 2002 10:15     Click Here to See the Profile for 3Y3   Click Here to Email 3Y3        Reply w/Quote   
I would like to know if anyone can point me to some good tutorials/resources regarding swapping the animations of a character with another (at this point without hex editing and only txt editing). I heard of the werebear/diablo trick and I would like the link to that tutorial if anyone has it (so far i've only gotten dead links)

Also I understand that only a few monsters can be properly swapped due to a lack of a casting and running animation. Is it possible to point to another animation in this case (such as the skeleton has no cast animation, could I have it run his attack1 animation instead), and if so, which file is that located in.

Thanks in advance, and sorry if these questions are just regurgitated-newbie stuff

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Alkalund
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posted 14 May 2002 10:51     Click Here to See the Profile for Alkalund   Click Here to Email Alkalund        Reply w/Quote   
I suggest you learn how to swap monster animations first, since there is a lot more info here at the forums about changing monster animations. Changing character animations is pretty much the same thing. Information is spread in lots of threads, you will have to search for a bit

Suggested readings are:

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~phrozenkeep/ubb/Forum38/HTML/000301.html

In this thread you will find a simple method I posted to change monster animations. If you want to keep it simple, without messing with hex-editing or with .cof files, than you might like this one (it requires a little patience though ).

This the first animation conversion tutorial we had, by Nefarius. You may find some useful info here as well:

http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~phrozenkeep/ubb/Forum38/HTML/000123.html

As I said, there are lots of other threads with bits of information, search the forums if you don't understand something explained in the threads above. Ask here if you are still confused

Things to keep in mind when heading to character animations:
- character's animations have 16 directions, not 8 like monsters do.
- you will find character animations in other folders, can't remember the path right now but should be easy to find.

Hope this helps.

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"Get me a balrog attack-1 hand-to-hand animation, and I want it yesterday, the paladin is almost here!" ---> DMA1HTH @ offset 0006A480h. - Myhrginoc

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