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by **Neeky McDeez** » 03 Oct 2011, 22:31

Hi people !

Original Post :
Well I'm pleased to announce you that I finally succeed in implementing new anims in our favourite (tennis

) game !
It was hard but now I think I got it. Just remember that I'm not a professional and I do this for fun so don't be surprised if some anims looks weird, I will redid some if they don't match the TE community's perfection level ^^
I will edit my first post anytime I create a new anim so people won't have to browse in this thread to look for new things.

Since build 81, CUSTOM GROUNDSTROKES WORK online but CUSTOM SERVES DON'T
See here : http://www.managames.com/Forum/topic8-6197.php

The thread now gathers animations from everybody who wants to do some (you need at least the same build with which was created the poster's animation, i.e, if you have build 79, you can use Neeky McDeez' animations but not m4n4cor's, check it before downloading) :

- Neeky McDeez's animations : in black - made with 1.0e build 89 - NO REQUESTS TAKEN
- m4n4c0r's animations in green - made 1.0e with build 87 - NO REQUESTS TAKEN
- megyaem30's animations in blue - made 1.0c with build 73 - NO REQUESTS TAKEN
- Jono4Sure's animations in orange - made with 1.0d - MAY TAKE REQUESTS
- Lucian86's animations in purple - made with 1.0e - NO REQUESTS TAKEN

:!:

Animators, in order to update this thread with your animations, you have to send me a link to your uploaded animation via PM so I can copy/paste it here. Also, it's better if you have a channel so people can see how the animation looks like.
:!:

[EDIT By ManuTOO: to get the correct visual sweet spot for unconventional new strike styles, set RealStrikeSpan to 1, in Tennis.ini, under [Game] ]

*** VIDEOS (Youtube Channels) ***
NeekyMcDeez's : http://www.youtube.com/user/NeekyMcDeez
m4n4c0r's : http://www.youtube.com/user/m4n4c0r
megyaem30's : http://www.youtube.com/user/megyaem
Jono4Sure's : http://www.youtube.com/user/Jono4S
Lucian86's : http://www.youtube.com/user/Lucian86/videos

*** ANIMATIONS ***
When you see a bold "V2" next to an anim, it means it has been modifed. The file still exists in my mediafire folders but the link showed here is the last version.

TO ADD SERVES, FOREHANDS AND BACKHANDS
1. Go to scripts/gamesys.ini
2. Look for [StrikeAnim] ('Ctrl + F' is easier), but you can do it manually by looking at the bottom of the file.
3. There are 6 variables under [StrikeAnim]
4. Increase the number of all choosable strikes anims. I personally raised to 20, but you can increase to 100 if you want.
5. Create a new playermalexx folder in data/models/anim, where xx is a number following the highest already here (am I clear ?)
6. Now the difficult part, there are two ways to do it :
-- a. Make a database for every added strike so you can know clearly in which folder is the last stroke or serve. Then you'll avoid having empty folders
-- b. Create a new playermalexx folder every time you add a group of anims
7. You're set

SERVES
*** Once you hit the button, some serves sometimes start directly at the motion serve, skipping then the end of the waiting serve anim. It's due to the "readytoserve" value in service.txt being superior to the begininning of the drop ball loop. Mea culpa maxima.
To solve this, lower it to 1.0 or at least to a number lower than the "loopbegin" value.
*** Shoulder problems may occur in some anims, due to me not being able to fix that until now. Once I will know how to do so, I will upgrade all the anims to a V2
Agassi : http://www.mediafire.com/?y31q9jf37yy1t7w
Bartoli : http://www.mediafire.com/?vkvnz0z7ykpzwvn
Becker : http://www.mediafire.com/?hbziqsbd3bp44dl
Berdych (loopless) : http://www.mediafire.com/?dhopy4c3n3z3dhw
Berdych : http://www.mediafire.com/?20d9y9pscibgspy
Chang (underhand) O_o : http://www.mediafire.com/?9dz548p6z6go4u6 (Just for fun ^^ but it is astonishingly efficient, max speed : 105km/h

) V2 : http://www.mediafire.com/?tgbdzi9jun79i07
Stupid : "no" head nodding : http://www.mediafire.com/?jyqz6ma6661nu6j
Stupid 2 : hands on the head : http://www.mediafire.com/?fpr79tjzlh5djsr
Stupid 3 : "que mal la estoy pasandooo" !!!!! from Gaudio : http://www.mediafire.com/?8al27gjyc2p3eu7
Sorry : two hands in the air and head down : http://www.mediafire.com/?8rcnmbu78c0f0hd
Hitracquet : Youzhny against Almagro

: http://www.mediafire.com/?wc0t4m7ts8m8zuy

TUTORIAL : Here

by **torto14** » 03 Oct 2011, 22:49

Haven't tried yet but.. wow! glad someone has finally managed some new animations

Will try them now, from the vids they look good :yes:

Edit: about the post editing thing, sadly you lose the ability to edit posts after a few hours, so you might not be able to keep updating it :sweat:

Edit again:

I tried a few and they seem excellent

Well done and thanks!

:thumbleft:

by **Neeky McDeez** » 03 Oct 2011, 23:05

Arf really ? That's a bad news

I think it will be better if we could edit the first post, above all in threads like this. It will be pretty messy at the end

And I forgot, In those vids you can see a weird forehand. Well it's supposed to be Del Potro's :mrgreen:

. If some want it, i will upload but i consider it incomplete. You can also see somme cheers (Nadal's famous vamos fist pump, Del Potro's fist pump against Federer in USO 2009 and Nadal's famous (again) fall when he wins a Slam and acts like he's been shot in the chest just to lay on the ground to finally mimic a woman giving birth

).

Well they are buggy. The problem is the fact that in 3ds max 8, the racquet is linked to the right hand. So it's difficult to animate the racquet when it's supposed to be in the air or in the opposite hand when it's still linked to the right hand. I then broke the existing link to link it to the left hand, but as you can see the racquet is still in the right hand and there is some bizarre artefact in both beginning and end of the anim. I'm trying to fix that...

Just for the people who wonder, I have some animations in mind:
Gasquet's backhand, Sampras and Gonzalez forehand, Becker's serve and Karlovic's, Graf's backhand slice... and so on. I'm still working on Del Potro's forehand and when I'm satisfied with it, I think it will be possible to move on to those anims and take some requests (and post my models ^^). Until then, I'm stuck with Juan Martin

by **jaydraco** » 03 Oct 2011, 23:16

Congratulations on your great progress, it really is very good to do these animations, I want you to do federer animation when receiving the service, because I'm a fan of it, I'll be very grateful thanks, and congratulations again for your great progress .

by **torto14** » 03 Oct 2011, 23:17

Neeko wrote:Arf really ? That's a bad news
I think it will be better if we could edit the first post, above all in threads like this. It will be pretty messy at the end

Yes, I wish the same for my mods thread.

Neeko wrote:And I forgot, In those vids you can see a weird forehand. Well it's supposed to be Del Potro's . If some want it, i will upload but i consider it incomplete. You can also see somme cheers (Nadal's famous vamos fist pump, Del Potro's fist pump against Federer in USO 2009 and Nadal's famous (again) fall when he wins a Slam and acts like he's been shot in the chest just to lay on the ground to finally mimic a woman giving birth ). Well they are buggy. The problem is the fact that in 3ds max 8, the racquet is linked to the right hand. So it's difficult to animate the racquet when it's supposed to be in the air or in the opposite hand when it's still linked to the right hand. I then broke the existing link to link it to the left hand, but as you can see the racquet is still in the right hand and there is some bizarre artefact in both beginning and end of the anim. I'm trying to fix that...

I haven't watched all the videos yets (couldn't wait to try the animations

) but if the other stuff is buggy, might as well wait until it's ready to release it. A very important thing is to be able to add the new strokes and not just replace the current ones which I hope will be possible.

Neeko wrote:Just for the people who wonder, I have some animations in mind:
Gasquet's backhand, Sampras and Gonzalez forehand, Becker's serve and Karlovic's, Graf's backhand slice... and so on. I'm still working on Del Potro's forehand and when I'm satisfied with it, I think it will be possible to move on to those anims and take some requests (and post my models ^^). Until then, I'm stuck with Juan Martin

More would be great, I know Gasquet's backhand especially is always requested.

Remember though, once you allow requests, the floodgates will open and never stop!

by **kersou** » 03 Oct 2011, 23:47

Incredible! Wow!
Mc Enroe serve: a dream comes true... Thx!

by **andy09** » 03 Oct 2011, 23:53

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! , Thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :jap:

PD: I would like to do even Ivanovic service, if you have a lot of work no problem

by **SamModder** » 04 Oct 2011, 05:10

OMFG Soderling looks.... I don't have the words to describe it you are a genious MILLION thanks man millons. Monfils serve FTW!!!

Please try Federer's serve later please man!!

by **svalent09** » 04 Oct 2011, 05:45

Can we get the Ivanovic serve, backhand, and forehand? I would love you forever.

by **Maria Sharapova** » 04 Oct 2011, 13:18

WOW, theres no other word to describe it. Its all absolutely wow and so damn good !

If there was any way you could make a Sharapova service return position, that would be totally aweesoommee!

The Soderling serve, its like the best thing i've ever seen ! :applause:

by **Stajus** » 04 Oct 2011, 13:52

You are programming this stuff for free? :shock:

W T F

by **kersou** » 04 Oct 2011, 14:09

Neeko wrote:SERVES
change "serve" and "serve waiting", both .anim and .txt, in any existing (for now) playermalexx folder
I don't why but I couldn't play them in the game by creating a new "playermale" folder, so I got to erase existing serve animations... Manu, can you help me ?

I ve increased MaxServe under [StrikeAnim] in the file scripts/gamesys.ini and it works without overwrite existing serves (new folders playermalexx )
Have you tried this?

So cool: I am John Mc Enroe... almost... because I can't yet gently and friendly speak to the chair judge (who of course can not be serious !)
Thx a lot :applause:

by **SamModder** » 04 Oct 2011, 14:59

Yes I did this, I added a new playermale by modifying script oh anf also Neeko: the animations you plan tO make are awsome especially karlovic and gasquet but please make also your version of federers serve

and MANUTOO please add the option of having multiple return positions in a build it would be nice of you as I would really like to add Neeko s. Return animations but I dont want to change the actual default one

by **SamModder** » 04 Oct 2011, 15:05

Remember though, once you allow requests, the floodgates will open and never stop!

i totally agree with you, I say better not allow requests in this thread is a good idea. Just choose by youself what animations are better to be done

by **Neeky McDeez** » 04 Oct 2011, 20:59

kersou wrote:I ve increased MaxServe under [StrikeAnim] in the file scripts/gamesys.ini and it works without overwrite existing serves (new folders playermalexx )
Have you tried this?

Oh, I didn't know about this one. Thanks. I upped it to 20 ^^.
It's a pity though, not to be able to edit the first post because I could have change my statement. Has anyone ask Manutoo about that ? I think it would really improve Mod threads.

Otherwise, I'm pleased to see everybody liking my anims !
I'll try to make 2-3 anims a week if I have some time.
I'm working on DelPo's and Sampras's forehand at the moment. It's weird because my first version of Delpo's fh looks really like Graf's

If some here are fans of old school female tennis, I will give you this one too

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