Need Help Adding New Beatrice

[BathtubPirate]

Jupiter sure has changed…

This new model is smoking hot and I just tested it, but the talking head animation doesn't really move head or lips, it just moves the upper body in a kinda awkward way. Is that right?

 

[Jack Rackham]

Well it was what I could come up with. The default Beatrice had no talking head at all. (coming from AOP/COAS/TEHO)
These new ones (also for default Bea) are a fix, a work around. (complete body used with lower parts made invisible)

Tested her again and she doesn't move her lips that's right. But the awkward way of moving upper body I can't see. Sure you have changed "Jupiter's" sex to "woman"?

 

[BathtubPirate]

@Jack Rackham I better look again. I'm sure I changed the sex to test but when you ask me like that I'm not so sure again... Also there was a file in your ZIP (page 1 of this thread) which I didn't really know whether and where to place (but I'd have to check later at a different computer to tell you which one).

Right now I can only tell that BeatriceA definitely has a functional head animation (tested it with the start of Devlin Opera where she appears as Bonnie) while this retextured but more beautiful BeatriceB didn't work for me.

 

[Jack Rackham]

Could it have been the animation file you didn't put in place. If so it belongs in RESOURCE\animation\Heads.
Here are the files again.

 

[BathtubPirate]

Yes I have all those files.

Here is a screenshot. Maybe not perfect but I hope you can see how she just moves the shoulders while the head stays mostly in place. And the lips don't move as you said, but I just checked BeatriceA at the beginning of Devlin Opera (or just at Devlin Opera, there is only a beginning…) and she does move the lips, so why wouldn't it work with BeatriceB?

And yes that is Rys Bloom, so technically a man, but it should be the same anyway, shouldn't it? I also gave Rys a different female model from the Tailor and that one works.

 

[Jack Rackham]

BeatriceA used the talking head belonging to another character model: Beatrice.gm

I have changed her too and tested the new BeatriceA once again. No strange shoulder movements.


Have you got the animation file for BeatriceB head placed correct?

 

[BathtubPirate]

Have you got the animation file for BeatriceB head placed correct?

RESOURCE/animations/heads but outside the AN folder.

Yes, BeatriceA works perfectly finde.

The file I meant earlier is in the very first ZIP by Jacob in this thread: In RESOURCE/Models/Characters it includes a file called BeatriceB.wrl, that's the only thing I didn't place because I don't know what it is and other models don't have such a file.

 

[Jack Rackham]

I think it's a VRML file. You can make those with the TOOL for some reasons but in POTC it's just GM files.
BeatriceA works perfect because you still have the old talking head.

 

[BathtubPirate]

Does the head of BeatriceB work for you the same way BeatriceA does then? That would be strange if only I had that problem.

 

[Jack Rackham]

Yes the new heads for BeatriceA & B both work fine for me. That's very strange.
Is it to stock POTC you are adding the model? If so please try adding all the 5 BeatriceB files to NH and see...

 

[BathtubPirate]

I added it to both versions of the game with the same result.

But wait, 5 files, I currently see 4:

1) h_BeatriceB.gm in Models\heads
2) BeatriceB.tga.tx in Textures\Characters
3) BeatriceB.gm in Models\Characters
4) h_BeatriceB in animation\heads

 

[Jack Rackham]

YES! I think it could be this:

5) BeatricBH.tga.TX in Textures\Characters

h_BeatriceB.gm should have this texture, not BeatriceB.tga.tx which is for the body only.
You can check which it uses now with GM-viewer and change it with HEX-editor.

 

[BathtubPirate]

5) BeatricBH.tga.TX in Textures\Characters

I have this one as well in the right folder.

But I don't have GM Viewer and the download link at piratesahoy modding tools seems to be invalid?

 

[Jack Rackham]

I can only check the BeatriceB head I have uploaded and it has the right texture. So probably not the bug either.
Have you made any additions in PROGRAM\MODELS\initModels.c?

 

[Jack Rackham]

We need some help here. If someone please could copy in these 5 files into POTC NH and give any (female) NPC
the model "BeatriceB" and check how the talking head behaves.

I can't make @BathtubPirate 's bug to happen.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

But I don't have GM Viewer and the download link at piratesahoy modding tools seems to be invalid?

Try this one: http://www.piratesahoy.net/cloud/?cd=Tools/Modeling+Texturing

 

[BathtubPirate]

Thanks @Pieter Boelen and @Jack Rackham , if I interpret the GM-Viewer correctly h_BeatriceB actually does indeed use BeatriceBH…

Edit: That would of course mean I still have no solution.

 

[Jack Rackham]

Okay now that's clear.
Have you made any additions in PROGRAM\MODELS\initModels.c that could possibly change something with animations or whatever?

I still hope someone will volunteer for a 10 minute job to help us test this.

 

[BathtubPirate]

Have you made any additions in PROGRAM\MODELS\initModels.c that could possibly change something with animations or whatever?

I've added what was in the ZIP file of the whole model:

        // no model assignment quest character -->
    model.description    =  "Beatrice Devlin, as a VERY hot Pirate in red and black.";
    model.id            =  "BeatriceB";
    model.FaceId        =  323;
    model.nation        =  PIRATE;
    model.price            =  3000;
    model.assigned        =  true;
    model.height        =  1.7;
    model.sex            =  "woman";
//    model.ani            =  "Beatrice";
    model.ani        =  "woman_sit";
    model.name             =  "Bonnie";
    model.lastname         =  "Devlin";
    model.playertype = PLAYER_TYPE_EXPLORER;
    model.difficulty = DIFFICULTY_MARINER;
    model.Flags.Pirate = 11;
    model.Flags.Personal = 4;
    model.ship = "PO_CaravelR";
    model.shipname = "Quicksilver";
    model.date.hour = 10;
    model.date.min = 24;
    model.date.sec = 42;
    model.date.day = 25;
    model.date.month = 9;
    model.date.year = 1550;
    AddCharacterModel(model);
    // <-- no model assignment quest character

 

[pedrwyth]

The non-talking head looks OK in my game. I was a bit thrown by a wrong character icon but I presume that aspect is "in progress"

EDIT Hmm A bit more testing and the shoulders of the talking head do some rubber sheet style tearing at a different location. EDIT

This was placing the character via console using
ch = CreateOfficer_Cheat(OFFIC_TYPE_QMASTER, "BeatriceB", 0, PIRATE, false);
ch.name = "Jessie";
ch.lastname = "James";
SetModel(ch, "BeatriceB", "woman", "woman", 1.8, false);

so I don't know if there is something wrong with those settings to do this