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Kraelen Redgrave
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09-13-2008 19:13
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It has been 2 months now. Yes, sorry, I'm impatient . I was just wondering if anyone had heard anything new about this. Has LL selected someone yet? |
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Imogen Saltair
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Join date: 29 Nov 2006
Posts: 682
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09-13-2008 20:12
Oh I DO wish someone would come up with something. I have a couple of nice animations of good walks, but if i want to hug someone I have to switch it off, or my avi just stands there looking bored while the other person hugs my frigid looking avatar. I hate that.
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Susie Boffin
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Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 2,151
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09-13-2008 20:17
I have been in SL for awhile and see nothing wrong with the LL walk and I don't walk like a duck as far as I can see. If you don't like it just attach an AO to yourself and walk like an idiot.
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Kraelen Redgrave
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Join date: 27 Apr 2007
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09-13-2008 20:34
That is the problem really. I do have an AO but I'm rather picky about animations and so my custom AO is just a mix and match of favourite animations from various shops. They don't all blend fluidly from one animation to the next, the turning animation particularly, though better than the default animations.
The most annoying problem as Imogen stated, is having to turn the AO on and off for various things. I presume the creators set the priority too high on their anims. |
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Iyoba Tarantal
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Join date: 15 May 2008
Posts: 279
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09-13-2008 20:39
I like the default walk, but Iyoba is 4'8" and how well animations work is different at the left end of the slider. I think the "cute waddle" or duck walk was designed for avatars of realistic human size.
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Winter Ventura
Eclectic Randomness
Join date: 18 Jul 2006
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09-13-2008 20:43
the hard part will be coming up with a gender neutral walk, that doesn't look effeminate on a male avatar, or dumpy/butch on a female avatar.
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Susie Boffin
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Join date: 15 Sep 2004
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09-13-2008 20:53
the hard part will be coming up with a gender neutral walk, that doesn't look effeminate on a male avatar, or dumpy/butch on a female avatar. If you look at real people walking around in first life you will see that males swing their shoulders as they walk while females swing their hips. Linden Lab has tried to duplicate this with some success and I don't see how a gender neutral walk will work. Maybe it would. _____________________
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Susie Boffin
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09-13-2008 20:55
I like the default walk, but Iyoba is 4'8" and how well animations work is different at the left end of the slider. I think the "cute waddle" or duck walk was designed for avatars of realistic human size. I think you are correct. Maybe there should be a different walk for giants. _____________________
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Blot Brickworks
The end of days
Join date: 28 Oct 2006
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09-13-2008 21:00
I like the occasional duck!!!!
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Viktoria Dovgal
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Join date: 29 Jul 2007
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09-13-2008 22:23
the hard part will be coming up with a gender neutral walk, that doesn't look effeminate on a male avatar, or dumpy/butch on a female avatar. They can have separate ones, the viewer already does that. If you try to run the built-in walk anim while wearing a female shape, the viewer forces it to female_walk. |
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Deira Llanfair
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Join date: 16 Oct 2006
Posts: 2,315
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09-14-2008 02:18
The default avatar walk is actually a very good animation - but for some reason it is running at twice the speed it should be. It looks fine in Poser at 15 fps - but it is running in SL at 30 fps.
I would have thought that Linden Lab could have corrected this comparatively easily???? _____________________
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Ann Launay
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Join date: 8 Aug 2006
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09-14-2008 02:23
I can't believe there are people who are actually OK with that walk. *shudder*
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Imogen Saltair
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Join date: 29 Nov 2006
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09-14-2008 03:04
The default avatar walk is actually a very good animation - but for some reason it is running at twice the speed it should be. It looks fine in Poser at 15 fps - but it is running in SL at 30 fps. I would have thought that Linden Lab could have corrected this comparatively easily???? That makes sense to me Deira... I just never realised... so all this time LL could have just turned down the speed? sheesh imogen _____________________
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Diag Anzac
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Join date: 27 Oct 2006
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09-14-2008 04:49
The default avatar walk is actually a very good animation - but for some reason it is running at twice the speed it should be. It looks fine in Poser at 15 fps - but it is running in SL at 30 fps. I've often thought that animation looks like it is just running too fast. So I guess I'm NOT insane (or, at least, I'm not alone in my insanity ) |
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Awnee Dawner
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Join date: 7 Apr 2008
Posts: 206
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09-14-2008 05:06
hey!
i love the duckwak and all default sl anis, some are really nicely done, typing makes me lookin so-> busy but yes duckwalk runs to fast - in daz studio its running smoother. im 1.7 meters height without shoes. a cubeprim with a ruler texture is helpfull to fit the body height to real, scripts will calculate the boundingbox not the playershape. i know a lot of people they wont use an ao  _____________________
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Ceka Cianci
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Join date: 31 Jul 2006
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09-14-2008 05:51
I love duck walk..it's fun to watch.It has that feel of should i walk this direction or that one.nope this way!!
you just never know what can happen next with duck walk.sexy walk takes big strides in it's step and you know how the story is gonna end.. lag!! omg how did i end up against this wall!! =P _____________________
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Dakota Tebaldi
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Join date: 6 Feb 2008
Posts: 1,873
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09-14-2008 05:59
I like the "typing" anim. A lot of people turn it off but I don't - I think it's charming. It also helps fill in the long akward periods of silence where you don't want to say anything in case the person you're with MIGHT be typing something out, though you don't know for sure.
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Toy LaFollette
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Join date: 11 Feb 2004
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09-14-2008 07:35
I like the "typing" anim. A lot of people turn it off but I don't - I think it's charming. It also helps fill in the long akward periods of silence where you don't want to say anything in case the person you're with MIGHT be typing something out, though you don't know for sure. totally agree!!! This is SL not FL and I can never understand removing that... mine is changed but not removed since I use a PDA not a keyboard _____________________
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3Ring Binder
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Join date: 8 Mar 2007
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09-14-2008 07:50
Help kill the duckwalk we need the duck walk..... it's very appropriate while wearing a kimono. |
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
Join date: 17 Nov 2007
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09-14-2008 07:56
I like the "typing" anim. A lot of people turn it off but I don't - I think it's charming. It also helps fill in the long akward periods of silence where you don't want to say anything in case the person you're with MIGHT be typing something out, though you don't know for sure. _____________________
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