Golden Axe the Hackjob by DC

[utunnels]

The roundhouse looks much better than the default kick.
And I recall someone complained the old idle animation having only 2 frames.

[Damon Caskey]

The roundhouse looks much better than the default kick.

Thank you, though technically it's a spin kick. A Roundhouse kick is thrown forward across the body outside to inside, making contact with instep or ball of the foot. Sorry, couldn't help it. 

And I recall someone complained the old idle animation having only 2 frames.

Yeah, I didn't care for that. I'm giving all the player and enemy three or more idle frames, including the animals while riding (you can see it my videos if you look closely). Except perhaps Heartlands and Amazons, their two frame laugh somehow strikes just the right aesthetic.

Latest update, Tyris now performs a somersault at the top of her Run Jump. I had added this before, but it was made entirly of preexisting frames and it really didn't look good.



@DJ: NP, use whatever you like. Would you mind crediting the edits though? Most likely your mod will be released before mine and I don't want to be accused of ripping you off.

DC

 

[Damon Caskey]

Just wrapped up Tyris's attack chain moves. Motion trails added (no pics, they require a video to get the full effect) and extra sprites/frames to smooth some of the animations out.



DC

[utunnels]

Cool edit.

Another detail I was aware of is her hair, which looks still due to lacking of frames. For example, the run animation of any riding model, the jump animation, the fall animation. etc.

[Damon Caskey]

Haven't updated in a while, but I am slowly getting back into modding season. I've fixed Tyris's hair for all jumps and such. It now wavers in an infinite loop while she's in the air, and settles back into place smoothly on landing. This includes while jumping moves while riding creatures.

Quite a few odds and ends completed too, but nothing really worth mentioning on its own.

DC

[Sindor]

Keep up the good job

[fredo46]

Keep up the good job

I second that

[Mrgrill247]

That is awesome! 

[Damon Caskey]

Made some more progress on Tyris and in a few other areas. Still busy, but doing what I can.

DC

[baritonomarchetto77]

Hey dude, still waiting for your first release man 

[ghobot21]

me waiting too!   

[Damon Caskey]

Another update.

DC

[Bloodbane]

 Good work on Tyris' boomerang sword!

 I wonder, have you solved the glitch that might occur if Tyris is hit before her sword returns to her?

[Damon Caskey]

If Tyris gets taken out of her "waiting to catch" animation for any reason and the boomerang hasn't made it back yet, the boomerang kills itself instantly. Sounds jarring on paper, but looks OK in game. That's usually how the professionals do it and I found that to be a better idea than letting her sword fly off the screen or falling to the ground while she magically has another.

The biggest challenge to overcome was making it bounce back immediately when hitting an enemy or obstacle, but only when not already returning. Would have been easy enough using a didhitscript, but there is a weird engine bug that causes didhitscript to only run one time; any boomerangs thrown after the first hit simply don't fire their didhitscript at all. So instead I had to set up a funky combination of followups and animation scripts to get the job done.

DC

[utunnels]

Not sure about the didhitscript issue.
I tried some projectiles, none has this problem (with or without remove property).