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Hi Jacob,
Im considering a system for
character customization.
I would like two
things:
- Texture
customization, and
- Mesh
customizaion.
Regarding the texturing part, does
NeL assume some predefined format for a texture template for character meshes,
or can we make up our own? I understand that NeL uses MRM meshes (LOD) how
does that go with texture customization in NeL? On some systems/engines these
two things dont always go together
well.
In NeL, you can change the
textures of a mesh on the fly, so you can draw various texture
versions and set them before the mesh was rendered.
You can use on the same mesh,
MRM, coarse mesh (very small LOD), blend shape (facial animation / deformation)
and skinning.
How is mesh customization
supported in NeL? Mesh deformation? Piecewise mesh swapping? Say I would like
to be able to customize my character: Height, weight etc. What would be the
best approach in NeL for this? I know that mesh deformation can be very tricky
and can result in some graphical anomalies.
I would really appreciate all
information I can get on this.
Thanks in
advance,
Jacob
Rohde
"Blend shapes" are useful for
the vertices deformations (like in facial customization). It works like the
3dsmax "morph modifier".
You can modify the scale of the
skeleton's bones to customize the size of your characters (width, height,
breasts...).
All those techniques are used
in Ryzom.
Regards,
Hld.
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