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Topic	FFXIV Topic 9 -- To The End(Walker)
Not_an_Owl 11/29/21 12:57:32 PM #409:	Xiahou Shake posted... Can anyone fill me in on what black magic they unlocked with cutscene animation starting in 5.3? I don't know if they developed a new fork of the engine or untangled some spaghetti code but it's kind of adorable seeing all the really obvious "look what we can do!" stuff like characters pouring drinks, eating and Alisae's... emoting, lol. If this is a preview of what EW's direction will be like I'm super excited. Most cutscenes rely on canned animations reused between multiple characters and situations, a lot of which are actually just emotes the player can also use if they're the correct race/gender combination. For the specific cutscene you're referring to they had mocap artists record animations specifically for that scene. It looks much better but it's also much more expensive, so I wouldn't expect to get that quality of work for every single cutscene going forward. There was a ton of internet praise for that cutscene in particular though, so I suspect the team will put a similar amount of work into some of the most pivotal scenes in EW. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner. <cite>Not_an_Owl posted [p:960459100] in FFXIV Topi... [t:79744925]...</cite> <quote>Xiahou Shake posted... </cite> <quote>Can anyone fill me in on what black magic they unlocked with cutscene animation starting in 5.3? I don't know if they developed a new fork of the engine or untangled some spaghetti code but it's kind of adorable seeing all the really obvious "look what we can do!" stuff like characters pouring drinks, eating and Alisae's... emoting, lol. If this is a preview of what EW's direction will be like I'm super excited.</quote>Most cutscenes rely on canned animations reused between multiple characters and situations, a lot of which are actually just emotes the player can also use if they're the correct race/gender combination. For the specific cutscene you're referring to they had mocap artists record animations specifically for that scene. It looks much better but it's also much more expensive, so I wouldn't expect to get that quality of work for every single cutscene going forward. There was a ton of internet praise for that cutscene in particular though, so I suspect the team will put a similar amount of work into some of the most pivotal scenes in EW. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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