TF2 Animation Test

[MrHappyMarbles]

HATERS GONNA HATE

[Nazgul100]

so, I guess you scrapped this part for the demo or is the actual video going to be longer than the WIP's we've gotten?

[thejazzman9475]

@Nazgul100 This animation is toast I'm afraid, it's actually pretty bad animation and all the MC hammer stuff has been re-done in the new one much better quality, so goodbye test dance!

[imnotrlly18yrsold]

after the splits, he comes up a bit too fast, try to add a few frames to slow it down so it doesnt look so instant.

[thejazzman9475]

@imnotrlly18yrsold The entire animation is junk (it was mostly a test), it's getting 100% replaced either today or tomorrow :)

[veermujdahn]

He's prancin' aboot with his head full of...eyeball.

[almightyoneandahalf]

Sweet animations man! MC Hammer slide for the win.

[BlueSpy545]

Man Make a Tutorial on how to do this im sure it will be popular!

[pownnoobsftw]

m8 u should totally ask Valve if they could use these dances as a victory dance when people win :D

[ChibiHoboProductions]

And stop.... Demoman.

[LowkeyTutorials]

lol

[Heavyweponsguy2000]

how do you do this o - o

[idranel]

ooga booga demoman?

[Chttrbox88]

I really like this. Its incredibly impressive as is, but leads the way to far higher quality work.

[PrincessAirionna565]

END = DEMOCRAB

[DJ0KNUF]

nice dude, how long does this takes :D

[Gamer2056]

He's Drunk you don't have an excuse.

[mastachief1994]

you should make the demoman dance to MC hammer XD

[pownnoobsftw]

@mastachief1994 He actually did towards the end :D

[mastachief1994]

@pownnoobsftw yeh but i meant dance to his song Hammer time, not do hammer's dance

[h3mm45]

Mc Hammer is demoman? Stop! Hammer time!!

[voodoodummie]

he got some pretty good coordination and balance for a drunk guy

[marcopolo651]

go demo! go demo!

[Koosher99]

At the end of the round, the winning team should do these dances.

[luigihikari]

Great animation! I also imported the models into Maya. Did you find a way to do face rigs?

[ChibiHoboProductions]

All ya tandies, dancin' aboot.

[Zimer100]

0:19 DemoCrab

[Noocyz]

Fook Yeah, MacHammer! i would like to see a Michael Jackson Moonwalk aswell :D!

[thethinker372]

@Noocyz Check out the Spy

[xXStormtrooper117Xx]

Were the grenades and armor flapping around made by means of a physics engine, or did you animate it all yourself?

[Khanezhyray]

Just curious.. did you make the models yourself, and rig them? Or are the TF2 models and rigs relatively public?

I've done some 3d animation in maya (mostly with public models/rigs because it takes forever to do the whole process on your own T_T), and am curious as to where I can grab some tf2 rigs to play with.

[thejazzman9475]

@Khanezhyray You can actually directly grab maya rigs for the characters from the steam folder if you have TF2 and the source sdk installed. Go Valve! (I use max and some wizardry to make these, it's much simpler since you have Maya).

[Khanezhyray]

@thejazzman9475 thanks a lot!

[Combatmuffin]

@thejazzman9475 : oh cool, I have maya. Ill have to look into this. Will also look into extracting the models into Maya.

Thanks for the heads up :)

[Vikinatorn]

@thejazzman9475 Erm, what kind of wizardry? Ive been longing for those models for some time now :P Is there some kind of tutorial?

[DaKluwn]

OOH I WANT THIS TO REPLACE SOME DEMOS TAUNT. Please publish it :)

[goluigi10]

I was expecting a jig or Irish dance. But then I thought; what a cliche.

[snowdevil002]

VALVE,

MAKE THIS A TAUNT,

RIGHT NOW

[pivotlordOMG]

fraps? :)

[StarringOdessa]

The demoman is the most epic character in the game.

[mahamanek]

Meet The Demoman Who's not Drunk

[Xbox360PlayerGuide]

can you do that in game?

[HunterLynnisInsane]

@Xbox360PlayerGuide just...just....fuck the human race.

[Xbox360PlayerGuide]

@HunterLynnisInsane good answer. very informant

[TheAmazingDom]

source sdk



[Jaimas]

Demo, strap that big ol' size 13 on, and kick it for the homeys.

[DetectiveCoolnuggets]

It would be soooo cool if these were custom taunts.

[Zenophrenic]

Now that's how real black men dance.

[Piratesofsingapore]

Nice job mate

[Mz02e]

vodka and nigga !

[martialartist300]

thankfully i already dont remember this

[einjel315]

good enough for me dood :D

[KFreeMan917]

Someone from Valve is going to see your animations and they are going to find you. And they are going to hire you.

[KatamariHqStudio]

@KFreeMan917 It's already on the TF2 news :I

[JackSkeleton1337]

Imagine if he wasn't drunk.

[BlackZero98]

there's a reason why they say "white guys can't dance"

this is that reason

[ShadowTheHeavy]

I consider this dance to be a success. Have a...no, have TWO cookies.

[SkyBlueFox1]

Damn.

If he can move like that when he's under the influence, I can't imagine how he'd move when sober.

[K33p3r99]

He dances like a pimp.

[LKDesign]

Your clips are looking all good. I use Max myself. Not specificly for character animations but machine and physic sims. But looking at great stuff like that I feel like I should give a try... I would welcome it if you give away some more infos on where to get the files and importer-plugins... Or maybe you even do a few minutes of video turoial. Would be nice. Go on with your work!

[TheMabist]

M.C. Demo

It has to be

[thegodofs]

I know it's a test but the dance didn't look very natrual

I think it looks more natrual in the other vids though like the sniper and the spy

OH make a spy with a cake for a mask dance!

Id pay money for that ;D

[Aboithagameboi]

WHO DARES HIT THE DISLIKE BUTTON?! SHOW YOURSELF!

[ParanoidDraven]

That's sooo demoman

[Forzaeagle22]

That's my nigga, show 'em boy :D

[M30W3R]

Which dance is this based on?

[HitmanJenkins1]

@M30W3R the dance MC Hammer does in the music video for U Can't Touch This

[Suetakefan]

Valve definitely needs to put these in and/or commission you to do this stuff, it's pretty damned nice!!!!

[LordAaronus]

I'm sure there's enough dances out there without copying too much from World of Warcraft.

Scout - Step Up-type streetdance

Soldier - maybe a Bob Fosse type Broadway dance, assuming he's got a complete head under the helmet

Scout's Mom - Nobody by the Wondergirls

[nate1606gc5]

...THIS STUFF AIN'T FROM WOW YOU IDIOT... THESE ARE ACTUAL DANCES!

[LordAaronus]

@nate1606gc5 Actual dances that were already spammed by WoW you idiot.

[nate1606gc5]

You phrased this comment very oddly. Would you mind rephrasing?

[HitmanJenkins1]

@LordAaronus i think you'll find that the dances in World of Warcraft are copied from real dances

[LordAaronus]

@HitmanJenkins1 That's the problem right there. Everyone copying the same one or two real dances. This is how creativity dies.

[donaldlolwut]

Characters left: Scout, Soldier, Medic.

[TuTLook]

@donaldlolwut Medic has perfomed with Heavy.

[donaldlolwut]

@TuTLook Oh yeah.

[JacksonDivilBiss]

demoman: and that was without a single drop of scrumpy!

[Alvaris]

STOP!

Demo time!

[dolimino]

What program do you use and where did you learn to do this stuff??? I've been wanting to do stuff like this for AAAAAAAGGGEEESSS!!! :3

[thejazzman9475]

@dolimino I use 3ds max, I taught myself by looking at anims from games like Half life 2

[SuPeRiSoNiC]

Imagine if I haven't been drunk.

[FrostyFin]

Demoman: "IM DRUNK!"

[Thugnificent01]

dude yo are full of win!!!

valve should hire you!

[piewithapair]

I rofl'd

[KingAssmar]

Obviously an animator first and a dancer second (to last).

[twitcher64]

I wish I could dance like that.

[mentallyunstablepc]

I just now realized how damn big their feet are

[kovidomi]

OMG! This should be a taunt in TF2 xD

[Ganerumo]

HAMMAH TIME

[FWleader]

HA, snoopy...

[Goodguy33]

Three people are bad demomen, and therefore are not sitting here discussing how awsome this video is with us.

[CountrySteaks]

Those are some remarkable moves for a man who's drunk off his backside most of the time!

[pker4lyfe1]

FUCKING AWESOME . subbed.

[nubspwnyouandme]

alright STOP!..... it's hammer time! :P

[Darkbuilderx]

by far the best one, looks so realistic.

[TheMortalMan]

@Darkbuilderx doing the splits then getting back up without using his hands and sliding all over the place? yah...

[Pootsforever]

Oh my god. I lol'd when I saw the MC Hammer.

[mantorkel]

ELECTRIC BOOGEY FOR ENGINEER

[Tengen12]

Also, nice video, of course! xD

[Tengen12]

I think it would be a great idea if you make your cyclops a character in your videos, like a serie or something... And it/he also needs a name xD

Waiting for see your other dances finished! :)

[nickbugun]

how do u do it?

[samn100]

His cock blocker is flappin

[CushNKill]

will we be able to get these as taunt replacments? :D

[metalgear492]

STOP! Its Hammer time!

[jsd23]

What's happened to his Happy Smiling Face™???

[MrIAMNOTANOOB]

DEMOMAN IS HAMMER!!!

[TheMortalMan]

that demo slides more than Micheal Jackson on ice wearing roller skates!

[Gigaspine7]

Here's how it started,

Along time ago.

The legend of the Demo,

And how it began to grow...

[xSylightx]

I love your Eye to the detail (grenades shaking etc). Nice job.

[bigboyx16]

I know nothing of animation, but this jazzman has perfectly or near perfectly jiggleboned everything. And it's fucking pro. If he decides to finish these vids I'll know, subscribed

[thejazzman9475]

@bigboyx16 hehe, no jigglebones, especially in the medics cape! Please god I hope people appreciate the medics coat bouncing, all handkey! TY for watching

[zeejenkins]

@thejazzman9475 the coat is amaing, i saw the vid @_@ your awesome.

I animte my self but im terrible at character animation

[TheGreatMrKite]

@thejazzman9475 HOLY SHIT. All of it was handkeyed?

[iLoveEatingPie]

@thejazzman9475 how much time does it take to make something advanced like this ?

[thejazzman9475]

@iLoveEatingPie I animate these in my spare time after work. ATM I have gotten it down to around 6-10 days per animation

[AxelTiger]

@bigboyx16

coming from an animator myself, the jiggle can be done several ways, but due to the recent muscle simulations in autodesks programs its become alot more easy to put in

[thejazzman9475]

@AxelTiger My anims don't actually use any simulation, all the cloth etc is keyframed :) TY for watching!

[kuroryuu010]

@thejazzman9475

christ man, i barely know how to do any of this but i can tell doing that stuff manually would be one hell of a job. great result though.

[FibreFilms]

@thejazzman9475 Wow, thats alot of extra work. 

[IBetYouWillFemales]

Holy crap this is too great-the Engie's hoedown's been beat.

[bigboyx16]

@IBetYouWillFemales Now we all know the best taunt now ingame is the guitar smashed on your face or the organ slushie, made possible by the gunslinger

[TubularBroccoli]

What the hell is in his bottle of scrumpy o_O

[SuperFlamingWeasel]

He is like, REALLY wasted.

[antyalan1]

and the soldier :( ?

[kirbyfan95]

I cried tears of awesome.

[Elieteclss]

@kirbyfan95 Same, this is just too good for valve to pass by.

[donaldlolwut]

This is demoman's reaction to his new weapon's.

[harry781012]

haha,that was really good! did you do it with biped or bones?

also, have u tried doing the facial animation with morph on these tf2 models?i cant seems to "select from scene" when using morpher and i've checked the vertices and all of my heads are the same,let me know if you know how to fix this =)

[thejazzman9475]

@harry781012 The decompiled smd's are loaded into max and then a rig is scaled to perfectly fit the proportions of these bones. I then constrain all of valves bones to the rig. This way I cant use the animation in game and dont have to reskin, and still use my rig. As for the morphs, test that the geometry is the same by making a copy of the model and seeing if you can select the exact copy. If this doesn't work I'm afraid I don't know.

[harry781012]

@thejazzman9475 thx for the reply =) i've already did what you suggest with the morpher and it doesnt work =/, i tried selecting the head as element and just move/clone another head, also, smooth gets turn off on the new head when i clone it, and when i apply morpher on the old head, its smooth also gets turn off. i dunno if that have to do with my morpher not working or not. btw,i like how smooth ur animations are, is it done by using the curve editor?im still not too good with that XD

[Waluweegee]

>TF2 videos-10K

>Any other video-1K

Great work.

[roxasfruit]

SUBMIT THIS FOR pain train taunt

[StarringOdessa]

TAUNT. I WANT THIS AS A TAUNT.

[oxShirinuixo]

This is the best that I've seen. Ever.

[SniperBunny]

Epic animations, mate.

What program do you use for it?

[thejazzman9475]

@SniperBunny I use 3DS max, ty for watching

[SniperBunny]

@thejazzman9475 No worries mate. Thanks for replying :)

[Trinnaman0999]

Heavy: arrrrgh demoman is high!

[XamiNaxamis]

What dance is this one based off of?

[mastgrr]

00:17 and onward...just submit that and make it the taunt. I will love you forever.

[FastFlyerJr]

@mastgrr Must happen! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Ryuurik]

this will be the skullcutter's new taunt, and when you do this you will be invulnerable.

[timerider4]

Ho-ly shit

/Ellis

[DeltaForceMember13]

Oh man, if this turns into a taunt I will do nothing but taunt this on the 2fort balconies all day long until I get a dance party going.

[Kanden95]

Are you already working on the Final videos. I would LOVE to see the Pyro one in final.

[MaxRideWizardLord]

no paper with smile? D:

[thejazzman9475]

@MaxRideWizardLord That's a good point! I'll hae to remember that in the final vid

[Asdayasman]

Not as smooth as the others... >:

[thejazzman9475]

@Asdayasman I will most likely be redoing significant potions of this one, ty for the feedback though.

[Asdayasman]

@thejazzman9475 Sorry I couldn't be more constructive; I don't have a background in this stuff.

[Zadrave]

That poor Demoman wishes he could be a Spycrab at the end...

[Corn3bus]

make him do the soulja boy dance, it'll just be hilarious

[Fussino]

Please, oh gawd, PLEASE animate the Medic 'dancing' something like this: watch?v=upare-IbW3k

PLEASE! I beg you!

And that frequently requested Heavy Cossack dance sounds interesting too =P

[DarkTails255]

this is awsome!

[TyHapAkaGoRiLLA]

much better than valve's animation :D

[superdupercerals]

omg it just hit me winning taunts :o :3 haha

[luselaz]

wow the demoman never looked better :)

great job!

[Ravepirate]

This is motherloving christ amazing.

[Tarik360]

Is it just me or are the feet a liitle bit to long?

[thejazzman9475]

@Tarik360 I fucked up the rig on the 1st one! Dont judge me it was just a test :(....

[Tarik360]

@thejazzman9475 NAO WORRIES, M8! I just point shit out. :P still bloody awesome, couldn't have done it better myself.

[zoekills]

he's a little slide-y from :10 to :14 but i think you know that and who am i to critique. i really like the "settle" bounce you got going with the secondary animation when he snaps up straight at :06, was that done by hand or did you code/paint weights?

[thejazzman9475]

@zoekills ty for the feedback, im not very happy with the demoman tbh he'll prob have a lot of changes. And no there's no procedural animation everything is keyframed, including cloth on the spy's coat etc.

[SamOliver4]

If someone is successfully able to pull the whole taunt off in game, the entire map should explode.

[internetfanboy69]

Where is his smiley face?

NOT THAT I WAS STARING AT HIS COCK!

[x00Warhawk00x]

I bet that thing would hurt smacking his croch like that

[lurobertox]

VALVE HAS HOUND ANOTHER ANIMATOR!

[watermelondisco]

Really love what you've done here.

The only thing I couldn't understand is why his arms seem to flail at about 0:13-0:15, unless... that's how you dance. ;P

[thejazzman9475]

@watermelondisco I'm just gonna go with 'work in progress' heh, but I take this kind of feedback into practice when im reworking (wont be for a lil while though). ty for feedback

[duo3456]

best 20 seconds of my life right here