Face/Body Editor

[skydew]

Still a WIP.
Somewhere around 400 hours and 10,000 lines of code

Pros
-Basically unlimited characters!
-Easily add new Models
-Use same Rig and FaceFX on all Characters
-Save/Load Characters
-Randomization

cons
-Pain in the A$$ to setup!

[Chosker]

looks great! (kinda like what I eventually want to achieve with my game)
I have only 2 problems with it: the camera looks too far for face editing (and then you have this weird zoom). and you are allowing for some extreme values which leads to possible horrible characters, which hurts art direction

are you using morph targets for this? how resource-expensive is it?

[skydew]

looks great! (kinda like what I eventually want to achieve with my game)
I have only 2 problems with it: the camera looks too far for face editing (and then you have this weird zoom). and you are allowing for some extreme values which leads to possible horrible characters, which hurts art direction

are you using morph targets for this? how resource-expensive is it?

Hey Chosker, thanks for the feedback. the camera currently is just tied to the players head, which is actually pretty cool cause you can run around levels editing characters in real time. As for the zoom I just lowered the FOV so you could get a better look at the face your editing. Both these can be easily changed in the future And your right the character values are extreme, but can be easily clamped in the code. I wanted to make sure I had more then enough room for play (for any really strange characters I want to create), then I could limit it later. Below is an example of the defaults for the male random character. These are more just test values for now and will be fined tuned later. Its weird, because since its random sometimes you get a whole bunch of really cool looking characters at once and other times you get a whole bunch of crappy looking ones. I wasn't very impressed with the random faces in the video this time, but I was lazy and didn't want to re-film. And no I'm not using morphs cause I didn't want to keep recreating them for each new mesh. As for resource- expensive I haven't had a whole bunch of time to do tests, but it seems ok so far and I haven't setup any character LODs and what not yet.

Rand_Male_Max={
(BodyScale=(Min=140,Max=160),HeadScale=(Min=240,Max=260),
Eye=(H=(Min=450,Max=550),W=(Min=450,Max=550),D=(Min=450,Max=600),P=(Min=500,Max=500),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=230,Max=270)),
Nose=(H=(Min=350,Max=600),W=(Min=500,Max=500),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=450,Max=550),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=230,Max=270)),
Nose_Start=(H=(Min=450,Max=550),W=(Min=450,Max=600),D=(Min=400,Max=600),P=(Min=450,Max=550),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=240,Max=260)),
Nose_Bridge=(H=(Min=400,Max=600),W=(Min=450,Max=550),D=(Min=400,Max=600),P=(Min=400,Max=600),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=230,Max=270)),
Nose_Tip=(H=(Min=350,Max=650),W=(Min=500,Max=500),D=(Min=350,Max=530),P=(Min=490,Max=510),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=200,Max=300)),
Nostril=(H=(Min=450,Max=550),W=(Min=420,Max=650),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=400,Max=600),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=200,Max=300)),
Nose_Bot=(H=(Min=450,Max=550),W=(Min=500,Max=500),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=400,Max=600),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=240,Max=260)),
ForeHead=(H=(Min=500,Max=600),W=(Min=400,Max=600),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=490,Max=510),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=480,Max=520),S=(Min=240,Max=260)),
Brow_L=(H=(Min=500,Max=500),W=(Min=400,Max=600),D=(Min=500,Max=500),P=(Min=500,Max=500),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=490,Max=510),S=(Min=250,Max=250)),
Brow_R=(H=(Min=500,Max=500),W=(Min=400,Max=600),D=(Min=500,Max=500),P=(Min=500,Max=500),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=490,Max=510),S=(Min=250,Max=250)),
Cheek_top=(H=(Min=450,Max=550),W=(Min=450,Max=550),D=(Min=450,Max=700),P=(Min=500,Max=500),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=250,Max=250)),
Cheek_Bot=(H=(Min=450,Max=550),W=(Min=450,Max=550),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=500,Max=500),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=250,Max=250)),
Jaw=(H=(Min=350,Max=650),W=(Min=450,Max=550),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=500,Max=500),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=250,Max=250)),
Chin=(H=(Min=350,Max=650),W=(Min=350,Max=650),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=500,Max=500),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=220,Max=280)),
Ears=(H=(Min=350,Max=650),W=(Min=450,Max=650),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=450,Max=550),Y=(Min=450,Max=550),R=(Min=490,Max=510),S=(Min=200,Max=280)),
Ears_Tip=(H=(Min=500,Max=500),W=(Min=500,Max=500),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=400,Max=600),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=230,Max=270)),
Ear_Lobe=(H=(Min=490,Max=510),W=(Min=490,Max=510),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=500,Max=500),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=250,Max=250)),
Mouth=(H=(Min=350,Max=650),W=(Min=500,Max=500),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=500,Max=500),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=200,Max=300)),
BackHead=(H=(Min=450,Max=550),W=(Min=500,Max=500),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=500,Max=500),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=230,Max=270)),
FrontHead=(H=(Min=450,Max=550),W=(Min=500,Max=500),D=(Min=450,Max=500),P=(Min=500,Max=500),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=240,Max=270)),
SideHead=(H=(Min=350,Max=650),W=(Min=350,Max=650),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=400,Max=600),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=230,Max=270)),
TopHead=(H=(Min=450,Max=550),W=(Min=500,Max=500),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=400,Max=600),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=230,Max=270)),
SkullBack=(H=(Min=450,Max=550),W=(Min=500,Max=500),D=(Min=450,Max=550),P=(Min=400,Max=600),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=230,Max=270)),
Neck=(H=(Min=500,Max=500),W=(Min=300,Max=700),D=(Min=350,Max=700),P=(Min=500,Max=500),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=250,Max=250)),
Brow_Lip=(H=(Min=500,Max=500),W=(Min=500,Max=500),D=(Min=500,Max=500),P=(Min=500,Max=500),Y=(Min=500,Max=500),R=(Min=500,Max=500),S=(Min=250,Max=250))
		)}

[Chosker]

if you're not using morph targets, what are you using?

[skydew]

Bones Bones and more Bones Its a pretty complex setup.

[LordNelson7]

This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen!

[Graylord]

Bones Bones and more Bones Its a pretty complex setup.

Cool, skeletal controls I presume?

Neat skinning for it to work that well using bones!

[Private Tux]

Excellent job man; I think you're using plenty of skeletal meshes and high polys for some reason, and very nice video too.

[darthwilson]

Awesome! Good Job!

[LordNelson7]

How would you go about setting something like this up?

[skydew]

Cool, skeletal controls I presume?

Neat skinning for it to work that well using bones!

That would be a good guess yeah each character has to skinned a certain way.

Excellent job man; I think you're using plenty of skeletal meshes and high polys for some reason, and very nice video too.

Actually the meshes aren't what I consider really high poly or anything, the female is about 13,000 and the male like 12,000. Not too bad

Awesome! Good Job!

Your editor is looking good. Keep it up, in the long run its worth it

This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen!

How would you go about setting something like this up?

Well as I said before its a pretty complex setup(pretty involved), with that being said Graylord is on the right track, start with skeletalcontrols and programming