Transformers: Fall of Cybertron "Animating The Transformers"

The cheats in Grimlock's transformation sequences are kinda obvious, and it worries me, cause this might mean they don't give him a toy. Or even worse, they give him one but it sucks.

Nemesor wrote:The cheats in Grimlock's transformation sequences are kinda obvious, and it worries me, cause this might mean they don't give him a toy. Or even worse, they give him one but it sucks.

I hear ya, man. And I kinda wish they'd make Grimmy bigger and taller in robot mode, since they're the bruisers. But the transformation does look cool, though.

Nemesor wrote:The cheats in Grimlock's transformation sequences are kinda obvious, and it worries me, cause this might mean they don't give him a toy. Or even worse, they give him one but it sucks.

All the transforming animations in the first game were clearly impossible, that didn't stop toys being made. Actually it's the same with a ton of different series, even G1.

Lookin sweet to me. Jazz is balla

The team at High Moon is laser-focused on creating an authentic vision of the Transformer characters -- one that is true to the roots of the character concepts, while still moving the fiction and visual treatment forward in exciting new directions. That philosophy is on display in a big way through the animation work that is going into Fall of Cybertron. Each character's unique transformations is built to represent the nature of the character. Optimus Prime pounds the ground with the force of a gorilla. Jazz flips and twists like a break dancer. Grimlock morphs into a destructive monster like an uncontrollable hulk bursting forth from a smaller form.

I dont like they markething,they talk their version is better than everyone's

Jazz is completely unchanged from WfC. I'm not sure why they'd re-do the whole thing by hand, rather than just importing the model and animation.

Shadowman wrote:Jazz is completely unchanged from WfC. I'm not sure why they'd re-do the whole thing by hand, rather than just importing the model and animation.

Maybe the engine is different.

TulioDude wrote:

Shadowman wrote:Jazz is completely unchanged from WfC. I'm not sure why they'd re-do the whole thing by hand, rather than just importing the model and animation.

Maybe the engine is different.

It probably is but you can still import it. If a bunch of amateurs can import a bunch of models from one game into Garry's Mod in their free time (Which they do, that's like 90% of Gmod) then High Moon should be able to import a model and animation from one of their own games into another one of their own games as part of their job.

Shadowman wrote:

TulioDude wrote:

Shadowman wrote:Jazz is completely unchanged from WfC. I'm not sure why they'd re-do the whole thing by hand, rather than just importing the model and animation.

Maybe the engine is different.

It probably is but you can still import it. If a bunch of amateurs can import a bunch of models from one game into Garry's Mod in their free time (Which they do, that's like 90% of Gmod) then High Moon should be able to import a model and animation from one of their own games into another one of their own games as part of their job.

They might have used the old meshes as a foundation, but they basically made higher poly models, with higher resolution textures and shaders. Add new animations (if they are, I dont know since I got ripped off on Jazz on the PC version! ) and you have enough to warrant a complete do-over.

I hope they fix the following issues in the campaign mode from last game.

WAY TOO LOW ammount of starting ammo and maximum ammo.

Unintelligent AI partners, i played WFC a lot on PS3 and all AI partners weren't doing their fair shair of the killing.

Instead making me do 96 percent of all the work and they sometimes stay stuck and fall way behind when you're moving then when a cutscene or animation loads they've literally had to teleport themselves nexr to you.

Autobot-Hellstriker wrote:I hope they fix the following issues in the campaign mode from last game.

WAY TOO LOW ammount of starting ammo and maximum ammo.

Unintelligent AI partners, i played WFC a lot on PS3 and all AI partners weren't doing their fair shair of the killing.

Instead making me do 96 percent of all the work and they sometimes stay stuck and fall way behind when you're moving then when a cutscene or animation loads they've literally had to teleport themselves nexr to you.

Be thankful their death doesn't mean you have to restart from the last checkpoint! XD

I played Hard mode by myself for the first time because I knew I could count on the AI to be cannon fodder (especially for bosses, at times). I didn't have to worry about friends making mistakes and making us start over. o-o


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As for the debate on multiplayer customization and HMS lies, if I may:
1. Anything any game developer says before the game hits gold and is released is basically no guarantee you're going to get it. EVER. (anything, lit. anything can cause something to go horribly wrong and need to be removed or never get made in the first place) This is especially true in smaller, younger companies. And I'm going to include HMS in those ranks based on their performance and my observations of them.
2. YES. The multiplayer chassis were made that way for a reason. The tron bits are for telling faction; also: silhouette, color codes etc. Anyone who plays the game long enough can argue these features are unecessary. But for a starting player, these are the only clues they have to getting things right, and even then, I STILL get people with a disguised scientist, and myself get fooled for a second or two when caught off guard. The basis for HMS incorporating these details are NOTHING SHORT of textbook gaming rules that have been proven time and again, and HMS surely won't be deviating terribly far when they're trying to expand their base as they suggest with FoC, and was also undoubtedly one goal of WfC. But, of all these things, I think that color is indeed one of the things they may be able to stray from, especially since they seem to be incorporating larger faction colored (tron/veins/energon) surfaces in the newer designs. Note: Megatrons chest, Grimlock's chest, Optimus' chest.
So, as HMS grows and ages I think we can expect more deviation, but in the meantime, especially on WfC, I'd say be thankful they stuck to the rules. Things could've been far worse for WfC and then we wouldn't have had a shot at FoC. Baby steps.

As for the video on Jazz: I'm not entirely certain they DID make a new animation. Because, since they obviously aren't doing the animation in UDK, but in Maya (yay, add another dev to the "uses Maya" list!), it's fairly easy to transfer the animation, even to new meshes with similar, and especially, the same, skeletons. They never even mentioned doing a new one for him, did they? He only went over the process for him.


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Now, my newest post:
As for the new video on animation, I totally ate that up. It's always encouraging watching devdocs or interviews from developers and they're doing the same stuff you're doing in class. Saturday I have to record myself doing an animation I storyboarded, then make changes based on what I pick up from watching myself. ba haahaha. And due in just 4 hours (between work and keeping up with Seibertron ) I have a facial animation due! Squee!~

The Takara engineers are gonna get such a headache designing Grimlock's toy when and if it happens.

The Transformres Game facebook page has posted a short Q&A with Transformers: Fall of Cybertron game director Matt Tieger from NYCC. Apparently Tieger was a bit under the weather so only three questions were asked. Video embedded below.

Promised video interview with Matt Tieger - Game Director - Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, responding to your questions. Tieg was not feeling great so we only got to 3 questions.

I didn't know Conan O'Brien had a son and that he was into TFs...

this game will be epic...or as grimlock would say....me grimlock think me game good,but fire bad

gameinformer has posted their latest Transformers: Fall of Cybertron article, "The Enemies & AI Of Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron". Click here to learn more about the game's IA, meet some of new enemies, and check out more screenshots.

High Moon has improved the responsiveness of all of its enemies for Fall of Cybertron, but that’s only one of the key changes to the AI. In order to communicate how its enemies react to the world, High Moon has implemented some overt animation and sound effects that help distinguish each character. Whenever possible, enemies in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron undergo physical transformation changes that will cue players into enemy behavior and weaknesses.

If a player hides from the Guardian’s battle mode, the Guardian will shift into investigate mode and begin scanning the environment for signs of their prey

Leapers don’t go into a full transformation, but they do shift into a wedge shape as they jump into the air. This air attack is one of the Leapers’ more powerful moves. Players will have to dodge this move and attack from behind in order to defeat these monstrosities

Crawlers will not attack while in flight, so their unique transformation sound signals players that it is time to crawl out of cover and find a better firing position. This is a good example of how High Moon’s visual and auditory cues aid players in combat

Enemy AI often influences a character’s design. For example, the Guardian’s battle mode is big and bulky, which represents how tough a challenge the Guardian will be in combat

You know who I want to see in this game? Makeshift. He was one of the few cool characters in Exiles, so it'd be sweet if they could work him in somehow. Even as a NPC.

If not him, then at least throw in some Shifters as CPU enemies.

Blurrz wrote:What are the Geth doing here...?

As well as the security camera robots from futurama

MINDVVIPE wrote:

Blurrz wrote:What are the Geth doing here...?

As well as the security camera robots from futurama

And a Glorft battle mech from Megas XLR.

Shadowman wrote:

MINDVVIPE wrote:

Blurrz wrote:What are the Geth doing here...?

As well as the security camera robots from futurama

And a Glorft battle mech from Megas XLR.

I miss that show. They should start making movies and video games for that. There where assloads of TF references too. Like The Matrix was in one episode. And so was Unicron.

This game is looking so much better than WFC. I want more battles like the Iacon battle in WFC. Ones that take place in big areas. Plus, I want to be able to hide behind cover.

gameinformer has published their latest exclusive Transformers: Fall of Cybertron article, "Transformers: Resurrecting The Dinobots". In addition to awesome art and screenshots mirrored below, the article also contains two videos, "The Story Behind the Dinobots" and "Designing the Dinobots", which can be viewed by clicking here.

Two things unite every sane person in the world: pumpkin pie and the unrivaled awesomeness of dinosaurs. In the '80s, Hasbro capitalized on the popularity of these beasts by creating the memorable team of elite Transformers called the Dinobots. Once a pillar of Transformers fiction, the proud Dinobots went the way of the dodo as the series chose to emphasize other characters. Thankfully, High Moon Studios couldn't let them go, as the Dinobots return to the fight in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. Led by the robotic Tyrannosaurus Rex named Grimlock, these five transforming robots will be an intricate part of the story. Check out the first video below to learn how High Moon Studios built a new origin story that logically allowed for robotic dinosaurs on the alien planet of Cybertron.

So... what are they gonna name the Triceratops this time?

Swoop is lookin' good! Glad he still looks relatively the same as he did before.

SWEET! I can't wait for pics of the whole team!

I am missing the stegosaur Snarl for he is my Favorite

I want to play with Grimlock already and smash some Decepticreeps with that huge sword!

btw, any idea if Grimlock (or any other Dinobot) has a gun as a weapon? In those videos where they showed character modeling and their transformation, it was said that they try to make the gun-arm point forward so you can start shooting immediately, which was the case with Optimus and Jazz. However, Grimlock didn't have his arm pointed forward, so does that mean that he only has a melee weapon?

we BETTER get some damn toys of these!

The second video isn't working.

Gripen1974 wrote:I am missing the stegosaur Snarl for he is my Favorite

Mine too!

Doubledealer93 wrote:we BETTER get some damn toys of these!

I second this. Can't wait for updated Dinobots!

Zequem wrote:btw, any idea if Grimlock (or any other Dinobot) has a gun as a weapon? In those videos where they showed character modeling and their transformation, it was said that they try to make the gun-arm point forward so you can start shooting immediately, which was the case with Optimus and Jazz. However, Grimlock didn't have his arm pointed forward, so does that mean that he only has a melee weapon?

The latest video confirmed htat Grimlock only has a sword and shield. no gun. His only ranged weapon comes in the form of throwing his enemies at each other.

Slag is very cool looking. I, too, hope they don't screw with his name.

...b-but...I don't like pumpkin pie...

Vic wrote:Slag is very cool looking. I, too, hope they don't screw with his name.

"Slag" is a swear word in Britain. So, there's not a certainty that they can use that name.

Swoop could use a little blue on him. Otherwise, I was surprised to see that all the designs are remarkably similar to their original counterparts. Really psyched for this game!

Sabrblade wrote:

Vic wrote:Slag is very cool looking. I, too, hope they don't screw with his name.

"Slag" is a swear word in Britain. So, there's not a certainty that they can use that name.

Quite aware of that. Calling him "Snarl" to me doesn't work. He was the only Dinobot toy I had as a kid. Calling him "Slag" is only right, IMO.

Iron Prime wrote:

Doubledealer93 wrote:we BETTER get some damn toys of these!

I second this. Can't wait for updated Dinobots!

Third. And pronto.

Vic wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Vic wrote:Slag is very cool looking. I, too, hope they don't screw with his name.

"Slag" is a swear word in Britain. So, there's not a certainty that they can use that name.

Quite aware of that. Calling him "Snarl" to me doesn't work. He was the only Dinobot toy I had as a kid. Calling him "Slag" is only right, IMO.

I'm not saying they should call him Snarl (If they did, what would they call the Stegosaurus?). I'm just saying that there's a possibility they can't call him Slag.

Danke mein freunds. I has new wallpapers thanks to this report now.

Sabrblade wrote:

Vic wrote:Slag is very cool looking. I, too, hope they don't screw with his name.

"Slag" is a swear word in Britain. So, there's not a certainty that they can use that name.

It's also a swear word on Cybertron, which is why I thought that changed it. It didn't make a whole lot of sense to have a character named after your in-universe swear.

Turns out his name is now "Slug".

Sabrblade wrote:Turns out his name is now "Slug".

Slug has a name that does not remind one of English whores.

Can't fault TFwiki for not being honest.

Slug isn't bad but WHY? The name changing nonsense with Slag is silly and annoying. Especially when they called him Snarl, whom of which is my favourite Dinobot. I thought that was ridiculous. At least "Slug" is independent of any other TF name which, begrudgingly, is acceptable in my books.

Speaking of........I also noticed that Snarl isn't present. I really want to play as Snarl in this game.

Looks awesome.

wow GEEEEEEEEWUN thats some superspamatasticaliciousnessism going on there with the post and sig. Love it.

Now. I enjoy Slags now and then. Also, Slag as a swear in-universe...You're telling me no soldier ever used an expletive to describe himself? Oh my, how I have forgotten honour.

Designs look okay.

Now that we've seen Grimlock, Swoop, and Slug, I wanna see Snarl and Sludge.

Snarl is in Alt Mode in the background of one of the Grimlock pics, quite epic IMO.

GreaserHHR wrote:Snarl is in Alt Mode in the background of one of the Grimlock pics, quite epic IMO.

Up close, I mean.

Proof that These series of video games should be pre-G1 instead of TF: Prime. The designs were inspired by G1.

Blackstreak wrote:Proof that These series of video games should be pre-G1 instead of TF: Prime. The designs were inspired by G1.

The words "should be" and "inspired" do not help this assertion.

Besides, the interviews in the videos say that this story is only paying homage to G1 but is a different story. They called the G1 story too "kid-friendly" for the story of these games.

Plus, the guy's name isn't "Slag". It's "Slug".