Preview : Chocobo WIP

[PotentPotables]

For those just getting to this Thread, the Chocobot has been finished... at least as much as I'm going to finish it. Download links can be found on Thread Post#26 in this thread. Enjoy the poorly colored Chocobot.

Download in this post (http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/557658-post26.html)

[Kuro]

and what kind of abomination against god are we creating here?

[Tatha-Kitten]

yay, Robocobo!

[PotentPotables]

Damn, howd ya guess? >.>

I'm about 75% on the texture recoloring. Then I'll move onto detailing it, then finally remapping.

In fact, since sooooo many people seem to be interested atm, I'll post another teaser.

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2026/wip5bu.jpg

[Taskmage]

Ahh! Terminator chocobo!

That shot looks like it's turning around to swallow the rider's head. :eek:

[Anson]

and what kind of abomination against god are we creating here?

You call that an abomination against god? No, no, no... this is an abomination against god! (http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=060323)

[Imkindalost]

Lol... awesome, i often find myself wondering when im running on my chocobo why i cant have a robot instead. You're crazy PP lol but nice job i must say.

[Kagerou]

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4152/ostrichnotamused13hx.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I still love you PotentP.

[Deo]

Hmm, this may lead up to Magitek armor in the future. Keep up the good work.

[Zorafin]

Um, that's not an ostrich... That's an Emu...

[Imkindalost]

Yea thats definately an Emu lol my father used to raise Emu's and Llamas >.< i hated them they were evil. And they hated the dog.

I sure hope that thing meets emmision regulations PP. We don't want enviornmental problems developing in Vana'diel in the 1st millenium.

[fastcart]

Kagerou, that picture scared the crap outta me as a scrolled down to it. At first glance, that close up looks like some kinda monster or alien. I totally didn't see it coming...

Edit: Now on its third glance, it looks like one of those creatures from the Dark Crystal. (Am I revealing my age?)

[Taskmage]

Looks like gelfling ... smells like gelfling ...

Yeah, you know something's old when it gets sampled for techno.

[PotentPotables]

I sure hope that thing meets emmision regulations PP. We don't want enviornmental problems developing in Vana'diel in the 1st millenium.

It runs on a silent, fan cooled Protoculture Drive engine. Emission free.

[fastcart]

Lol! Protoculture. Boy, we are showing our age...

[Imkindalost]

Efficient chocobots?! I want one, i could picture myself riding one to work. Does it come fully equipped with front and side airbags and optional steam shovel to revolutionize digging in Vana'Diel as well? If so i'm paying top dollar for one.

[PotentPotables]

Lol! Protoculture. Boy, we are showing our age...

LMAO! Stop being SOOO funny.

Efficient Chocobots are great! I've also been toying around with other mod ideas and thoughts.

I've thought about turning the Chocobo into the Speeder Bikes from Star Wars. That's "Speeder Bikes" not "Pod Racers" for all you youngin's. Would be time consuming to get precision, but altogether not TOO hard.

I've thought about turning something in-game into the ED-209 Robot from Robocop. That would rock.

Or, how about an every race/every head mod specifically designed for THF. Something that adds a small little temple implanted 10ft Laser that always pointed straight ahead to make SATA easier to line up regardless of camera position. That one would be extremely easy.

Dumb shite like that.

[Imkindalost]

As a somewhat thief i think that'd be awesome. But the whole robot thing is getting a bit extreme lmao. Although its unique and creative ^^; Lol and the star wars thing... thats doable, i so see a sword mod for a light saber and guns/bows being replaced with those guns the guys in white shoot...

Ok, the real reason im posting this is to show off my new signature, ain't it the best?

[Kittyneko]

I want a Tiger instead of chocobo... by the way, does changing chocobo .dat's with a Tiger's .dat's work out well?

[PotentPotables]

I want a Tiger instead of chocobo... by the way, does changing chocobo .dat's with a Tiger's .dat's work out well?

It works, but the PC and Mob don't line up correctly. Also, when you dismount or dig it will freze your game. You could import the Tiger over the Chocobo's skeleton and then reset all of the skeletal weights to match up. That should work.

[Imkindalost]

Oh yea that would be cool. I wanna ride a tiger!
Somebody should make a peacock chocobo though :P

One question though. Do you know how to change the chocobo that is standing in the stable when you go into it? I had the black chocobo with red tips on my game, and the chocobos were still yellow when in the stables.
Edit:
Is it a seperate .dat?

[PotentPotables]

Yes, there are actually 5 different Choco .dats. If you can't find them, I'll release them with my Chocobot. I'd do it now, but I'm at work, without model viewer, and desperately trying to learn some semblance of HTML to get my tutorial rolling ahead of schedule.

[Imkindalost]

Alright, sounds cool. :)

Lol i see you took my pun though. Chocobots rule.

[Kittyneko]

It works, but the PC and Mob don't line up correctly. Also, when you dismount or dig it will freze your game. You could import the Tiger over the Chocobo's skeleton and then reset all of the skeletal weights to match up. That should work.

Can I request that please? Whenever you have time after you have finished your current Robochocobo. ^^

[Tatha-Kitten]

Damn, howd ya guess? >.>

heheh, recognised the overall shape and textures, and i could see the fan on it's chest. ^_^

[PotentPotables]

Here I preach about laziness and I'm takin' part in the evil...

I was reading up on HTML and stuff last night on Staff Duty for my huge tutorial and decided to scrap my Chocobot. I'll release the .DAT as it is atm, but it prolly needs to be recolored before it looks decent in-game. All the skeletal weights are set and the model moves fine with almost no glitches, and those glitches not even being noticeable at normal speed.

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6425/choco7fv.jpg

So, here ya go :

All 6 Choco Files to change :

90\56.dat
3\103.dat
3\60.dat
3\61.dat
3\62.dat
3\63.dat

...and here ya go --->

[Sinbreakerblade]

wow

[Tonkataru]

No way. That's freakin awesome.

[Kittyneko]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95/Sinbreakerblade/Shinra.gif
Btw, yes off topic, but it's "You can not stop me." or "You cant stop me." .. Cant not stop me means i can stop you. :P

[Nightmare]

i like it. thatll be cool when u finish all the texturing and stuff

[PotentPotables]

I'm not retexturing it. That's kinda what I meant when I said :

and decided to scrap my Chocobot.

Feel free to skin it if you want, but I've got more important tasks at hand.

Here's an in-game SS as it is...

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8761/choco9pf.jpg

[Imkindalost]

oh my... you're a taru!!! I so expected you to be a big scary elvaan.

[PotentPotables]

Hellz no...

Taru MP is teh r0xxiznit

[Imkindalost]

lol i do my magery on a mithra character and meleeringness on a hume... 68 sam snd 62 thf on hume and 60 blm and 32 whm on mithra

I know, mithras arent the best blm, but i <3 daggers so they are cool by my book :P

[Balfree]

meleeringness is the best word ever

and that chocobo is kickass.

[PotentPotables]

Thank you...

[dabadking]

hey potent....any chance you might turn this into a rideable motorcycle similar to FF7 Advent Children? I know its a HUUGE stretch but....maybe in the distant future when another groundbreaking program like VRS comes out it will be possible....and if theres something I dont know about that lets you make something like that already....then it'd be sweet to see a bike built for FFXI :)

[Gulkeeva]

Robotic Chicken O_o
looks kinda cool though

[PotentPotables]

hey potent....any chance you might turn this into a rideable motorcycle similar to FF7 Advent Children? I know its a HUUGE stretch but....maybe in the distant future when another groundbreaking program like VRS comes out it will be possible....and if theres something I dont know about that lets you make something like that already....then it'd be sweet to see a bike built for FFXI :)

That is most definately possible and actually alot easier than what I did with the bird. With the chocobo I had to reset all the skeletal weights in the leg and body additions so that it would move fluidly with the existing model. With the FF7 bike, or even the Star Wars Speeder Bikes, it would just be a matter of creating a brand new model that looks like the bike, line it up properly on the Y axis, and then set all the skeletal weights to 1.0 on a skeletal point that doesn't move.

However, as you can tell from my "fan", rotation isn't really possible until I figure out how to add animation's. So, you're not going to have rolling tires.

Could go with the Akira type wheels on that one. Would look pretty cool...

[Imkindalost]

meleeringness is the best word ever.

:biggrin: Thank you.
Oh and i didnt play any other final fantasy games so i had to search to see what you were talking about and i think i found it. Wouldnt it be wierd though, that thing looks loud! so unless pp is keen on sounds it'll sound like a chocobo :P (Im still new to this so i dont even know if you can change sounds or not)

[Nicolette]

Can I get this lowered, in candy apple red with extended exhaust pipes? kthanx :)

[Imkindalost]

it comes stock with a big bawk engine... errm block... sorry...


PP you should finish it though, maybe if not now later... cuz i wouldnt mind tryin it out but i dont have much skill texturing... or anything for that matter lol my dats are :wasted: bad at best