[New build - DEFAULT] 24w014a: More achievements

[tsunamayo]

The player animation has been improved. New achievements have been added:

It's a-me, Mario! Link a reactor to a tank with pipes.

For Future Reference Export a blueprint.

Voila! Upload a blueprint to the workshop.

Put a ring on it! Visit the planetary rings of a gas giant.

Beam me up, Scotty! Use a Teleporter for the first time.

Thar be treasure Mine 10 crystals.

Light this candle! Complete your first spaceship and reach space!

Green Energy Produce 1000 e/s on a entity with only wind or solar.

Fort Knox - ha - it's for tourists! Stash 1000L of gold ingots in a container.

Dangerously Elite Spend 5 minutes travelling in Lightcruise.

Now we're cruising! Spend 30 minutes travelling in Lightcruise.

Ludicrous Speed! Spend 120 minutes travelling in Lightcruise.

A small step... Step on another world.

I am going on an adventure! Step on 10 different planets.

All these worlds are yours... Step on 50 different planets.

Hotfixes:

5689 #5680 Player ejected from seat when exiting

5693 Player alignment issue on elevator

[Horkas]

Since you mentioned player animation, as a off and on 2D/3D artist and animator myself, I thought I would give some feedback on them:

- (Walk cycle)

• Hip bone needs its left and right sway increased a little bit and its flow reversed. (As in: Currently the hips follow slightly behind the rotation of the upper torso bones sway. Instead they should be going the opposite to follow the legs.) The hip bone needs to rotate and follow the leading leg. Right now they do not do that, and its what gives the running an awkward look.
• Feet need an additional keyframe added in with the foot fully planted, earlier in the run cycle. Currently, the foot takes too long to go from its "Up" position while in the air, to its "Planted" position, causing the foot to still be up part way as it is sliding back under the character. Making the running look very goofy looking.
• Walk cycle animation timeline needs stretched out to be roughly.... 20%? longer. Currently the player looks like they are almost running in place, going at a snails pace. This is because the walk cycle timeline is too short.
• Walk cycles arms need to be kept closer to the torso and less aggressively swung while walking. Looks too much like he is trying to run. (Should look closer to something like this: https://cdn.dribbble.com/users/3578417/screenshots/15731460/media/28c6fca1f22751963facec7ff1561c28.gif )

- (Run cycle)

• Feet have same issue as above. Otherwise, its perfect.

- (Jumping/Falling cycle)

• The lack of a jump animation is super noticeable because the speed of the animation blend between the idle/walk/run to the falling animation is too fast. Slow that blending of animation down. This should give the legs more believability in them having pushed off the ground. (You can also add a few keyframes to the falling animation that plays when you jump by having the feet kicking up a bit before settling into their resting position they currently have. This would give them some "Momentum.")

- (Default max walking speed): Needs bumped up by about 10%.

- (Player momentum): Player currently will launch inches off the ground from tiny objects, causing the falling animation to spasm constantly. This might be able to be fixed by having a collision sphere on the root bone on the player rig, detecting how far off the surface they are before playing a falling or momentum falling animation? (Link to example gif I made of the issue: https://gyazo.com/84e10741a27500d1fc2077ab0bfecf72 )

- (Side strafe)

• The lack of a side strafe animation while holding a weapon/tool in third person is very jarring. You should just make the player always face the direction of movement, exactly like how they do when holding nothing until the player fires/aims the weapon/tool. Just have them quick-snap back to facing the target recital the moment the aim or fire button is pressed. It might look a little odd, but players wont care. And it will make the over all look much better.

- (Lack of Crouching)

• The lack of crouching hurts. It always makes the world feel stiffer and less fun. Especially in gun fights.

[tsunamayo]

@Horkas Thanks for the feedback, I didnt understood all of it though, I am not an animator and I use pre-made animations. Btw I am already doing what you explain in player momentum (this update changed it from a raycast to a closest point, aka a collision sphere), I will need to tweak it a bit further though indeed.

[Horkas]

Ah, I'm guessing you are using Mixamo then for the animations and probably auto-rigging? Nothing wrong with using the premades and auto tools! Helps save allot of time! But if you ever need help with animations or rigging. I'd be more than happy to help out in what ever way I can. I really want to see this game come to full life!