Interesting item from MMORPG.com

I have no artistic talent; I do well to draw stick figures. But I thought folks with more artistic abilities would be interested in this.

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Cryptic Studios, Inc., an independent developer of massively multiplayer online games, announced today its proprietary Cryptic Animation Rig (Cryptic AR) is now available free for download under the GNU General Public License.
"Our goal is to foster a community of animators by providing them the power to generate animations without having to worry about supporting a toolset. Since we were already developing the rig for our core technology team, we decided to release it to the public under the GNU GPL," said Shayne Herrera, Art Development Director for Cryptic Studios. "We feel that the development and gaming communities will benefit greatly from a professional tool like the Cryptic AR."
Cryptic AR allows animators of all experience levels to familiarize themselves with the same tools used in a professional development environment. Unlike other free animation rigs, Cryptic AR is not an approximation of production tools, but the very tools currently being used to produce next-gen game visuals at Cryptic Studios.
"We decided to add the ability to switch and create character skins called 'IDs,' or 'identities,'" said Sean Burgoon, animator and creator of the Cryptic AR. "Cryptic AR version 1.0 ships with three IDs and we plan to release more on a regular basis. We are encouraging user-submitted IDs through the animation community we are creating on our web site."
The Cryptic AR web site will also have forums to serve as the community home for aspiring AR animators. The forums will act as a place to inspire continued creativity in users and support animation needs.

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Download here

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Ideally, the tank will die precisely as everyone else starts fighting, allowing aggro to be spread evenly among the blaster. -seebs, "How to Suck at CoH/CoV" Guide

Already nabbed it and I'm having a blast using it for pose references. It's so much nicer than an itty bitty, stiff little mannequin.

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Oh. You have to have 3dsmax.

Guess I'll stick with Daz 3d :P

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Yeah that's my problem, too. No 3DS Max (and no $$ to get it either! What do they want, my soul??)

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"City of Heroes. April 27, 2004 - August 31, 2012. Obliterated not with a weapon of mass destruction, not by an all-powerful supervillain... but by a cold-hearted and cowardly corporate suck-up."

So, to clarify, this is not model viewer that allows us to view CoH character models? and requires expensive software to utilize?



I'd kill for a Modelviewer for CoH. it's one of _the_ primary tools in making quality manips. Very sad now. I was all "<3<3<3" and then I was all "*sadface*"


I say again:

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