Frosty Robot doesn't need animated lips, he uses a vocaliser.
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Lol they keep getting better and better 
And yes animated lips and while you are at it hair.
3th and final video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp_uaVW2se8
I se no reason to be even thinking about animated facial features, maybe once clothing have the same animations as capes, it could be considered. But then again, with no in game voices what would you sync the lip movements with.
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3th and final video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp_uaVW2se8
I se no reason to be even thinking about animated facial features, maybe once clothing have the same animations as capes, it could be considered. But then again, with no in game voices what would you sync the lip movements with.
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Err yeah , I have a link to that vid in my post 
I don't care if we don't have voices...I... still.. want animated...lips..
and hair....
Now!
brightened up my night for sure.....
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VILLAIN "oh hold on...oh...do you have a black work boot in a size 11 sir?....bwahahahahahaha!!!"
...just epic lol
HERO "This is regulation hero grade spandex"
....still smiling now :P
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Lol they keep getting better and better
And yes animated lips and while you are at it hair.
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Frosty doesn't have any hair either (pretty much like me in RL 
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I really should do something about this signature.
i´ll sell you some for a lotg or 2
Well its obvious they can do this now. Although it aint the game engine itself of course. How about making the cutscenes like this?
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That's it really.
Who's with me!
BTW love the 2 new adverts 
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Oh for christ sake
All these "white background" ads remind me of http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=w0DUsGSMwZY
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The only thing good about the 3rd vid is the regulation spandex line. Otherwise, I thought it was the worst of the three tbh.
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This is not done by the engine.. I found a post by the one who did all lip synch animation by hand. To make it look cooler.
The engine cant do this.
Still... some animation in the face would be cool. Give life to the toons. Blinking eyes... grinning faces... blowing a kiss... Hair that moves in the wind even if its just a script as the cape.
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There is little point animating lips until we have something interesting to 'listen' to .. what good is moving lips when you are reading a speech bubble above the head and no voice is heard! It'll be like watching a second rate subbed film on mute.
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This is not done by the engine.. I found a post by the one who did all lip synch animation by hand. To make it look cooler.
The engine cant do this.
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the engine CAN do this, even the oldest 3D game ever can do this.
it's not the engine, it's if they want it in the game at all.
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This is not done by the engine.. I found a post by the one who did all lip synch animation by hand. To make it look cooler.
The engine cant do this.
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the engine CAN do this, even the oldest 3D game ever can do this.
it's not the engine, it's if they want it in the game at all.
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How do you know? Have you seen the engine source code and are intimately familiar with it's capabilities; or are you just throwing a pot of hyperbole into the thread with your wild guesswork?
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This is not done by the engine.. I found a post by the one who did all lip synch animation by hand. To make it look cooler.
The engine cant do this.
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the engine CAN do this, even the oldest 3D game ever can do this.
it's not the engine, it's if they want it in the game at all.
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How do you know? Have you seen the engine source code and are intimately familiar with it's capabilities; or are you just throwing a pot of hyperbole into the thread with your wild guesswork?
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if wolvenstein 3D can do this, then COX most certainly can do this.
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This is not done by the engine.. I found a post by the one who did all lip synch animation by hand. To make it look cooler.
The engine cant do this.
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the engine CAN do this, even the oldest 3D game ever can do this.
it's not the engine, it's if they want it in the game at all.
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How do you know? Have you seen the engine source code and are intimately familiar with it's capabilities; or are you just throwing a pot of hyperbole into the thread with your wild guesswork?
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if wolvenstein 3D can do this, then COX most certainly can do this.
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I can produce 3D backdrops in Microsoft Visio, but I sure as hell can't do lip synching...
Things don't work that way - "a completely different engine years ago managed to do it, so every other engine ever created since will have that feature."
Sounds crazy.
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Wait... comparing an early-90s engine that relied on image and sprite scaling and distortion to draw 3D maps and place 2D characters and object as opposed to actual polygons to CoX, which requires a shedload more than simply twizzling a few textures and sprites about to draw Galaxy Girl?
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if wolvenstein 3D can do this, then COX most certainly can do this.
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Making the face texture animate is easy. Add support for a GIF-like file format and there you go. But what do you animate it to? How do you control the texture? How do you lip-synch it? That's an awful lot of work. Also, for every lip movement there is a discrete texture for every face in the game. If animated faces are ever to be added, this is not the way.
It's more likely that, should I15 turn out to be the revamp, that all face options would be re-created in higher resolution to fit a higher polygon face. In my opinion the faces are the oldest and worst part of characters today, and they shouldn't be left out from a revamp. With that on the table, this new high-poly face would have a proper mouth. Perhaps animating this from the get go would be expecting too much, but it would open the door to it.
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The eyes should blink too, I think
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And maybe the hair should move?
I'm not so worried about animated lips, but maybe some form of animated expressions. Most of the male faces are sour, but the one smiling face just looks like an imbicile. 
Maybe accessed via emote which is a permanant change untill you select another expression.
That's it really.
Who's with me!
BTW love the 2 new adverts
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I'm a hero , I'm a villian. I'm a sidekick.