There is no doubt that Uncharted 2 has amazing graphics, and developers Naughty Dog agree, saying in a recent interview that they are proud of what they have managed to do with the game's graphics and that "no animator could animate enough animations to produce the same look that we've been able to do by mixing and matching, by layering animations on top of each other, by blending between animations even of different layers"...
Speaking in a video interview with Digital Foundry, one of the lead programmers explained the situation.
"You don't have to have an animator animate every single possible combination of the player putting away his weapon while jumping, or running and shooting, or all these different things," the programmer said.
"Really no animator could animate enough animations to produce the same look that we've been able to do by mixing and matching, by layering animations on top of each other, by blending between animations even of different layers. And that really give the players a lot more control over what he wants to do that's not limited by our animators," he concluded.
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Please edit your headline, Miss Razz. There's enough misleading headlines in the world as is.
They do 1 animation for running, 1 animation for shooting, 1 animation for jumping etc.
Then set it up so it plays the animation for the duration you are doing it.They dont say make thousands of animations where its running for 1 second shooting for 3 then jumping for 1. What you would expect really.
So many animations!!
animate.
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