[DarkGoth]

hi WOG Community,

i have always be fascinated about this kind of cheat, where Hero can perform many animations, usually that NPC do normally in their routines.
In Gothic 1&2 is more simple, i think. On Youtube is easy to find video that explain this cheat... but about Gothic 3 i have difficulties.

How works exactly the cheat 'play ani' in Gothic 3? What is mean this syntax:

syntax: play ani [a1] [a2] [ib] [name] plays the ani [a1] to [a2] with optional blending [ib]

Someone here, please can help me? I want to do the same animations that NPC do along the day, like smoke on the ground/stand up, eating and drinking on the ground/stand up ecc ecc.

if there's a list of all animations that Hero can perform, would be fantastic.

[zandr]

How works exactly the cheat 'play ani' in Gothic 3? What is mean this syntax:

syntax: play ani [a1] [a2] [ib] [name] plays the ani [a1] to [a2] with optional blending [ib]

I think this cheat doesn't work in fact. I failed to find its code after 10 minutes of searching.

if there's a list of all animations that Hero can perform, would be fantastic.

Just unpack the _compiledAnimation.pak file. You may see the whole animation list in it (*.xmot-files).

Someone here, please can help me? I want to do the same animations that NPC do along the day, like smoke on the ground/stand up, eating and drinking on the ground/stand up ecc ecc.

But what do you want to do with all of these animations? Ok, you may easily replace one animation with another by renaming it, in some cases it can "fit" without bugs.

[DarkGoth]

hi zandr and thanks for your answer.

i don't know anything aboout modding but i really like those daily activities animations.

I like to see Hero eat, drink, sit down and others just for fun. I know that "short"-animation already exists in game, in fact when Hero use a potion or a apple, a bed, the animation starts. But I simply want activate this "long"animation (from NPC) because i like it, nothing else.

So i ask here if this cheat 'play ani' effectively works (example: i am in front of an NPC. This NPC drink something sit down on the floor (Hero doesn't have that animation).
I want to copy that animation and assign it to Hero and do this animation when i want with play ani cheat)
-All this is possibile in Gothic 1&2-

But i don't know how. I really hope that someone can tell me more.

[zandr]

You can use "replace method" and see how the hero performs these animations. E.g. if you unpack these files into the "Data" folder of the game and will wait for few minutes what the unarmed hero will do - you may see some new animations (buggy - without items in hero hands). So it is impossible to implement new animations into the game correctly without editing the program code.


I have my own huge list of Gothic 3 bugs/features that I want to fix/implement. And one paragraph is to make "long" interactions with lute, joint (and maybe some other things e.g. ambient animations with eating/drinking) be available for the hero. I can't promise anything but maybe one day I'll manage to succeed in something like this.

[DarkGoth]

Oh yes, this is a great little idea that I never think about it. When you don't move Hero, he's looking around, he yawn, he scratches his ass xD. In this way, if you don't move the Hero he could eat/drink something like NPC does, if those animations will be added.

Aniway i have downloaded your files and i have put them in the directory you have suggested. But nothing happens, Hmm maybe this can help: i have Gothic 3 + patch 1.75 + quest paket (update 2) and content mod.
Hero has his weapons on the back and nothing in his hands.