Banjo kazooie Engine Room

[Mewtwo2000]

i have been trying :/ this is a proof
darker bongo bongo room

Okay, you're right.

Now go find my character shadows tutorial. And try to tint Bongo Bongo's textures to make it look more like the real thing. Separate those hands from the main model and make them move separately. Change the lighting so the characters are darker too, and that will be an improvement ._.

[Leon Exodio]

nice stages can wait to see more

[Syeo]

davey, I'm sure you can do it! Actually, I wanted to use your Bongo Bongo stage but I miss the atmossphere you normally have when you're fighting him. I don't have a clue about making stages, but since the background is still to bright, what about removing it and replace it with a black background?

However, I'll use the heartbeat cavern stage. All your ideas for stages are great, you just have to make some progress so they'll be awesome and more popular. :)

Well, if you made some progress, the heartbeat cavern stage should change every few seconds to another theme, like in the credits:

Yoshi Story Ending

[Unkown Kokiri]

i wish i could do that man :( i cant rip model out of game i just use model resource so i only had 2 pages the second page i attempted but way to many problems with it got in the way

[KGN Nappdagg]

Add fungi forest music

[Mewtwo2000]

As I told you before in private, I'm gonna help you with the Bongo Bongo stage so you can learn what I do. First thing done, the stage itself:



Now that's a proper stage. Bongo Bongo still needs to be worked, and so does the lighting. But what you see here has been like 10-15 minutes of 3dsmax work only.

I guess I should have made this stage myself in the past, it's been really easy to make.

EDIT:

After a little more work, this is how it looks now:



I've not colored Bongo Bongo at all, this is done with light. 3 lights are affecting now him and characters, instead of one. Bongo Bongo has been smoothed in max with the meshsmooth modifier. I've separated him in 3, so with a little animating it will be able to move in a simple way.

EDIT2:

Finally, I've animated Bongo Bongo without rigging him at all. Just one bone for each hand, and another for the body. Well, and I've added some shadows for the hands, for a more professional look. Those are controlled by another bone each, connected with hands themselves.



I'll post a video of the stage tomorrow, and will give you further information on how to do things like these. I guess I've gone too far though, I'm using color, texture and model animations in this stage. And a custom lighting...

[Unkown Kokiri]

o.o that look amazing :O
Game Grumps Animated - DAN OUDA DAN

[Mewtwo2000]

This video shows the after and before of the stage:

[SSBB hack] - Bongo Bongo's Room

Basically, what I've made:

1- The models were both moved and sized, so I've used my block tool to apply those properties to the polygons themselves. That's done by writing the model names in the parameters section of the tool, and clicking the 'apply' button with the 'to model' option on.

2- For the background, I've exported it as .dae and imported it into 3DSMax. I've colored the few objects in the stage by selecting the polygons/vertices and, in the right menu, changing the color. To see the changes, I've applied a 'vertexpaint' modifier to everything, and selected the options to see the vertex colors. Once done with it, I've made a clone of the main ground to make the character shadows. I've changed the material it uses, so the new one uses the TShadow1 texture. I've also moved it up by 0.2 units. But not the object, but its vertices, so the model is still in the (0,0,0) position. After assuring that everything is controlled by the main bones (tools->open explorer / CTRL+Alt+O) I've exported as .dae and put it back to Brawlbox.

3- For Bongo Bongo, I've exported it as .dae and put it into 3DSMax too. Once open, I've used the 'meshsmooth' modifier to get rid of that ugly polygonar look. After that, I've selected each hand and detached them as new objects. I've made them use different materials, but keeping the same texture. After that, I've made a screenshot of one of the hands from the top and I've made a shadow-like texture with it. I've added 2 2D shapes just under the hands and made them use the new shadow texture. I've exported it as .dae and put it back into Brawlbox.

4- Once in Brawlbox, I've imported the stage as stage/item and Bongo Bongo as character. I always check the first 3 options when importing, and only check the 4th one when importing as character. I don't use to check any other option. I've Changed the ParamChanCtrl2AlphaC1 value in every material of the stage to 1 to make it ignore the lighting, and I've changed the ColorScale value in the shader from 4 to 1 to compensate the change. I've also made changes to the shader for Bongo Bongo so Color1 animations affect the different parts of his body. Basically, I've made Stage1 to use the color channel 1, and I've multiplied the previous color with that color channel 1. Thanks to this, Bongo Bongo casts the lighting, and can also be darkened with a color animation. You need to tell the materials that you're using 2 light channels for this to work.

5- I've edited the lighting for characters, it's made by 3 different lights, instead of 1, which was before. One is green, the other is purple, and the other is white. One comes from the right, the other from the left, and the other from below. Well, the 3 of them come from below in some way. I've also made the external ground thing to have 2 layers of the same texture, and I've animated both of them with a SRT0 or texture animation.

6- I've made the shadow material for the hands to be transparent with the EnableBlend option in true, and I've made it color-editable by changing the ParamChanCtrl2ColorC1 value to 0. This way the transparency of these can be edited and have a nice effect when the hands move up/down.

7- I've edited a little the collisions. You can see the exact placement of the model in max, so make use of this. If it's an horizontal floor like this, it has to be exactly horizontal and in the exact height. In the case of the external floor (which hurts you in Ocarina of Time), I've made it go a little under the actual model, so it seems like it's some kind of liquid you get a little buried into. I've not used character shadows there, it's too dark to even notice them.

8- Talking about character shadows, I've made the MShadow material I made for the clone of the floor to use the TShadow1 texture. It's necessary to have this texture in the stage, if not it will crash. I've made the material to work by itself my own way, in your case it's okay if you follow my shadows tutorial, you replace the MShadow material with the one in the download and use an additional shadow model to get the properties from. I've not needed those cause I can make my models to have those properties by themselves.

9- Animating Bongo Bongo. I've had to change the bone extructure in Brawlbox, adding some bones in a clever way so one bone moves both hands and theirs shadows, and another moves just the hands for vertical moves. I've used a CLR0 animation for the shadows of the hands and making appear and dissapear Bongo Bongo and his hands. This has been the hardest part for me, specially cause I've had to synchronize both model and color animations, with hands moving up and down and shadows getting more or less intense.

Well, this is it. As you can see, making a stage isn't just making the model reach Brawlbox, making an inaccurate collision and a proper lighting to go with it. You may need vertex colors, you have to make the character shadows, and it's interesting if the stage has some kind of life, movement, anything. Smoothing the polygons is necessary if you're letting the lights to affect them, and you have to keep in mind that everything can always get better. Maybe what's shown in the video looks amazing for you, but people are already complaining about the rythm of Bongo Bongo, a possible vibration of the floor, etc. I've already thought of that vibration thing before making the video, I've rigged the Bongo to a bone so it can get deformed in some kind of vibration. And Bongo Bongo's animations can always be changed to match the original rithm.

There's no perfect work, but you have to at least try your best. Hope some of this is useful for you or for anybody else.

I'll send you the stage tomorrow, I hope you replace the old version with it and add me as a collaborator to it. When somebody makes an important part of a hack, the ownership has to be shared in some way. And, as you created the hack originally, you have to edit that submission, add me as a collaborator, and not making a new entry for something that you've already shared. Many people don't follow these rules, and there are many versions of the same things in the vault. I'm against this even if my download rate is decreased when I don't put up a new entry for an updated hack.

[Unkown Kokiri]

mewtwo i always support people who help me :) i never havent put someone name in where it belongs thank yo for so much kindness in helping me make this tage it means so much

[Syeo]

Mewtwo2000 really is the model of an angel.

Now the Bongo Bongo stage looks awesome! Hmm.. I wonder if it's possible to make platforms out of his hands? The hands could be in the background but they could also move from left to right to push the player out of the platform from time to time. Well, this wouldn't really have a big effect as long as the water around the stage is solid to move on it.

[LegacyWolf]

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.

Well, aren't you just about the greatest partner ever. Looks fantastic!

mewtwo i always support people who help me :) i never havent put someone name in where it belongs thank yo for so much kindness in helping me make this tage it means so much

I disagree, as you've left my name out of credit on each release I've helped you with.

[Mewtwo2000]

Here is the download link, put it as is in the vault:

http://www.mediafire.com/?1d90m6z45msou

It includes icons and stuff. I'll update it in the future with features I've been asked about, like having the hands as platforms and stuff.

[Legend of Jesse]

Hey I figured I would tell you that I have made a few edits to your kokiri forest! you should check it out! (it's in project Zelda) also... i'm not sure how you feel about helping and stuff (every body is different) but if you can contribute in anyway it would be most appreciated! If not that's fine too... I understand (time and what not) but here is a link for Project Z! Hope you like the slightly revamped kokiri forest!

Project Z:
http://forums.kc-mm.com/index.php?topic=58603.0

[Unkown Kokiri]

my latest wip
snow castle from tekken 5
Snow Castle Brawl WIP
with a little mor elighting and such it will be perfect :) im also aware that people might get buged by the pillar nd such getting in the way even thou they really dont i will be moving the stage placement so they arent in the way anymore
Post Merge: June 12, 2013, 06:17:42 PM
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[BlueBrain]

it looks too bright i think, characters stand out a lot, it also doesnt seem to have shadows, right?

also, you could add some random plattforms to avoid the flatlevel haters :P