Fire Emblem's Lucina PSA - WELCOMING AID!

[Archer(AkenoS3)]

Just to make it smoother and maybe a bit faster. Uh... right now I'm working on fixing up her Attack12... So it goes with the new Attack11. I dunno what else. Good to hear you got the coding for her Up B working.

Edit: Alright, I just finished a completely new AttackLw3 for Lucina. Hope it's a bit better than before. Here's a gif. It's the same number of frames as the previous one. So it shouldn't be too hard to PSA for it. Any critique will be helpful for improving my animation skills.

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Looks really cool, Nao-chan! I think that the animation is fine as it is... Or like Shulk said, lower her bust/waist a bit as she spins, to give some... ahem... speed... Or something that'd make it look faster. See what I mean?

[Friesnchip]

Edit: Just finished the Attack11.
Here's a gif.

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This animation is much cleaner than the current one, my only criticism is that the feet slide a bit after the initial swing.

Edit: Alright, I just finished a completely new AttackLw3 for Lucina. Hope it's a bit better than before. Here's a gif. It's the same number of frames as the previous one. So it shouldn't be too hard to PSA for it. Any critique will be helpful for improving my animation skills.

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Wow, yeah, this is infinitely improved. I agree with the previous two posters with the lowering (and slight turn) of her body mid-spin, though.

Considering Lucina's leg is outstretched even when she turns around, would it make sense to add hurtboxes on the latter half of the animation before she transitions back to crouch?

[Nao-chan]

Thanks guys. I'll try and fine tune the AttackLw3 a bit more. I'm glad you like it.

This animation is much cleaner than the current one, my only criticism is that the feet slide a bit after the initial swing.

I'll try and clean up the leg movement some more for it. As for the second thing... I guess I could add a second weaker hitbox to it... maybe. I'll think about it. It's really up to CrazyHand to decide.

[PallaPal]

Thanks guys. I'll try and fine tune the AttackLw3 a bit more. I'm glad you like it.

I'll try and clean up the leg movement some more for it. As for the second thing... I guess I could add a second weaker hitbox to it... maybe. I'll think about it. It's really up to CrazyHand to decide.

Feel free to animate it however you want. I'll tailor the hitboxes based on what you do =)

[Friesnchip]

Hey Nao-chan - or I suppose anyone else animating as well - have you picked up Smash 4 yet? I was wondering if you would be influenced to incorporate some of the new Lucina animations (not necessarily moveset wise, just mannerisms and movements) into the PSA at all.

I'm not arguing for or against the idea, just that the new Smash is more expressive than prior releases, so I wouldn't be surprised if there are some aspects that you might want to steal for this project (given that you've even played the game yet).

[Lillith]

The new taunts would be awesome to see. I'd probably animate one if I wasn't so lazy.

[Nao-chan]

I do have it and have her unlocked as well... I might try to do some... But that's gonna take me a while since their animations are so ridiculously fluid.

[Nao-chan]

Alright I know it's been a while, but I've been lazy as all hell to get back to this. I've made some progress on her Attack12 animation. I'm obviously not done yet. I'm just showing it off for now to get opinions. I still need to finish the leg movement. Here's a gif.

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[Archer(AkenoS3)]

Like what you did here. Seems like there's slightly more range... and that quick transition... good thing I see over here.

[Nao-chan]

Yeah, I did move her forward a bit more than before... It was to compensate for her leg movement to make it make sense.

[Large Leader]

She doesn't seem to put enough pressure on her left leg before moving forward, in my opinion.

[Friesnchip]

If I recall correctly Attack12 is the second hit of Lucina's combo, right? With that much movement and the horizontal height of the sword, wouldn't smaller characters easily avoid the attack?

I suppose if the first hit moved the character into the proper position it might work... and I could just be mistaken about which move Attack12 is correlated with... let me know if I'm being ignorant, but what are your expectations for how this would function in-game?

[Nao-chan]

@Shulk Like I said before... the leg movement at the time wasn't done. I finished it later that day, so hopefully it'll be a bit better in comparison.

@Friesnchip Attack12 is the second hit in the AA combo yes. The way she swings the sword now is actually a bit lower than before. It starts high right into a lower left arc. So the move shouldn't have too much of a problem hitting smaller characters. It should work like Marths original AA combo for the most part. Some PSAing to make the first hit knock the opponent upward wouldn't be too hard to do anyway. Plus, hitboxes are bigger than the sword, so I don't think it'll be too much of a problem. I think the timing on Attack11 needs to be adjusted a bit for the first attack to chain into the second a bit faster with how the animations are now though.

Oh... and before I forget to mention it. CrazyHand, if you have Legs that lift off of the ground during attacks like these. You need some PSA coding in the Other section to make them leave the ground. I can do it for you so you don't have to worry about it. I already got Attack11's down. Now I just need to do 12's. I've pretty much finished the animations that I wanted, minus the side smash charge animation. That's going to take a long time to get right. So I'm just gonna leave it alone for now. If someone else wants to try and do it instead I wouldn't mind. I got the movement down I just have the legs needing to match and that's it. I'll send over the FitMotion to you soon CH.

[Friesnchip]

So you've finished up all the animations you had previously posted in the thread as WIPs? Considering it might be awhile before they're applied to the PSA, would you mind posting gifs of the changes you made?

[Nao-chan]

Sure I guess I could do that. There's a lot so... SPOILER TIME!

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AttackAirB. This one was Kitsu-chan's I just fixed up the HipN movement so it doesn't glitch out anymore.

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AttackLw3

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AttackS4Hold (WIP)

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AttackS4 (Revised)

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EscapeAir

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FallSpecial

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FallSpecialB

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FallSpecialF

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Lose

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Rebound

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Turn

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Wait2

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Win2

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Win3

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There's a few more small changes that I made to some things, but I don't want to make a wall when it's not really significant so... Yeah That's all done. For the Side Smash charge, the only thing that needs doing is the leg movement to look like they're in place like Brawls charge anims are. The Side Smash itself was slightly redone thanks to Velens critical eye. I changed the way her arms swing a bit after the attack itself, so it makes more sense and so it's not so rigid anymore. I applied the changes you all said were needed to her Low Tilt, so hopefully it looks a bit better than before. I think that's about everything. Let me know what you guys think.