KEMO Custom Animations v2

KEMO Custom Animations Version 2.0 is a selection of 86 custom "emote" animations and animation loops. KEMO Chairs is intended to be used in persistent worlds. Minimal adjustment is required for PW developers.

KEMO Animations hooks into Heed's PC Tools to open a custom selection GUI panel, shown in the screenshots. (The ERF includes a gui_hss_pc_tool_kemovariant script that can be imported without fear of obliterating an existing script. Builders will need to move custom button 1 over to their existing gui_hss_pc_tool script, then delete the kemovariant script.)

KEMO Animations uses the same kemo_includes script that KEMO Chairs uses. Builders already using KEMO Chairs may import kemo_includes without fear of losing anything.

All animations are currently available for human-like females (human, planetouched, elf, halfling, yuan-ti); a subset of these are available for human-like males. No non-human-like animations are included, but they are on the drawing board.

KEMO Animations was originally designed for the Kingdom of Haven PW, which is an adult social server. Because of this, many of the new animations (version 1 had fewer than half the current number) may not be suitable for all persistent worlds. Removal of these unsuitable animations can be accomplished by editing the kemo_anim.xml file and taking out the unwanted animations and/or animation tabs. (No significant knowledge of XML or NWN2 GUI creation is required to make these changes. Each animation and animation tab is found in its own identifiable block of XML. Removal of these blocks will remove the animation or tab from the GUI without altering the GUI in any other way.)

KEMO Animations works around a PlayCustomAnimation() bug that makes non-looping animated PCs lose their eyeballs and jaws. This means that, unlike with other emote systems, the transition from standing to the emote animation does not deform the PC's face.

Tails and wings are fully supported. Cloaks are supported in some cases; in most cases cloaks are folded up against the back. (If you are using one of the extra-long cloaks, this will look silly. It is best to remove any cloak before selecting a pose.)

KEMO Animations used to be selected from a conversation, which permitted key combinations to activate poses. However, the significant increase in the number of animations available means that using a point-and-click interface is now faster than using key combinations.

The list of animations in version 2 is as follows:

SITTING
* Sitting back, legs open
* Sitting raised up, legs open
* Both knees up, loose
--females only:
* Cross-legged forward
* Both knees up
* On right side, left knee up
* On right side, left leg out
* Leaning forward along legs
* Right knee up, left leg out
* Right knee up, left leg under

STANDING
* Doubled over
* Legs spread, hands behind neck
* Crossed arms, strong stance
* Hands on hips, strong stance
--females only:
* Legs spread, hands down behind back
* Legs spread, hands up behind back
* Legs spread, arms up

CROUCHING (female only)
* Back up
* Body forward
* Right leg up, facing left
* Back up, hands outside

KNEELING
* Hands on legs
* Hands behind neck
* Hands behind back
* Kneeling up, hands behind neck
* Hands outside
--female only:
* Kneeling, doubled over

SUPINE (ON BACK)
* Knees up, arms over head
* Knees down, arms over head
* Legs up, arms over head
* Legs up, hands on legs
* Knees up close, hands on ankles
--female only:
* Legs up, knees bent

PRONE (ON BELLY)
* Arms and legs in
* Arms in, legs spread
* Arms and legs attached

ALL FOURS
* All fours
* On elbows
* Arms stretched out
* Head up

SUSPENSION (female only)
* Arms over head
* Reversed arms over head
* Horizontal, arms back, knees in
* Horizontal, arms back, legs down
* Spread-eagled
* Reversed spread-eagled

BOWS AND SALUTES
* Deep nod
* Bow, palms together
* Bow, hand in fist
--female only:
* Hand to forehead salute
* Fist to chest salute

OTHER
* Hovering
--female only:
* Modesty
* Legs spread, hands to wall
* One leg up, hands to wall
* Legs spread, elbows to wall
* 5 additional female-only animations

ANIMATION TOOLS
* Nudge PC (for fine control of position), with or without re-animating
* Repeat last animation loop
* Repeat last animation

Note that these last two options can be used in conjunction with KEMO Chairs to provide ad hoc lap-sitting: sit on a tall chair or bench, move to the seated person's lap, then use Repeat last animation loop.

Final note: Please understand that this is a "beta" release. I intend over time to complete the missing male and non-human-like animations, as well as add additional animations.

UPDATE 1/1/09 (version 1.02):
* restored the check against logged out PCs that was causing a SetCollision crash (accidentally removed in the original upload)
* improved the resizing code in KEMO Chairs, which uses the same heartbeat as Animations, so the heartbeat is updated in both places

UPDATE 2/8/09 (version 2.0):
* overhaul of the package; old information replaced in the body of this description

UPDATE 2/10/09 (version 2.01):
* trimmed some obsolete scripting and comments
* added a small hook (to the include file) for KEMO Dancing, in development
* no currently functional changes, so if you already have version 2.0, you don't need to update

UPDATE 2/18/09 (version 2.02):
* fixed bug spotted by MCMunroe (oPC declaration in the wrong place)

UPDATE 2/22/09:
* added an optional XML GUI file, which removes the "adult" animations and tabs; this may be used in place of the regular XML file (replace the original within the HAK).
* the PG/PG-13 GUI is slightly inelegant (four tabs on sheet 1, one tab on sheet 2, rather than consolidating all onto one sheet), but the scripts do not need to be altered
* removed the obsolete version of KEMO Anims, given that the PG/PG-13 XML gives access to essentially the same set of poses

UPDATE 3/11/09 (version 2.03):
* fixed a bug where the invisible heartbeat object was not being deleted when a player logged out while still in a pose
* removed the first two sitting poses from the "PG" version of the GUI XML, as they are not particularly "PG"
* 1.22-ready

UPDATE 10/31/09 (version 2.10):
* added new animations
* added lap-sitting animation gui (Misc tab): once selected, player selects one of 20 lap-sitting heights