Spartan_ai Custom animation set

After about a year of working on and off on this project, it's finally complete enough for me to release it.

It's easy to make an AI spartan using the MasterChief's animation set, but this mod goes above and beyond. With a custom animation set designed for AI control. It includes animations for every rifle, pistol, launcher, and turret. As well as animations for every vehicle the marines can operate (including pelican driver seats, scorpion passenger seats, and transport warthog seats.) As well as cover animations for corners and low cover, gesture animations like pointing, transition animations when going from standing to running, or standing to crouching etc. As well as climbing and diving animations.

Most animations are ported from the spartans_ai tag from Halo Reach. But touched up to fit the Halo 3 spartan, and modified to blend into other animations better.

A custom spartan model had to be created to accommodate all this, as the default Halo 3 spartan model lacks a physics_control node in their skeleton, which is required for some environment animations like climbing or taking cover. The new models provided are identical to the original, They just have a physics_control node added.

Meaning, that if you wish to use these animations on a custom character model that uses MasterChef's skeleton, all you'll have to do is add a physics_control node to the base of the skeleton to make them compatible.

What's included?

masterchief_ai.biped

(A custom biped for MasterChief designed around AI control)

masterchief_ai.collision_model

(a modified collision model to accommodate the new render model)

masterchief_ai.model

(the tag that pulls everything together)

masterchief_ai.model_animation_graph

(the custom animation set, and the largest file in the download)

masterchief_ai.physics_model

(a modified physics model to accommodate the new render model)

masterchief_ai.render_model

(a modified model of the MasterChief with a physics_control node added)

spartan.style

(a reference tag specifying everything the AI is capable of)

masterchief.character

(an AI tag for the MasterChief)

spartan_generic.character

(an AI tag that utilises the multiplayer spartan model, configured with it's legacy permutations)

gen2.character

(an AI tag that utilises the multiplayer spartan model, configured with the new halo online permutations)

cinematics folder

(just the modified animation graph used in the cutscenes of the showcase mission. Not required at all, but I though I'd leave it in here)

damage_effects folder

ai_dash_melee.damage_effect