Archangel35757

In addition to the Noitom Perception Neuron motion capture system (neuronmocap.com)... I'm also seriously looking into the new Kinect V2 for full-body & facial motion capture-- the new sensor seems very promising-- and some savvy mocap programmers have created some powerful mocap tools that plugin to Motionbuilder & other major 3D Apps. Best thing is this is all available for under $500... so really affordable to most. Mocap software I'm looking at for the Kinect V2: http://brekel.com ~ $239 Kinect V2 = $149.99 Kinect Windows PC adapter = $49.99 Stay tuned...

I cancelled the .us domain (that was free with my arvixe.com webhost account). Hopefully my personal info won't be snagged before it is wiped. I'll just wait to register the free domain with them later-- whenever the .LLC domain becomes available (because I don't care for the .biz domain) ...or I could transfer the .net to Arvixe next year. Then I'm only be paying for the .com domain with namesilo.

@@DT85 -- thanks for your input; it takes a minimum of 3 bones to form a reflex curve... and the 4th bone at tip is because the tip can curl even more (e.g. lick your top/bottom lip) without extending the tongue very much. I'll post how it looks when I have something to show.

for .us domain (and other country codes)-- regardless of registrar.

I've never heard of a maximum bone count-- I thought it only depended on the total bone count in the root skeleton... ...cutting it down to 4 bones and will check that out.

Two bones will not be sufficient to curl a tongue... I'm not sure what the minimum should be. This is what I had been playing around with: My approach so far has been to create a NURBS point curve and add the Spline IK Control Modifier on it. I used two Spline IK solvers (1st chain: bone_tongue_root to bone_tongue_02_eff; 2nd chain: bone_tongue_root thru bone_tongue_eff). Note that bone_tongue_root will not be used for skinning-- it's just there to help anchor the motion. I've played around with various linking of the IK Chains and point knots (IK_Chain01 is at the tip of the tongue and IK_Chain02 is at the rear of the tongue). Here is the schematic view showing the hierarchy: EDIT : The bone joint location between bone_tongue_01 and bone_tongue_02 could be a bit lower but I think it probably shouldn't matter... so there would only be 5 skin bones: bone_tongue_02 thru bone_tongue_06 (6 total counting the existing jaw bone).

So I guess people don't register the .us domain then??? EDIT> Just did a google search... I found this: WHOIS Privacy for .US domains is prohibited by the US Department of Commerce -- what a bunch of FuckTards!!

@@Raz0r, @@Didz and others... So I registered the .com and .net with namesilo and just registered the .us (free for as long as they host my website) with arvixe. But even though it let me check the registration as "private" -- I just found out that it does not register .us (or any country code) as private... WTF? That seems to defeat the privacy when you register the .com and .net, no? Their tech support said I can cancel the whole transaction and get a "do-over" and register another domain (like .biz)... What should I do? Is it that big of a problem getting my personal info spammed?

So I registered my domains with namesilo... and I plan to go with arvixe for webhosting & email services (they also give you one free domain registration-- free for life on renewals as long as they continue to host your site)... so I will register the .us domain with arvixe (FREE-- yay!) and have it redirect to the .com they will host (I confirmed they will do this by live chat). Thanks everyone for your suggestions and discussions. ...Now, back to the Jan Ors project!!!

Taking a look at Arvixe.com now for webhosting... they scored better than many in a review I found here: http://www.arvixe.com/toptenreviews-hosting

leaning toward iPage (for building-block website hosting & email service: special deal of $1.99/month for up to 3 year term-- renews at about 8.99/mo to 10.99/mo depending on renewal term). If I register domain with namesilo and use iPage for email then I don't get the email forwarding, domain parking, or DNS services from namesilo-- but would get the rest of their services... Thoughts on namecheap (or other) versus namesilo?

Gahhh... this makes my head hurt.

I've compared namesilo, namecheap, and others... namesilo seems like they bundle all the services in their base price (whereas other registrars charge additional annual fees).

@@Didz, @@Raz0r -- So it looks like I could go with namesilo for the registrar and use iPage (Zoho is mail service only, correct?) as my webhost and email service (...as I understand it-- I'd just have to setup up MX records with the registrar so that all mail is handled by iPage email services. So I could then send/receive emails as: me@mydomain.com). Is this right? What does this mean: https://www.namesilo.com/Support/DNS-Manager

@@Didz -- as I understand it... email forwarding only sends emails to michael@mydomain.com to an already existing email for me (i.e., archangel35757@yahoo.com, etc.)... I want to have any potential clients see response emails come from "michael@mydomain.com" and not yahoo, gmail, etc. namecheap does offer email services: https://www.namecheap.com/hosting/email.aspx but that seems expensive for their "business" option... yes/no? Any suggestions on registrars that offer free (or cheap) email account using my domain name? Or can this be done by the webhost company? (I thought it had to be by the registrar-- any clarifications would be greatly appreciated!)

Ahhh, my head hurts! I've Been researching which domain registrar to use for a "small" (meaning only me) business website-- not necessarily the web-hoster. I was looking at namesilo as the registrar... but they do not offer email services-- only email forwarding. From my research it seems I should avoid GoDaddy. What I like about NameSilo is that they include everything for free ( well it's included their price-- just no gimmicks) whereas other registrars charge money for every other little service (privacy, etc). Does anyone have any suggestions?

Yeah the tongue is visible in many visemes... and in your examples-- but I'm not going to do anything extreme. I'll post a demo video after I sort it out.

@@eezstreet, @@DT85 -- I have the tongue modeled and was working on skinning it to tongue bones-- just as a quick check to verify I have it modelled correctly for deformations. Does anyone see any reason to have the tongue stick out ( other than just enough to lick lips and stick tongue out short extension to make a funny face)? I mean, I see no reason to try to make tongue stick out really far...

@@DT85 - Well I just went out on a limb and placed my order for (2x) of the 32 neuron alum academic packages. They should ship in the July/August time-frame... I hope they meet all expectations-- the Pro Software and SDK are not released yet. But hopefully soon we'll have Kyle Katarn going all "Jason Bourne" on some Grans and Troopers! Edit: Here is a picture of the skeleton from some of their documentation I just downloaded...

Well, I have the money in my savings and I think it's a pretty good deal-- I just need to get some answers for a few questions I have. I've asked some questions on the neuronmocap.com forum... from watching some of the videos in their showcase, it appears that the single sensor they use for the foot uses the ball of the foot as the foot pivot point... so we should be able to write a Maxscript to rotate the JK toe bone back onto the ground plane. However I read on their forums that they are planning to add a toe bone in their default skeleton setup; but we can use their SDK to use our own skeleton...

You guys are missing one of the main goals of JKEnhanced as @@eezstreet laid out in his vision for revamping the game's graphics... Also the teeth & mouth will be very noticeable in close-up cutscenes-- especially when the character is talking because your eyes are drawn to her mouth movements and facial expressions. During actual gameplay it depends on if any scripted interactions call for close-up interaction. There will certainly be LODs... and these higher details will be baked into normal maps as @@AshuraDX has stated.

@@minilogoguy18 -- you should get one of these setups instead of a Cintiq. Here is a link to the products FAQ: https://neuronmocap.com/page/faq

If the rigs are not identical then in the Edit Mapping dialog you have to "Derive Scale Between Chains". There are tutorials (see advanced tutorials in Max) for retargeting/mapping FK to FK and FK to IK using different sized rigs.

But you can retarget the XSI/FBX animations onto any new rig. One of my plans is to write a Maxscript to save the imported XSI animations as an 3dsMax XAF animation file (and also save the bone retargeting mapping file)-- for retargeting purposes. We can fix the lack of hand animations as well @@DT85 - The Krav Maga mo-cap files will be perfect for elite soldiers/Jedi hand-to-hand combat! Some of the movements would even work when weilding a lightsaber (improvising the lightsaber bit in 3ds Max...) I'm going to contact them about adding extra IMU sensors for toe bone (ball-of-foot) rotations... their videos look like they only have a single foot sensor like JKA animations.

Not sure if this is the correct forum... @@eezstreet, @@Xycaleth, @@DT85, @@minilogoguy18: I'm planning to buy two of these set-ups to capture my Krav Maga instructor (and me or someone else...) doing Krav Maga self-defense moves... we can use the resulting BVH/FBX motion capture data to create/transfer new hand-to-hand combat fighting animations, etc. onto the new skeleton. We could even create new saber moves if we wanted... the possibilities are limitless. https://neuronmocap.com/portfolio https://neuronmocap.com/portfolio/quickstart-guide-perception-neuron https://neuronmocap.com/portfolio/motion-capture-running-and-jumping Here are a couple of video demos of boxing and a Kung Fu move... https://neuronmocap.com/portfolio/boxing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWsYPuZ1oV4 Thoughts?