Resident Evil clone made in Unity Javascript teaser

[blackpower]

VirusPunk , Gemini = Is it possible to create a remake of the first alone in the dark, using the motor of resident evil, would it be fantastic if you/he/she is created?

[Mikhail]

^ I think the crude low bit rate artwork is part of it's charm just like Dragon Lair.

[VirusPunk]

This is just a test / proof of concept showing off a working cutscene for an opening of a boss battle with the tyrant and Wesker from RE: DS playable.

[Gemini]

Time for some more constructive criticism: you're in desperate need of speed values there. Your problem is that you seem to be using constant values for speed/acceleration, which is not correct and makes your characters look like they're skating on the floor. In order to parse them correctly, on frame 0 of an animation you read speed, store it somewhere, rotate and add to the position. From frame 1 on, you subtract the previous speed with the current one and keep on adding+rotating to the entity position.

[VirusPunk]

Time for some more constructive criticism: you're in desperate need of speed values there. Your problem is that you seem to be using constant values for speed/acceleration, which is not correct and makes your characters look like they're skating on the floor. In order to parse them correctly, on frame 0 of an animation you read speed, store it somewhere, rotate and add to the position. From frame 1 on, you subtract the previous speed with the current one and keep on adding+rotating to the entity position.

TBH, I never really ever noticed it before, I had always assumed the speed was a constant value for each of the different conditions, but I guess I need to fire up 1.5 again and double check, or does your advise only pertain to the RE2 movement/animations? Lot of the script has to be/is going to be rewritten, as there's quite a bit of flaws in the movement code ATM. When comparing it to 1.5 running, there was alot of "well oops, that isn't right" moments.

[Gemini]

TBH, I never really ever noticed it before, I had always assumed the speed was a constant value for each of the different conditions, but I guess I need to fire up 1.5 again and double check, or does your advise only pertain to the RE2 movement/animations?

It's not constant in any RE game. In 1 and 1.5 speed is mostly calculated with transformed coordinates of specific skeleton nodes; it calculates the difference in 3D space between two frames, calculates the difference and adds it to the current position [note: sometimes it adds some extra values along the way]. RE2 relies on the same trick in a few occasions, but generally it implements pre-baked speeds for optimization (matrix operations can be quite the strain on an old processor), while at other times speeds are used as a reference.

[VirusPunk]

I rewrote the movement code to utilize the gamepad and PS1-esque controls, and improved the animation interpolation. It seems rewriting it to utilize gamepad controls improved the gliding effect a bit, and obviously the animation cross fading makes it look much better. Still some stuff that needs adding. Demonstrating biohazard_star's latest cruise ship hallway:

[Ultimacloud123]

Hey Viruspunk, where did those bg come from? I know biohazard star made it however I never saw it posted.

[Lanzagranadas]

Looks way smoother now with interpolation between states, it's looking pretty solid so far.

[VirusPunk]

New video showing off a bit of new and rewritten old features.

[Gemini]

A couple suggestions: Psx games run @25 fps only on PAL consoles, otherwise it's 30 fps. For weapons, you need to increase the speed at which frames are interpolated . On regular animations it takes usually 8 frames, but for weapon aim changes it's only 4.

[VirusPunk]

A couple suggestions: Psx games run @25 fps only on PAL consoles, otherwise it's 30 fps. For weapons, you need to increase the speed at which frames are interpolated . On regular animations it takes usually 8 frames, but for weapon aim changes it's only 4.

I'll change it to 30 FPS. Yeah, Bio pointed out how the knife interpolation is a bit slow, will definitely fix that.

[biohazard_star]

Mock-ups for the title screen and inventory. Character and item avatars are temporary, of course:

[Gemini]

Not bad for a design, kinda reminds me of the RE0 status menu. The real challenge with menus is the way you need to program them, most developers have issues with interfaces for some reason.

[biohazard_star]

^That's because it is based on Zero N64's. I had originally wanted to follow Gaiden's inventory layout, but it leaves little room to wiggle around, especially if you want to implement some partner system options: