War Heroes: active ragdoll effects showcase

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Channel: W.Milowski · 2015 · Gaming

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The latest addition to Intruder Combat Engine's physics effects is an active ragdoll. 

An active ragdoll is an effect when animation data (from my skeletal animation system) is translated physical forces on ragdoll's joints resulting in fully physics based animations. 

You can see similar effects in Wolfire's Overgrowth, GTA and some other games. I achieved this by mapping a skeleton to the ragdoll and playing an appropriate animation. I compare the limb's positions and and their skeletal counterparts and set joint motor speed accordingly to match skeletal movements. 

When gravity and outside forces come into play we get really convincing results.

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