'emotes' animations

[cloudziq]

Hello all readers! :)
After creating new crouch and claw2 anims, one idea born in my head - the emotes, ability for players to express yourself in a few ways while playing.
Currently I working on one that have WIP name: "hello hand"

This is first animation, still not ideal I think, so any suggestions are welcome. It is just a proof of concept and maybe when (if) this will be included in game and we will see how it works, then we decide about next steps.

anim file itself: (its just for main devs, since this is useless without any implementation)
hello_hand.zip

[bonifarz]

Well done, Dziq
I think this could end up as a really nice feature, with lots of funny gestures, like taunts, cheers, kicks and facepalms. Might get tricky to blend the animations when the actor is moving, though.

[cloudziq]

another one:

[cloudziq]

I don't know what to do.. maybe idea is good.. but for facepalm anim there are some problems with vanities like glasses/cap .. I don't like that hand overlaps with these. :(

[qreeves]

Just do the animation at a slight distance away from the face, it won't look as bad this way because it doesn't matter if it touches the face when seen from a distance.

[cloudziq]

but this will look bad that hand will be 5cm or more to face.. hmmm still thinking what to do.. cap and mask is a problematic the most
..if only anim can be different based on some vanities. for Now better leave this as it is