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Vanguard: Saga of Heroes MMORPG To Use EMotion FX on May 10, 2006.
Vanguard to use EMotion FX animation system
Mystic Game Development, a pioneer in
real-time character animation middleware, today announced that Sigil Game
Online's Vanguard: Saga of Heroes was built using Mystic's EMotion FX real-time
character animation technology as a core component. The MMORPG game, which
received coverage in all 3 major US PC magazines recently, is being shown at E3
in LA this week.
“Having met and worked with the Sigil team since 2004, we set out to evolve
EMotion FX as it was then, into the production SDK it is now. Put it this way,
imagine having 2000 different characters and having to animate them all
individually. Instead, you animate just 1 character and play back the same
motion data on all characters, so saving a huge amount of animator time" said
John van der Burg, Development Director at Mystic Game Development. "We are
delighted to see what Sigil has been creating and look forward to playing the
game".
“To give a character over 500 unique motions and very detailed character
customization down to a per bone level needs a special Animation product”
continues John van der Burg, from Mystic Game Development. “When you are
creating a game with the scope and scale of Vanguard you need the right
animation engine and the right support"
“EMotion FX has given us the ability to have myriad distinct player character
models while allowing us to share most of the mesh assets and animations,” said
Kevin McPherson, Senior Programmer at Sigil Games Online. “I have found the API
easy to integrate, well written, and it supports the variety of complex features
we needed for our character and animation systems. These systems include asset
sharing through retargeting and shrink-wrapping, customization, look-at
controllers, and motion blending/mixing.I recommend EMotion FX to developers
that are looking for a total character solution.”
About Mystic Game Development
Founded in Rotterdam, The Netherlands in 1999, Mystic Game Development is a
pioneer in real-time character animation products used by leading game
developers such as Mythic Entertainment, Sigil Games Online, Webzen, SimBin,
Nexon Corporation, IMC Games, Piranha Bytes, EGN Co., and DragonFly GF Co. For
more information visit www.emotionfx.com.
Source: Vanguard
Reported by Joseph Bennett. |
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