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Game » consists of 21 releases. First released on May 18, 2010

Red Dead Redemption is the spiritual successor to 2004's Red Dead Revolver, featuring a vibrant, open world set in the decline of the American Wild West. Players take on the role of former outlaw John Marston, who is forced to hunt down his former gang to regain his family.

Mocap a Horse?

#1 Posted by ZGoon (175 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Horses sure look realistic... can you put those weird mocap balls on a horse, or are there laws against that?

#2 Posted by DystopiaX (4889 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@ZGoon: you probably could, but I don't know if there's a point. The way mocap is now is that it just registers the way the skeletal structures move, so it's really only useful for fine movements, like that of people's facial expressions and whatnot. I think it's more just really good animation.
#3 Edited by PeasantAbuse (4826 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
#4 Posted by Darkstar614 (1091 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Yeah I thought some other game was famous for this already.
 
Conan? something

#5 Edited by Rayfield (2098 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

 


I read a news story once about a circus in Alabama or somewhere in the 1940s. One of the elephants got spooked and accidentally trampled a dude. As a result, the circus organisers fucking hung the elephant. 
 
Now I'm not saying mocapping a horse is the same thing, but it's probably in the same ballpark of cruelty.
#6 Edited by Linkyshinks (9883 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

You can, it's easy enough to do, your just sticking reflective balls or stickers on them - it causes them no harm.  
 
Don't assume it's all about MoCap work though, a lot of traditional research has gone into the creation of the horses. The work was strongly inspired by George Stubbs's work, you can tell that when the horses are in  full gallop.

#7 Posted by Mmmslash (2164 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

The guys always talk about how one of the Onimusha games mocaped a horse.

#8 Posted by Linkyshinks (9883 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

MoCapping animals of all kinds is common practice for film-makers these days... productions like The Lord of the Rings used it extensively.

#9 Posted by Angre_Leperkan439 (297 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

Now, being the idiot I am, I'm not sure what MoCapping is. Is that where developers make horses wear those little balls and use that to map out animations? Cuz I remember a Mortal Kombat character named Mokap, and he was a guy with one of those animation suits with the little balls all over it. I just wanna make sure I'm on the right page here :)

#10 Posted by Gabriel (4036 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@Rayfield said:
"

 


I read a news story once about a circus in Alabama or somewhere in the 1940s. One of the elephants got spooked and accidentally trampled a dude. As a result, the circus organisers fucking hung the elephant.  Now I'm not saying mocapping a horse is the same thing, but it's probably in the same ballpark of cruelty. "
That...would be a thing to see, I'm picturing a Wild West Gallows with an elephant having a black mask over it's face.
#11 Posted by MikkaQ (9753 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago

You can kill a horse and eat it, who cares if you strap balls to it. 
 
@Rayfield said:

"I read a news story once about a circus in Alabama or somewhere in the 1940s. One of the elephants got spooked and accidentally trampled a dude. As a result, the circus organisers fucking hung the elephant.  Now I'm not saying mocapping a horse is the same thing, but it's probably in the same ballpark of cruelty. "
No, it's not even the same sport. Hanging an elephant and putting stickers on a horse aren't even remotely close, are you high?
#12 Posted by HatKing (4436 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@XII_Sniper said:
"You can kill a horse and eat it, who cares if you strap balls to it. 
 
@Rayfield said:
"I read a news story once about a circus in Alabama or somewhere in the 1940s. One of the elephants got spooked and accidentally trampled a dude. As a result, the circus organisers fucking hung the elephant.  Now I'm not saying mocapping a horse is the same thing, but it's probably in the same ballpark of cruelty. "
No, it's not even the same sport. Hanging an elephant and putting stickers on a horse aren't even remotely close, are you high? "


They better give those horses mo-cap credits.

 
Mo-Cap Actor 3............. Peter Nimcompoop

#13 Posted by WTF_BBQ (8 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@Rayfield: rofl they hung the elephant can you post a link to the article? :D
#14 Posted by sixghost (1679 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@PeasantAbuse said:
"  "Our horse motion capture data and 3D models are already in use in a number of AAA video games"  
http://www.horselocomotion.com/index.html     Check out that sick freestyle yo. "
Speed-horse?
#15 Edited by jmrwacko (2444 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@Rayfield said:

"  Now I'm not saying mocapping a horse is the same thing, but it's probably in the same ballpark of cruelty. "

Now, I don't know what exactly it's like to be a horse, but I'm pretty sure being outfitted in motion capture gear and trotting around isn't quite as bad as being shot, electrocuted, and hung twice.
 
@WTF_BBQ said:

" @Rayfield: rofl they hung the elephant can you post a link to the article? :D "


 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_the_elephant
#16 Posted by Skytylz (3846 posts) - 3 years, 2 months ago
@ZGoon: You can cut them off animals and I bet you could mocap them if you really wanted too.
#17 Posted by MrSnow (1213 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago

Hopefully there will be different types of horses.

#18 Posted by Coolarman (582 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago

Didn't they mocap horses for Avatar. 
 
I am pretty sure i saw a video where they did that

#19 Posted by The_A_Drain (3910 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago

MoCapping a horse, cruel? Are you fucking mental? 
 
You stick little white reflective baubles to them, it causes no more harm than a band-aid. But obviously that's equal to HANGING A FUCKING ELEPHANT. Yeah, totally the same thing... /sarcasm.

#20 Posted by Ineedaname (4319 posts) - 3 years, 1 month ago

Horse, gotta pay the bills man.
 
Some see it as selling out, but who's gonna look after the horses when we're gone?

#21 Posted by Little_Socrates (5473 posts) - 2 years, 2 months ago

This is the first thing that comes up when you type in "Onimusha Mo-Capped A Horse" on Google. 
 
(Most recent Bombcast, thank you for convincing me to search for this.)

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