Solved Creating characters as assets

[TheBlueBlood]

Hello,
I've always wanted to do really big scenes with a bunch of specific characters being in the scene in the background.
And I know that generally, after 3-4 persons VaM doesn't like that. I know that characters as assets works and VaM is able to load alot of them. After searching a while on the hub, I did find guides on how to create assets on Unity, but I didn't find one on how to create a character as an asset (or create one by not using Unity, reason being I couldn't find the characters I want on Unity).

My question is, is it possible through lets say blender (even though I have 0 experience with it) to create characters as assets? Since blender does have alot of very good models *and* are generally what creators use to create models.
Thanks!

 

[SlimerJSpud]

Did you try these?

Crowd Generator - Plugins + Scripts -

⚠ PLEASE: If you like this asset, consider liking and reviewing it for the community Read the description, read the ingame help if you have any trouble. I will not answer private messages asking questions about things that are actually explained...

hub.virtamate.com

Animated people - Assets + Accessories -

A collection of animated NPC's designed to be background characters to give life to your VAM scenes, while maintaining performance. NPCs are animated in varies positions, such as sitting down, talking, dancing. I've included walking animations...

hub.virtamate.com

 

[TheBlueBlood]

Did you try these?

Crowd Generator - Plugins + Scripts -

⚠ PLEASE: If you like this asset, consider liking and reviewing it for the community Read the description, read the ingame help if you have any trouble. I will not answer private messages asking questions about things that are actually explained...

hub.virtamate.com

Animated people - Assets + Accessories -

A collection of animated NPC's designed to be background characters to give life to your VAM scenes, while maintaining performance. NPCs are animated in varies positions, such as sitting down, talking, dancing. I've included walking animations...

hub.virtamate.com

Yeah, but I would like to import/create specific models (for example: Main Girl Character of a show/game, having her team/side characters in the background static or chatting)

 

[Electric E-Boy]

You will need Unity, but that is a 3d engine/framework, not a 3d format. You are not restricted to use "unity models". You can create your 3d geometry in Blender and import it in Unity.

Creating your own assets (especially animated) is not an easy task if you have zero experience. There is also the possibility to work with images, and you could use this plugin so you would avoid the whole 3d creation process if you can live with the end result:

Freeze 2d - Plugins + Scripts -

This is an experimental plugin which takes a bunch of pictures of a person atom. It then shows the correct picture based on the viewing angle. This simulates the 3d atom without any gpu rendering. This set of pictures can be exported. They...

hub.virtamate.com

If you want to learn about asset creation (you would still learn also some things about 3d modeling in general):

General asset creation:

Unity AssetBundles for VaM 1.xx - Guides -

After some people essentially begged me to do it, I spend several evenings this week and the this entire Saturday on writing a tutorial on Unity AssetBundles. It ended up to be an 13 page PDF of 2700 words. Lots of pictures, obviously. This...

hub.virtamate.com

If you want to animate your 3d object, this guide should help:

Guide to Unity's Animator Controller - Guides -

This is a quick guide to demonstrate how to make a prefab in Unity that includes animation. In this guide we will create a goose that continually loops in an idle animation sequence. This same technique could apply to other prefabs and...

hub.virtamate.com

Also here is a discussion exploring further options (see especially Techwoofs post):

VaM 1.x - Convert VAM Timeline Person Animations to CUA

I want to fill a scene with a number of animated Person Atoms. I am aware of the excellent Xnop's Animated People asset (where the Animated People are Custom Unity Assets) but there aren't the type of people I want in some cases. What I would like to do is create my own Animated People. Of...

hub.virtamate.com

 

[TheBlueBlood]

You will need Unity, but that is a 3d engine/framework, not a 3d format. You are not restricted to use "unity models". You can create your 3d geometry in Blender and import it in Unity.

Creating your own assets (especially animated) is not an easy task if you have zero experience. There is also the possibility to work with images, and you could use this plugin so you would avoid the whole 3d creation process if you can live with the end result:

Freeze 2d - Plugins + Scripts -

This is an experimental plugin which takes a bunch of pictures of a person atom. It then shows the correct picture based on the viewing angle. This simulates the 3d atom without any gpu rendering. This set of pictures can be exported. They...

hub.virtamate.com

If you want to learn about asset creation (you would still learn also some things about 3d modeling in general):

General asset creation:

Unity AssetBundles for VaM 1.xx - Guides -

After some people essentially begged me to do it, I spend several evenings this week and the this entire Saturday on writing a tutorial on Unity AssetBundles. It ended up to be an 13 page PDF of 2700 words. Lots of pictures, obviously. This...

hub.virtamate.com

If you want to animate your 3d object, this guide should help:

Guide to Unity's Animator Controller - Guides -

This is a quick guide to demonstrate how to make a prefab in Unity that includes animation. In this guide we will create a goose that continually loops in an idle animation sequence. This same technique could apply to other prefabs and...

hub.virtamate.com

Also here is a discussion exploring further options (see especially Techwoofs post):

VaM 1.x - Convert VAM Timeline Person Animations to CUA

I want to fill a scene with a number of animated Person Atoms. I am aware of the excellent Xnop's Animated People asset (where the Animated People are Custom Unity Assets) but there aren't the type of people I want in some cases. What I would like to do is create my own Animated People. Of...

hub.virtamate.com

The first link looks a bit like what I wanted. I'll check everything out. Thanks a bunch