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Blurpy the RABID!!!! · TSGK Member Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 46 Country: Age: 42

Hi hi, all. A random thought just shot through my head as I was looking at some in-game screenshots that were recently taken on a couple of TSGK's servers. I thought about it some more, and it struck me as a neat idea for those who wanna be able to put some personality into their screenshots (or taunt your opponents after displacing their skull contents with a crowbar).

My idea was this - what if you could get your player model to make facial expressions on command? It could be something as easy as pressing the "Talk" button and typing in a smiley. An alternative way to do that could be to type in a descriptor of the desired facial expression within a set of curly brackets, like {grin} or {angry}.

Allow me to elaborate on this a bit. If any of you have ever tried out http://gmod.garry.tv/, you're probably familiar with the Face Poser tool, which lets you control the facial "muscles" of a selected model to make whatever facial expression you desire. Setting the Face Poser tool on random is especially fun at times because of the sheerly obnoxious ways it distorts the models' faces. =P If a mod existed that allowed the user to manipulate their model's face through something as simple as typing in a command into the "Talk" command or by binding keys to certain preset commands, it could give the player to express more personality in their multiplayer endeavers.

So, any thoughts on this idea? I know it has little practical use at all, but it'd be nice if we had more control over the Source engine's utilization of facial expressions while playing multiplayer. Let me know what you guys think. If enough of you guys think it's worthwhile, I'll go ahead and request for a mod to be made at the FacePunch forums.

Diet H2O_TSGK · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 22:42 Post subject:

Phewar! That went way over my head but I like the sound of it. Smile

Blurpy the RABID!!!! · TSGK Member Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 46 Country: Age: 42

Knife · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 19:33 Post subject:

Yeah, I like your way of thinking dude Smile

. You got my vote for sure.

and maybe there is also a possibility to control the arms and fingers? So if that guy does a kamikaze with me, I can pul out my dirty finger when I am done sticking him to death Idea

. Or maybe sit down on his face and fart all over it lol Smile

Diet H2O_TSGK · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 20:17 Post subject:

Blurpy - I need that facial expression! I am the kamikaze dude!

Very Happy

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Blurpy the RABID!!!! · TSGK Member Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 46 Country: Age: 42

Blurpy the RABID!!!! · TSGK Member Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posts: 46 Country: Age: 42