Progress on Timeline 4, GitHub Sponsorship
Added 2020-08-13 20:12:08 +0000 UTCHi all! Quick update on what happens on my end!
Timeline 4
I have been busy rewriting the animation engine from scratch to use Bezier curves instead of using Unity's animation curve engine. What that means is you'll get much smoother animations out of the box! @WeebUVR pretty much sets the standards right now in terms of animation quality, so unless he's happy, I won't be! The engine is fully working now, what's left is making sure moving from Timeline 3 to Timeline 4 is as smooth as possible.
The other big feature of Timeline 4 is weighted parenting and parenting blending. What that means is that in a clip, the hand could be parented to the head, and on another clip, parented to the hip. You could also "release" a controller and let it be controlled by physics. This is pretty much the same as Rubberleash, but built-in.
Also, a huge but subtle feature is transition sync. This means when you blend from an animation to another, it will always sync them so "rythmic" animations will blend continuously with no weird interruptions.
Finally, loading a pose and using the move panel will automatically create keyframes!
Progress
I will have very limited availability next week, so don't expect much but Timeline should be out fairly soon after. While it's not visually obvious, I think I'll quote MalMorality: " I had no idea I wanted these new curves so bad until I tested them now".
GitHub Sponsorship
On another topic, for those of you who could be interested, I've been accepted in the GitHub sponsorship program. That's zero fees, and no need for a third party to transfer money. So while Patreon is stil the obvious way forward since that's what MeshedVR does, it's another option if you want to support my work.
https://github.com/sponsors/acidbubbles
Thanks for all of you who have been supporting me, either financially or by sharing the amazing animations and scenes created using Timeline! Keep creating!
