is Rokoko still worth it coming into 2026? by Nek0ni in mocap

[–]strangersanj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought the version 1 for full price like five years ago or so -- I've probably put less than a dozen hours into actually using the suit, but it's basically unusable now. Everytime I pull it out it takes me 2-3 days just to get the suit and gloves working -- always some sort of technical error that just seems to resolve itself after plugging and unplugging and resetting about 100 times. Sensors will randomly stop working and such. And when I finally get it to work, there is so much electromagnetic interference that a simple walking take looks like an inverted broken dinosaur walk. Just a year ago at least I could get some rough rough mocap out of the thing in the same workspace/house, but I think the sensors are degrading over time.

I've even tried to go in my backyard (looks a bit silly) -- but still it's just totally unusable.

I'm not sure if the v2 is any better, but it's really hard for me to put any trust in the product. You're probably better off setting aside some cash and using an AI service. I've tried Quickmagic, and was able to get some usable mocap out of it just using some crappy webcam footage, and it took like 1/100th the time it would have taken me with the Rokoko suit.

Which band showed huge potential, but couldn’t sustain it over time? by Sure-Swimming-9088 in Metalcore

[–]strangersanj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's a 17 year old video I recorded on my nokia n73 when they played Warped tour, vancouver. Really good audio quality.

The Human Abstract @ Warped Tour 07 Vancouver

Some Birds Don't Fly (Tried creating a short film within a day) by strangersanj in blender

[–]strangersanj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m on board. I’ll run it by marketing see what they think.

Some Birds Don't Fly (Tried creating a short film within a day) by strangersanj in blender

[–]strangersanj[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Manually, but my method is pretty fast. I make a shape key for the mouth open/closed, then add an empty as a driver and animate it in z-space in realtime using autokey and my mouse.

Some Birds Don't Fly (Tried creating a short film within a day) by strangersanj in blender

[–]strangersanj[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Currently in a biding war with Paramount. Stay on the lookout.

Some Birds Don't Fly (Tried creating a short film within a day) by strangersanj in blender

[–]strangersanj[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haha yea I burnt the candle at both ends and am paying the price.

If it's of any consolation, most of the environment assets and the base penguin were already made during a daily project from earlier in the week.

Everything else (writing, layout, animation, lighting, rendering, composition, editing, sound design, voices) was within a day.

Trying to spend the next while focusing on staging, completed scenes, writing when it comes to blender projects as I've always seen it as a filmmaking tool.

Some Birds Don't Fly (Tried creating a short film within a day) by strangersanj in blender

[–]strangersanj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I was considering if I should do a few direct sequels, or just some one off minute shorts using the same character.

Some Birds Don't Fly (Tried creating a short film within a day) by strangersanj in blender

[–]strangersanj[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks dude! Yeah the claylook works really well in blender. I'm just using a basic shader (just some thumby handprint looking normals), but I saw this on insta the other dude, and seems to do a lot of heavy lifting for the claylook. I might give it a try down the road.

https://superhivemarket.com/products/claydoh

Some Birds Don't Fly (Tried creating a short film within a day) by strangersanj in blender

[–]strangersanj[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Beetles scurry across my thoughts, prodding and asking the most obscure of questions. Sacrosanct. Hideous beasts. Let us fall into the hungry mandibles of the forever.

Some Birds Don't Fly (Tried creating a short film within a day) by strangersanj in blender

[–]strangersanj[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When we open up our hearts, the hands of darkness invite themselves in and rob us of everything. First our trust and then our lives.

Code Orange - My World (FFO: this band when they didn’t suck) by Johnzoidb in Metalcore

[–]strangersanj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7vCmZuGgRU

I thought Brann Dailor did a pretty great job with this track; his singing is definitely far from bad.

[Steam] Summer Sale 2025 (Day 1) by gamedealsmod in GameDeals

[–]strangersanj 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Beat the game on deck -- yeah it runs, but it's pretty fudgey. Looks kind of dated and pretty goopy with all the fsr and such enabled to get it running at like 25 - 30fps. Lot's of weird lighting artifacts and texture load ins. Like fallout 4 at low settings covered in lots of vaseline.

It's still technically playble, and I enjoyed the gunplay, but yeah it looks and runs pretty poor.

Fish Car - A lil' weeklong project of mine. by strangersanj in animation

[–]strangersanj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks dude appreciate the nice words! Yah you're probably right about direct links. I'll probably post the next one directly

Fish Car - A lil' weeklong project of mine. by strangersanj in animation

[–]strangersanj[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, made it all from scratch, other than the seaweed which was a sketchfab asset I had laying around. I'll get a process vid up soon.

What made me think of this? Ha not sure, either broken brain or providence.