Slowly, slowly getting closer to completion. I wanted to splice some different angles together for fun.

Still got plenty left to do, but I at least imported the correct weapon finally lol. Had some corrections to make for the difference in length.

All this for a grab I'm gonna have to disable in areas with low ceilings 🗿

Not too bad so far.

This will probably end up being my most ambitious animation to date with how much I have planned for the whole thing haha

Gave it a new coat of paint! The pose resembles Dissidia's a lot more, and it stands out from the dodge. This took a lot of finetuning but I'm finally happy with it.

Improved the impact of Sephiroth's sprint! I feel way better about it now. I may also adjust the pose to be more like his Dissidia one later, it looks cooler.
That would also help distinguish itself from the dodges, which use a very similar pose. This clip shows the forward dodge as well!

Preview of the stamina cost in comparison to regular sprinting. Not only does it drain your stamina faster, the initial jump also has a decent cost, inspired by the super sprint in Nightreign.

It wasn't enough to just look like Sephiroth, I had to give him a unique sprint too (WIP)

Can't forget the actual death plane states lol

Nevermind! I made the fall speed consistent by breaking up the animations even more and adding even MORE states. Also fixed a visual bug while I was at it. Works perfect now!

Update! It now has proper falling and landing states for when you use it from high ground. (You fall much slower than on flat ground, but I can't do anything about the gravity lol)
Also, another weapon imported by Bird - the Kikuichimonji.

More Hell's Gate polish! Definitely the most complex move I've set up for what you'd think should just be a simple R2 lol
Also featuring the Shiranui, another weapon to go with Masamune in the Odachi class. Model imported by @birdoflight.pmd.social

Well, cursed method proof of concept lmao
I've just gotta make some more variants and obviously fix the double crouch, but I mean, it works...

Hell's Gate WIP
I have to figure out a way to make the root motion scale with enemy distance. As far as I know, that's not a thing in DS1, so I'll probably have to resort to some cursed method like invisible bullets to track distance... lmao