Monster Hunter Wilds Motion Capture at Capcom's Studio

Siliconera got to go behind the scenes at Capcom's studio in Osaka, Japan, and we saw what goes into motion capture for Monster Hunter Wilds!
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[@magnetic_eye]

Guy doing the hunter mo-cap is just spamming those emotes IRL with the snap and synchronicity of the in-game emotes, that's impressive

[@franka4312]

Yes, but he is probably the guy who did the emotes in the first place. He’s imitating himself.

[@michaellvoltare]

@@franka4312 I think so, too. He did the potion drinking in place with the flex afterwards, plus the goofy steak eating animation which we haven't seen since 4U/Gen.

[@XX-pq6cu]

HES HIM

[@videouploads4006]

@@XX-pq6cu legendary!

[@ardynizunia9709]

@@XX-pq6cu THAT'S JOHN MONSTER HUNTER!

[@GoobieTheGoob]

The dude doing monster stances and stuff is honestly mind boggling. Making sure you fit what monster you’re doing is huge and having the exact posture is even more impressive.

[@KhangNguyen-ij4xh]

He even jiggles subtly as well. That is some serious skills

[@professionalidiot3268]

Ngl that look natural,,what a pro

[@juracmeteor]

reminds me of Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug

[@Kiedra-hp1bu]

If I was him I wouldn't have been able to resist doing a silly dance, if only to see doshaguma boogie

[@Wheja_sciart]

What impresses me is how well all of the bones were retargeted. Doshugama's proportions are very different from a human's, but they managed to translate the actor's movements onto the monster rig really well for real-time capture.

[@tnturnip]

Craziest thing about this is that it sends the mocap data into the RE engine as real time animation. Nuts what they can do with this stuff.

[@Carlisho]

That blew me away, very impressive tech.

[@helgenlane]

They still have to do a lot of work to clean up the animations, they did it live just for demonstration. We have full body tracking in VRchat, it's not such a big deal anymore.

[@ItsGamein]

@@helgenlane vrchat tracking does not look like this

[@Chronostra]

​@@ItsGameinif you use a full body suit tracking you can. It's the same thing for like those vtuber 3d concert

[@helgenlane]

@@ItsGamein bruh. "This" costs like a thousand times more. However, it's mostly the same techology.

[@mindofmatt_2240]

How do I get a job playing with giant foam swords for a living? This is incredible.

[@trollconfiavel]

¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ Must not be the most well paid job, but I guess the fun compensates

[@sorensouthard927]

It's probably way harder than it actually looks and is probably pretty competitive. There's obviously a ton of stuff to consider at each instant to make the motion seem dynamic and read well. I do agree though that it'd be a super cool job.

[@mirrorblade6268]

The career is stunt double related. So thats the entry angle. How do you become one? Well ask Reuben Langdon. He did a long interview recently but i didnt have the time and patience to watch it all.

[@Nekodnekod]

definitely gotta do some drama/acting job to be considered, flexible body etc

[@BakeTanuki]

@@trollconfiavel 金の為に仕事するからダメなんよ金よりも前に気持ちよさ優先するほうが仕事は成功する。

[@KolMan2000]

The guy doing the bobbing of the character’s idle animation is so cool to see how well this person understands the game feel

[@Kamawan0]

He’s doing what the director is telling him to do

[@alwiprtm]

@@Kamawan0 and he's a professional...

[@userunknownxx1]

Thats so fucking incredible. The way the models animate so smoothly in real time is just next level

[@thunderwagon7234]

yEAH back in mhw there are lot of delay!

[@KenMochii]

1:03 Imagine Capcom bringing back the flex animation for drinking potions 😂

[@Ramotttholl]

that would have been the emote to use here XD

[@AlexYong96]

I hope capcom bring back the classic waving emote too

[@KhangNguyen-ij4xh]

It’ll be funny if they have a deco that swap the healing animations to that but also buff the item’s potency as a trade off.

[@Ramotttholl]

@@KhangNguyen-ij4xh that would be cool. but how would it work whilst mounted?

[@jarurn_7326]

​@@Sky-re2dw that's why old gen hunter always find a safe spot to heal or uses the small bomb to cancel the flexing animation

[@Unf0rget]

I do appreciate the clarification at the end. People see mo-cap as the start and finish line when really, it's just a shortcut to get the energy of a movement onto the model. A lot of polish has to be applied after that initial step. Correcting cloth physics, hair, enhancing the details to better accent the intent of the animation. They also have to correct for differences like how you can feel the presence of the mattress in game. In short, there's a reason high fidelity games are not adding new animations as quickly as they can be acted out in studio.

[@kivori3438]

You can see most of it in the final action, when he back stomps with the sword he glitches out the final moment cuz there is the mattress, there is where the manual animation is most noticeable

[@Dr.MSC.W.Krueger]

People tend to forget that. A single mocap session usually gives our artists weeks of manual corrective work until everything looks right. Not to forget the added layer of performance on top and, of course, supplementing motions that are technically impossible to capture during the session itself. Might add that we do VFX, not realtime content. The quality requirements in our field are even more demanding.

[@ougazu32]

Imagine playing Monster Hunter VR but instead of rolling, you get to parry every attack instead

[@KazikoWhite]

Wasn't that a real thing though? I'm sure there was (is?) a VR game at Universal Studios Japan.

[@herenaakuma85]

​@@KazikoWhite yup. I played it. Failed to cut a tail of Barioth. Problem was that there was no positioning. 3 players were stuck in place so to cut tail we had to wait for tail attack and hit it before monster put it back (specially adjusted animation). Still it was fun to walk on icy cliff edge and have a monster roaring in my face :D

[@bryceallen8106]

Lance.

[@ibm30rpg]

That's Dark Souls.

[@AntonLFG]

Watching this kind of stuff makes me wish I was a mocap actor but the amount of fluidity and control over their movements these professionals have is mindblowing.

[@kirstenwyatt9675]

I saw some vids from Neil Newbon, who does motion capture and runs a motion capture studio that does educational courses for motion capture. The actors build out portfolios for what movements they can reproduce, like dancing, types of martial arts, sword fighting, modern combat. It is wild!

[@damedanedameyodamenanoyo2594]

The fact this is being transmitted in realtime to the game is incredibly impressive

[@heyimurchin6575]

calisthenics dosha is not on my list but im happy to see it lmao

[@TheDEATHBOOM]

Crazy how far these tech come.

[@Dr.MSC.W.Krueger]

This is nothing new, to be honest. It just got really, really affordable in the past 10-15 years.

[@TheDEATHBOOM]

@@Dr.MSC.W.Krueger yeah the mocap itself is nothing new but I never seen the in-game engine render the mocap real time like this.

[@SetsukoSen-i5r]

I'm sorry but I love these 2 guys ! It must feel so good to do this MoCap work

[@Darkbiter]

why are you sorry?

[@zolo4600]

Im sorry but I have to like this comment!

[@arkashalethal]

Aside from the obvious benefit to the animators, I imagine this kind of technology of streaming the mocap data straight into the game engine does wonders for the satisfaction of the mocap actors. Being able to immediately see a rough approximation of how it might look (before edits of course) right on the screen after doing an action is great instant feedback.

[@standardLit]

No! We will not forgive your for loving these 2 guys! Never!

[@skaterbro92897]

MoCapcom

[@zsedz]

Why is this so cool? why am i even more hyped right now?

[@ManiX207]

i did not expect the mostion capture for monsters but it make sooo much sense

[@skylyne7595]

Actually seeing it capture in game like that live is so amazing. Soo impressive. Much love to all the people that bring these animations (characters) to life.

[@slipinoy]

Makes me imagine the future of VR, especially with Capcom's history of VR ports.

[@EbbCubed]

This is really awesome to see. Thanks for posting the video. I love to see the real-time playback in-engine on the mocap work.

[@rhaelvoid985]

My guy is breathing HEAVY on the mic

[@CapoElChivo]

Chill he just came back from a quest😭

[@RustoKomuska]

I was hoping doshaguma would do hunter emotes on the screen

[@MansMan42069]

Doshaguma jazz hands (paws?)

[@Koijn2K]

@@MansMan42069 its called prancing

[@RawdZiey]

His movements looks sharp and ready. It’s cool and satisfying to see.

[@tamago9026]

WHERE'S THE RAJANG GUY??!

[@brokemono]

hunting for kirin

[@slaughterio8099]

At the gym bench press 2 dragonators

[@pumpkin7446]

Right behind you

[@eddrawrs]

they use an actual monke for that

[@SisterSophie-fq9jh]

This is extraordinarily cool!

[@ElNebuler]

That was amazing, reminds me the goofy dev commentary in DMC5 and animation

[@Nick_Craddock]

I love this! So cool to see behind the scenes. What a dream it would be to work on something like this. Thank you for sharing!

[@SandMan1998]

Imagine "Just Dance" game but with Monster Hunter

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Motion capture is a really cool technology.

[@ivansoedjono]

I'd love to see a full mocaped fight now, not like in a cutscene, but actually him fighting in real time against a monster

[@joshlewis8860]

This is WILD 😜 Love seeing these behind the scenes ❤️

[@MetalSonicMkIV]

Imagine if the Dosha actor started doing emote poses with the hunter actor.

[@MansMan42069]

Dosha jazz hands (paws?)

[@Markcus003]

wow, i really love all he behind the scene of all the movies or games because its shows you the rough ideas behind what and why those everything happened.

[@selimmalinge4301]

Oh lalalala ! J'adore ! Ce travail a l'air vraiment INCROYABLE ! et les acteurs ont l'air de tellement s'amuser à faire ce qu'ils font !

[@faisalluthfi9398]

what a fun looking job to do.

[@WongGN]

10 years later, I really hope we can play like this!

[@joydjinn8692]

This guy have one of the best job in the world.

[@Kamawan0]

Looks really fun, but keep in mind they are doing that for potentially an 8 hour or more shift. Stuff like that all day every day is incredibly brutal, while still being very fun.

[@joydjinn8692]

@@Kamawan0 Yeah, you need to be in great physical condition.

[@1000Tomatoes]

I'm incredibly impressed by how well the actors movements translate to the Doshaguma's despite the difference in nody types.

[@bjmurphy34]

It's amazing that motion capture can now be turned into Ultra HD Animation in a split second

[@reza2354fa]

holding that great sword with only one hand must be so super strong hunter

[@jillytaboga5552]

So there was an actor farting in Congalala animation?

[@ekosubandie2094]

Yes and also yes

[@honezone2266]

LMAO

[@AnyaKittyMeow]

there was also a khezu doing... khezu things

[@camdeathstalker7450]

Bro i get so giddy when i see mocap being done so well. Not only did i laugh from excitement to see doshaguma standing like a human. But can we talk about the setup for the GS mocap? 2:38 idk why but imagine if they added mid combat emotes and ur hunter started doing that XD

[@scariol1530]

now show the insect glaive mocap 💀

[@dungaloidblastobrain9515]

Cool, that's gotta be hard work getting all those moves right, props to these guys.

[@uberuncle714]

I told everyone that my favourite things about the RE4 Remake was the sheer amount of and quality of animations in the game. Great to see Capcom carrying that over to more IPs.

[@Kamawan0]

They have been using mo cap for a while, especially in street fighter.

[@JaximusJoe]

This is incredible, I love this game

[@Eightfoldmonk]

I noticed immediately from the beta that the animations seemed so much more alive. I cant wait for this game, wow.

[@SwiftWyvern]

Prompts to the motion guy! He's excellent

[@ptilopsis4092]

Mocaping for the monsters must be fun

[@GunterThePenguinHatesHugs]

Absolutely insane that it's real-time in-game 🤯🤯🤯

[@TheLawlessRogue]

Oh wow, I don't know why but I thought that this was an old video. It's incredible to see that this was only posted 5 days ago! Animation and mo-cap technology has definitely advanced quickly

[@kuroki4151]

Okay so they do actually hire people who can do Spirit Helm Breaker IRL, thats why it looks so good

[@SifGreyfang]

I imagine they just do the motions and let the animators do the flashy stuff and high jump

[@ianmikael3019]

omg this is so cool!

[@amonskr9894]

This should be the future of gaming, with detect suits and doin all we want and going through game on a roll pad so we stay at the same spot while running through a map

[@chrono_s9699]

This is really cool

[@ARKY-v3x]

Thanks for giving us some insight into how the "sausage" is made!🎉

[@safebox36]

I always wanted to be a game programmer because it made me feel like a god. But after seeing these guys just having fun, I think they've got the best job in the team.

[@aderahmat9300]

The mocap and the 3d model was so freaking fast. I mean no delay on it. So we close to that sword art online things

[@franzoloranzo7302]

Dream job tbh

[@ssasdddddt]

This is so fucking cool. I love capcom, true artists and masters of the craft

[@AaronALAI]

What!! This is too cool! I want to see the gunlance prop!

[@makeyourselfathome6760]

That is so fucking cool, all this works looks super impressive!

[@HN-qc8io]

As someone maining great sword this game I'm happy to see who is handling my soon to be many death animations.

[@bunkana2056]

こんな感じなんだ これは貴重な映像だね

[@zarlus8]

I was able to work on Killzone 3 and Last of Us, and the mocap to finish an in-game product took hours/days. I know mocap has come a long way, but the real-time at the end is nuts to me.

[@xmixaplix]

This reminds me of Just Dance when everyone is so enthusiastic with their moves and I'm just lazily move the controller to the direction and it still counts. I say this because I like how they make the faces too even though I don't think they are capturing any facial expressions, they are really into it lol

[@jocovaar]

This is extremely cool to see!

[@AnimationWarrior301]

This is very cool

[@TheTippsAttack]

i will never look at the monsters the same again.

[@SuperDuke-g4o]

Super cool, thanks for posting!

[@otterguyty]

I am only playing 2 games next year. Monster hunter wilds and monster hunter outlanders. Looks great guys.

[@thomyads]

This is insane and so amazing to see😭😭😭😭😭😭 Ah game development is so cool! Especially how it is translated into RE Engine real time! CRAZY! Also, I always find it odd and funny that the hunters in game carry these giant weapons as if they weigh nothing lol, no way he can hold that giant sword that easily. But it's just a game and it does look cool. THANKS FOR SHARING, I don't know where I can find more videos of this and I would love to see more

[@dunamisophisgameplay1646]

I worked with motion capture as an animator for the first time at Deck Nine Games. It was interesting.

[@mehdithepegasusknight3650]

a job you can love

[@cantreed6214]

the monster mo-cap is so impressive.... fuck. awesome

[@CharliMorganMusic]

I desperately need to see them doing IG mocap

[@Dyvinell]

*Accidentally scratches balls when you think you’re not being recorded.* Next day: “So we have a new emote.”

[@McGoober604]

bro this is the best job on the planet

[@kanta5072]

kabuki emote is the best emote in the game, this guy is my goat

[@VulpineDemon]

I want to see doshaguma in VRchat just standing there like that

[@zacksanders4831]

That's so neat!

[@DarkHeart_Studios]

The fact that this game is motion captured!

[@squallneko]

If only I've taken my monster imitation talent seriously back when I was entertaining my smol nephew...I could've gotten a job at Capcom.

[@beyondearth6418]

I'd like to see a live programming session where they optimize their software and RE game engine.

[@VeyXronX]

Bless these guys

[@acewhotalks4487]

The hunter one handing the gs is a terrifying idea

[@moogleschnapperzchs3030]

Amazing! can't wait

[@37654]

This is incredible!

[@mechadebzilla]

Great behind-the-scenes! This looks so fun! Did you get to see any palico mocap?

[@abel_36]

Emotes have animations again!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@captain_sly-d5186]

One day we will play like that.

[@phreak9263]

This is how I want VR to be.

[@Sayame1]

Prance confirmed for Wilds? Prance Dance = Best Dance

[@NekoDezzu]

STRAIGHT BADASS 😮

[@solmuzic8575]

I want to see how they do the glaive.

[@KnightsDisillusion]

Man. Video Games are so cool!

[@TheGabbia]

Cool! Now lets see how the guy does the aerial of the Insect glaive and Dual blades! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheAilmam]

They have real insect glaives, what do you know 😜😁

[@AlexHeisEngholm]

Why the mattress? Why not a foam mat, with no springs. I guess it’s to save the weapon, but they still have to edit the bounce and create the impact. I liked the behind the scenes that was in most of the dvds I have from the early year of 2000. I wouldn’t mind if they showed their work/behind the product, of in their game.

[@Darklurkerlol]

This is amazing 🤩

[@Blobby90]

I think it's wonderful how successful modern Monster Hunter is but it hasn't felt the same to me since 3 Ultimate on 3DS

[@glitchz7750]

wow this is amazing