Sonic Adventure Blender I/O || A level up for 3D modding

[@nailotsot]

The sheer amount of meme potential the new event editor has is beyond human comprehension.

[@hedgethewedge]

I actually made an SA2 cutscene meme with it

[@Nater_Marson]

im making fucking mac and cheese

[@Camad]

That intro was insane.

[@aortaplatinum]

Holy shit, that event editor is insane. I just know someone's going to to in and redo everything in SA2 with hand-animation instead of mocap. I'd love to see someone do the same in SA1 but I doubt it's possible, due to how SA1 doesn't actually have specific cutscene animations but instead just pulls pre-made animations in a certain order.

[@Charriii5]

I’m a bit late to this but… Dude, Justin, this gave me CHILLS. I can’t wait to see what you and the modding community are capable of. I’ve been hoping SA1 and especially SA2 could have a modding scene akin to the Super Mario 64 does, and this could be it. An entire visual reworking of Adventure 2 could well be possible with this, from animations, to camera angles, the whole thing! Thanks so much for what you do, this is incredible.

[@VelvetAura]

This is actually so incredible and deserves way more attention. This is huge stuff for the modding communities of these games

[@raphI_I]

Glad to see you back on Sonic Chronicles ! Ty a lot for your work !

[@Luafile_G]

we reached a new generation for sonic adventure 2 modding, and im fucking happy for it

[@wolfybuilder]

The work you and End User have achieved here is beyond incredible. The new tools look very user friendly, and I appreciate you not leaving older users in the dust. And the event editor. My goodness, the event editor. The amount of potential this has could warp the fabric of reality. (Or just make funny memes, lol) I also greatly appreciate the promise of full documentation for the add-on. This will lower the barrier of entry for up-and-coming modders, which is a very good thing. Chao in Space 2 was also a wonderful treat, and I especially loved Chao Egg-man, and how well the logo synced up with the music. Great stuff. The video itself is also very well edited, and the intro and in-between animations look great. Hats off to you and End user, and to a new generation of modders and mods your work will surely spawn!

[@Thebes]

While you were gone, did you also study editing because why is the editing so good in this video? This is ridiculous, Justin… Like I swear, every time I leave you alone you go off and do something crazy again. The stuff I thought was awesome that you did has been dynamic since I’ve first met you. You’re contributions to the modding scene is crazy. Keep up everything you madman. I’d definitely be down to catch those SCRi streams if I am able to. Oh, and that Chao Video is magnificent, I’m sharing that with my non-Sonic fan, and they will get a kick out of it.

[@Justin113D]

Thank you! The only reason why I never put out a video edited like this before was because I didn't get a chance before :p I do want to produce higher quality videos like these in general in the future

[@Thebes]

@@Justin113D Sick, they look good as hell! Definitely down to see more.

[@mateo.snm.]

Your non-sonic fan?

[@satamsonic4026]

5:23 how did you put SA2 cutscenes into blender?

[@hedgethewedge]

Nice to see this video released for newcomers! Also, thanks for mentioning my mod in the video. Without this addon, I could have never made SA2: Resynced!

[@tonyhakston536]

>working on for the past 9 months Your baby is beautiful, sir.

[@eltonsstuff]

Damn that intro looks fly

[@DarkSinnister]

Its amazing to see everything you've done to update this tool. This is gonna make modding even easier to understand :O

[@jamesgornall402]

Awesome work man. I look forward to seeing what is going to be done with it.

[@DISTORTEDMACHINE]

Without the hard work by Justin113D and ItsEasyActually building the tools to allow modders and artists to transform Sonic Adventure 1/2, I wouldn't have made the awesome Silver Sonic 2.0 (replaces Metal Sonic) and Sonic the Werehog (replaces Chaos 0) mods for SA2! Thanks again for your amazing work and incredible advancements on the modding tools front! 💪

[@fanta_ferret]

WE MAKING IT OUTTA CITY ESCAPE WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥 but seriously, this is HUGE!!

[@TheDoomsdayzoner]

You are crazy good m8. Thank you for keeping these games alive.

[@MrMariosonicman]

With that event editor, the randomizer might be able to use random character skins for story cutscenes and that just makes me uber excited to see what everyone can do with tgis.

[@Justin113D]

Unfortunately no, it'd need every character skin to be added in manually, which is way too much effort. Something like that would need to be done programmatically

[@MrMariosonicman]

That is unfortunate considering those cutscenes are able to remember what powerups the characters have equipped. I hope oneday there is a major breakthrough for those cutscenes.

[@Justin113D]

@@MrMariosonicman Powerups are also manually added to the events. You could replace them for a single event, while they remain the same everywhere else. They simply get hidden when not collected

[@AZURAHARDWARE]

Eeeeeee!! Thank you so much for this!

[@lubadev]

man you need more viewers, this is awesome

[@charmyzard]

The Sonic community, innovation after innovation! Now I just gotta learn blender.

[@Renvyr]

Congrats on your work !

[@wolfybuilder]

Inb4 someone fully reanimates SA2 to match the SnapCube dub

[@hedgethewedge]

*you just gave me one hell of an idea*

[@gaetanodepaola2ndchannel179]

Holy fudge, yes please :D

[@protocetid]

What an intro! The tool is neat too!

[@Tailsbot98761]

nice job Justin

[@RikkaFresh]

Fantastic work!

[@Jimbobalina1]

Excellent, excellent work!

[@Metal92990]

The Eggman Chao got me. Clever. 🤣

[@medis935]

I need help, I'm new to blender, so when I load a sonic model all the bones face the same direction like in 9:06, how do I fix that?

[@micahheyward5342]

Progress on Sonic Chronicles: Dark Brotherhood Reimagined?

[@avegee24tv]

yeah the use of indie games' sfx here just amazes me so far i've found There is No Game [both versions], Undertale...

[@Justin113D]

I utilized sounds from undertale, sonic generations, sonic adventure 2 and some lone sounds I got from freesound.org (all of which CC0 licensed)

[@AnthonyTHarris]

when trying to add a character texture the model it says no attribute and the model turns pitch black i don't know how to fix it

[@lolcat]

this is huge

[@EmmaMtH]

god bless x-hax

[@jpc-273]

What happened to Sonic Chronicles Reimagined?

[@sonicthomasgamer]

Where do you think you're going with that _PEAK_ ?

[@magicalmelissa]

You are such one of my inspirations! Wish someday could escape code hell, and start making my own projects. How did you started in making games? I just know JS, Python and SQL, where should I start to learn how to make games as yo do? Which was your roadmap and how many years did take you to get to this level? loves your work ♥♥

[@Justin113D]

Woah, that's quite a lot of questions, but i'll try to answer them: - I myself started game dev with unity in 2017, but imo that was a bad decision, as i had a complete misunderstanding of several programming concepts because of that. I'd personally say try and get a good hold of a programming language first, before trying to create a full game - As for how i started making games: I simply started with Sonic Chronicles Reimagined, as the task of trying to come up with my own stuff was too daunting at the time. I instead wanted to have a "template" where i could guide myself along, and chose Sonic Chronicles for that. That way i could verify that my programming was approaching the "correct" result, instead of just saying "its not working, but its fine as is" and leaving stuff in a potentially unfinished and/or broken state (that was my reasoning anyway) - I never really had a roadmap :'D I just did what i had fun doing, which is probably why so many projects on my end are only progressing slowly - I've been doing this stuff in my free time for about about 7 years now, in which i developed fangames, tools, mods and other stuff; I've also done an apprenticeship as a software developer for 3 years and have been employed full time for a year now

[@magicalmelissa]

@@Justin113D Wow you started to do this around the same time I got interested in programming and game dev, but unfortunately I didnt have money to have a decent laptop, so I have to wait until I had budget. That truly damaged me emotionally but doesnt matter, I will try my best to recover the lost time!! interesting, what tutorials would you recommend me to learn c#? Or c++, there is a difference between those two? I mean, it worth the time to learn c++? Thats a great idea! I will take another game as my template too =) What tutorials you would recommend to lean how to use blender? And my final question if you have time, which engine should I choose? You are truly a genius, Im proud of your work and wish someday to be like you!! Wish you the best of luck in your projects

[@Justin113D]

​@@magicalmelissa - C++ and C# are very different, and C# is definitely more beginner friendly in many aspects (C++ is a lot closer to the hardware). - Maybe look into this? Looks good to me kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZm0lZ9_e96fh5osi=qbfcu9cBqkOHFN_S - Important note when learning programming: How much you learn depends on how much you program yourself. Don't just Copy paste what is shown in tutorials, but try to experiment and try to do stuff that wasn't explicitly shown in the tutorial, otherwise you will never truly grasp how programming works. - Blender guru has a great tutorial series. I never followed it myself (my blender journey was very unconventional) but i heard its great - Honestly, no idea. -> I am biased to Godot. It's very good for 2D games, and quickly gaining features in other areas as well. It is also open source, so everything you make with it is truly yours, and the engine quickly gaining traction online. -> Unity has a large user base and many tutorials or other resources, but is also very bloated and the company is becoming very consumer-unfriendly. -> Unreal i know the least about, but it has great tools for artists and makes working with visuals very easy, but the coding aspect is a bit weird, as it's done in C++, and most people program in it using "blueprints" (Code done using node graphs), which i personally do not like. It's very much up to you which you choose, and depends entirely on what you want to do. And a personal recommendation: Do not start with an RPG :'D

[@magicalmelissa]

​@@Justin113D I see, so I should start learning c or c#? I gonna give it a look, thank you! I learned that the bad way, I have been studying python and JS since 2018, and recently I wanted to start doing programms but... I cant escape programming hell, even doing tutorials of things I wanna do like a space invaders lookalike, it doesnt even work my code. What should I do? Modifying code to change tiny things? How I write own stuff without utilizing other people code? Im gonna check those tutorials, but I have a doubt, do I need to learn how to draw decently before adventuring myself into 3D modeling? I read somewhere that Steam dont let people sell games with open source engines, is that true? I heard about what happened with Unity, ut I still have to learn how to use it, its the only way to make a game for the Nintendo 3DS easily u.u Sooo how different is Godot from Unity? It was quickly for you to adapt? I wouldn't! But why? I want to do mostly speed platformers, and a shooter mixed with adventure genre. By the way, I have always wished to do a Sonic fangame, but differently to most people, I wish to do it from scracth, I know there are frameworks for every engine, but I want to learn from the bone, how Sonic 2D and 3D physics work, how should I start? I love project 06 physics and would love to know how them work =) One last thing, it is worth it to create an engine from scratch?

[@Justin113D]

@@magicalmelissa - I definitely recommend C# instead of C - That is a difficult question, i don't really know if i can even answer that. Modifying code to change tiny things is a good start, but trying to think of your own simple logic with the same building blocks is gonna bring you much further. - Steam does allow open source engines, there are many games made in Godot on steam - Unity and Godot are very different, they use very different ways of approaching code. Yet, I'd still claim that Godot is closer to unity than unreal engine. - Because RPGs are so much code, especially UI code - I honestly have no idea about physics, i never really did anything physics related in any game - Not for your first project. Making an engine from scratch requires a lot of knowledge about the GPU and its inner workings, which you should definitely not start with. Maybe in the future, but keep in mind that making the engine itself will be majority of the work, and the actual game only a minor bit of work in comparison.

[@unclemogi]

This is just more proof that Sega should hire folks like you alongside the others that worked on this

[@andre-mana]

Is it possible to rip from other dreamcast games such as ready 2 rumble? How do you even create such tools to begin with? I would love to know how to extract the animations+models+textures but it seems that each game had an engine created from scratch, so it makes it difficult to extract things. Great job! You deserve more recognition!

[@Justin113D]

SA1 and SA2 used segas internal "Ninja" SDK, which has been used for some other inhouse games like Phantasy star online or billy hatcher. No idea about ready 2 rumble, i never heard about that game before

[@andre-mana]

@@Justin113D That's fine! You already have done a perfect job with that add-on. 10/10. Last question: Is it possible to access the splines points of loop-de-loops or the path for example the orca on emerald coast on blender? I tried to follow the manual but had no success Sections>Guides >Path Editing Are these paths referring to splines? I can see the points individually on SALVL, but they don't have coordinates. Ready 2 rumble was a fighting game from dreamcast. Check it out, you might like it.

[@AlaricSkywalker]

"Sorry to everyone that is still waiting for Sonic Chronicles Reimagined, I promise development will pick up again soon!" I'm guessing this is something to help get the gears going for Sonic Chronicles Reimagined, all things considering.

[@Justin113D]

This video is a year old already, Sonic Chronicles Reimagined has had a big push since! We've managed to port everything relevant over to Godot, reprogrammed our Translation and Dialog editor tools and finished ingame menus that were previously left unfinished. However, with the release of Shadow Generations, i *really* wanted to mod it, and when getting into the scene noticed that there were no proper tools for editing models and started working on a blender addon for Hedgehog engine, which i am still working on as we speak. Until i am done with modding, Sonic Chronicles reimagined is on a break, but that shouldn't last too long

[@AlaricSkywalker]

@@Justin113D I noticed that shortly after posting the comment, but good to know. Whenever Sonic Chronicles Reimagined happens, I look forward to the final results,...., as well as, with the info we got on what the sequel was going to entail, if you guys attempt to make the sequel happen.

[@HandlebarOrionX]

Could this be further modded in order to make whole Dreamcast and Gamecube games within Blender? Or integrate with UPBGE or Armory 3D for such a task?

[@Zomboy4313]

Wow

[@onthedre]

I want the english mouth sync mod please. I never experienced the SA2 story because I was waiting for the most efficient version of it, and it seems like this is it. Please give me a link.

[@Justin113D]

The link can be found in the description

[@serikaonoe6493]

Amazing.

[@battletendency7324]

this is very cool

[@Artzei]

Do you think that some day either you or someone you know could write a similar Blender add on code but specifically for the old RenderWare file formats (the game engine that was back in the day used in games such as Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog and most knownly the original Grand Theft Auto Trilogy)? It would be nice to have sort of "all-in-one" Blender addon just for RW importing stuff.

[@Justin113D]

Neither do I intend to, nor do I know anyone that would take onto such a task. Sorry

[@Plasma-Pal]

this is fucking fantastic

[@EL-Pasha_Theft_Auto]

SA1 Remake by fans is getting closer

[@Kiezly]

I would prefer you guys on the chronicles reimagined team pause working on that and work instead on a direct pc port of the original chronicles. No enhancements besides optimizing the controls and making the resolution rendered widescreen and have the top screen be toggleable and scale able like a seperate window. And then after that’s out you can resume work on reimagined.

[@Kiezly]

I just think a chronicles quick port / basic remaster would be far easier and faster to make and complete.

[@mr.shplorb662]

Thats really not how that works

[@Kiezly]

@@mr.shplorb662 then how does the sonic rush 3d fan game exist

[@Kiezly]

@@mr.shplorb662 my main point is that i would prefer them to work on something really easy in comparison to just help people be able to play chronicles on pc easier

[@mr.shplorb662]

@@Kiezly it's also very hard to just work on an entirely different project

[@21kHzBANK21kHZ]

the power of C#...

[@MarcTheFennec]

One question is whether in the future it is possible to make it possible for you to place objects from Blender?

[@Justin113D]

Other developers in the community have talked about working on something like that, but at the current point in time, nothing the likes is actively being developed

[@MarcTheFennec]

@@Justin113D oh

[@therealvbw]

Does not work on Linux :(

[@therealvbw]

Choosing C# was a terrible idea for cross compatibility. I have had to massively hack it around to use the Mono C# runtime and it still crashes.

[@smashkommentiert]

hi, just a quick question, is the sonic chronicles remaster still in the works?

[@Justin113D]

@@smashkommentiert yep, still in the works! You can find more regular updates on our Twitter, @SonicChrRi

[@smashkommentiert]

​@@Justin113D lol hab grade gesehen dass du Deutscher bist, sag mal warum kommen dann hier keine Updates dazu? Und wie weit seid ihr denn so? Wäre echt nice mal ein Gameplay Video zu sehen, falls ihr überhaupt schon so weit seid. Auf jeden Fall krasses Projekt, ich hoffe so sehr dass das fertig wird das ist einfach mein Traum haha

[@Justin113D]

@@smashkommentiert Der alte Ansatz nach jeder dritten Zeile Code ein neues Video hochzuladen war generell falsch, und KZbin Updates werden reserviert für große Updates. Kleinere Updates (aber immernoch deutlich größere als die alten KZbin Videos) werden auf Twitter als teaser gezeigt. Primär arbeiten wir derzeit an der UI, da diese bei RPGs viel der Programmierung ausmacht. Zudem wurden die letzten 8 Monate größtenteils dafür verwendet, das Spiel von Unity nach Godot zu portieren (welches mittlerweile quasi abgeschlossen ist). Das nächste KZbin Video kommt, sobald es wieder etwas zu zeigen gibt das einem Spiel, und nicht nur Menüs, ähnelt :p

[@luisz0339]

CHAO IN SPACE 2 IS REAL

[@catfree]

SnapCube dub REMASTER

[@TraffiJam]

SONIC ADVENTURE 3

[@modernsonicthehedgehog1998]

I'm gonna try making a mod with this edit: in like an hour or 2 i'll update this comment edit 2:starting now took a while but its time to install