Hey hey hey! Summer has arrived and during my journeys I’ve learned Lara got her tan on. So it’s time we get our sun lotions ready and pay her hotel room a visit.
Huge thanks toOolay-tigerandAlexia(Poisonousbeauty)for their tremendous efforts on voice acting this little animation. They’re both great voice impersonators and do deserve every reblog you’d give to them. If you liked their performance feel free to check them out by clicking their names above. Also many thanks for @barbellsfm and @aardvarkianparadise for their models. I was working on this before @redmenacekun released a newer version of Lara so not using his model on this one, but I hope I managed to say a good enough goodbye to Barb’s great model with this animation. As always this was made possible due to our fellow wanderers’ support so a special thanks goes to them. Hope you all enjoy!
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE DOWNLOADING, QUESTIONS REGARDING DESCRIBED ISSUES OR BASIC SFM USAGE WILL BE IGNORED
a) The models have many bones and flexes, in fact approaching engine’s bone limit.To help you navigate through them there is an updated version of sfm default animation groups file. Usage is described in this post
b) The way some advanced shaders are implemented *requires* them to be affected by ambient dynamic lights from all sides. The intensity of the said lights can be very low but they must be present.
c) Due to technical limitations (read: too many polygons) heels system had to be altered. It’s not really harder to use but i guess a video should describe the principle better: Watch Video Tutorial
d) The models consume significant amount of memory due to asset size, so some cuts were necessary. The main download has downsized and compressed normal maps for outfits. Practical visual differences vary depending on model, lighting setup, and camera distance, but as a general rule all fine detail like leather, fabric, wool etc. will be blurred or lost. Therefore, we prepared a separate download for high resolution normal maps. Note that being careless with them will *inevitably* crash SFM, so I recommend planning your work ahead and spawn Lara and desired outfit first.
Click here to download. Pack includes a 720p and 1080p version.
How to set it up as wallpaper:
Simply click on “Open from File” in your Wallpaper Engine UI and select the video file of your desired resolution.
Props to @barbellsfm and @redmenacekun for their models. Keep in mind the bigger the video file size, more RAM the engine needs. If you have any trouble feel free to let me know. The album used in the video can be found here.