rethesda / native-animation-framework

A multi-character animation framework for Fallout 4.

Native Animation Framework

A multi-character animation framework for Fallout 4.

Features

• Custom face animation system with an in-game creator.
• Custom full-body animation system with an in-game creator (aka the Animation Studio).
• Arbitrary inverse kinematic chains with support for skipped-bones, integrated into the full-body animation creator.
• A configurable multi-character scene system for playing synchronized animations with precisely positioned actors, compatible with XMLs made for AAF.
• AI package override system that can apply any arbitrary AI package to an actor without being overriden by quests/etc.
• Extensive papyrus API functions for all aforementioned features.

Technical Capibilities

• Cubic spline-based keyframe sampling for natural movement, with either simple float values or quaternions.
• Precise timing thread for delayed tasks, which can be serialized to the F4SE cosave to maintain state between game sessions.

Build Requirements

• Visual Studio 2022 with C++ Desktop Development Component
• vcpkg with VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT and VCPKG_ROOT environment variables.
• Python 3 added to PATH environment variable.