AUTOLINK: GENERAL INFORMATION AND QUERIES

[JOHNP500]

AUTOLINK: GENERAL INFORMATION AND QUERIES

 

After some investigations that were dealt with, some issues that have cropped up in various forums can be dealt with as

per the summary below. There are also a few queries at the end of this too.

 

Autolink: This is a very elegant bit of programming: Very simple and incredibly effective. I have to congratulate the

author on an excellent bit of programming and hope that they get to see this comment.

 

Private Paradise video: This DLC content is a total waste of money However, when used inconjunction with Autolink and the

Pole Dancing download, it suddenly becomes a worthwhile purchase. So to the creator of the pole dancing download, you have

made a crap DLC from the DOA5 authors something worthwhile. Thank you.

 

There seems to be some confusion as to how to activate the additional movies. It took me a while to work out myself. This

applies to PC.
1- DLC content Private Paradise is required, as well as the Pole Dancing download.
2- Go to Movies and navigate via u or i to Private Paradise movies.
3- ON CLOTHING SELECTION SCREEN: PRESS F9 AND 0-9 OR q TO p, OR n.
4- The particular video sequence is activated when you then press M to watch the movie.

 

Autolink and costumes.
No slots are required.
Use Archivirus to acces the TMC files and extract.
Then choose the costumes required and drag and drop them into the appropriate Autolink girls folder, eg Autolink\Kasumi.
Based upon what I understand and tests, a straight drag and drop can give 127 costumes and 1 default, 128 total.
Based upon other forum information and tests I have done, the reference to the numbered subfolders is just a repeat of

what I have described above, hence the number of costumes per folder is 128 (factor of 2) but number of sub folders is

limitless. So you can have countless costume varients too.
When swapping various costumes from character to character, there maybe imperfections, such as neck mesh discrepancies and

variations in skin tones or colour. These can be fixed but they are so minor.

 

Autolink Private Paradise .ini cordinates system.
I noticed that on one of the forums, a query cropped up about this. The cordinates are based upon the x,z,y system, z

referring to height. X and Y refer to the horizontal plain, and orientation is based upon how the mesh was assembled in

the program that was used to create it. An example of possible use here is setting the z coordinate to 100 plus for say,

Lost World. When set for the move all function, the first set of coordinates in the .ini file, the character and cameras

are moved to a substantial height above the plain, resulting in just a blue background, due to clear skies, and hence

allows use for blue screen keying. See below.

 

Autolink stage swaps.
Set the stage index to the approrpiate number using Notepad. Look for DOA5 setstageindex via google.
Using notepad, set REPLACE for the default name to the new name, ie say TATAMI. All references to the default are then

replaced by TATAMI. Make sure that the extracted TMC file for TATAMI has been placed in the _stages folder.

 

Autolink and stage swaps and edits: For video keyiing purposes- green, blue, red, yellow, chromo key etc: This refers to a

plain coloured background which can then be removed or made transparent. Thus the characters can go anywhere in the

universe, as exampled by some of the screen shots, which are based around video sequences that I have created. There is

some fantastic free software out there on the Internet, given freely by people who develop or extend the software because

they are interested, and not for the sole purpose of making money. My appreciation for this free software is demonstrated

by the screen shots in some small way.

 

QUERIES
Private Paradise movies. Is there any way to stop the timer for the movies, esepcially when used with the F1 slow motion

setting.

Private Paradise movies: Is there anyway in which these can be looped.

Private Paradise movies: Is there any way to switch off default camera motion. This only applies to a few of the movies.

Stages: Can anyone rig up for me a plain background version of Dojo as per the colours as mentioned above, for keying

purposes. I can get the floor dealt with but the actual stage background doesn't seem to have a texture associated with

it.

 

Thanks to everyone for the time and effort spent on the various modifications. I won't even attempt to give individual

credits as I don't want to spend the next few weeks typing. It is far more fun to play.

 

PICTURE REFERENCE
001: Leifang car park
002: Leifang home
003: Kasumi Cube2 S glade- Free FPS (First Person Shooter)
004: Leifang Urban Terror- Free FPS
005: Leifang and Kasumi Urban Terror- Free FPS
006: Leifang Urban Terror- Free FPS
008: Helena Arc De Triumphe FSX Gold
009: Phase 4 and Hitomi Eifel Tower FSX Gold
011: Kokoro and Kasumi Control Centre Xonotic- Free FPS
012: Kokoro and Alpha 152 BMS 4.33 Combat Simulator (Bench Mark Sims)
013: Kokoro and Alpha 152, slight disagreement BMS 4.33
015: Kasumi BMS 4.33
016: Helena Urban Terror
017: Helena Pembrokeshire Wales
018: Nyotugen and Leifang robotic hoover FSX Gold
019: Nyotugen and Leifang home on r/c construction vehicle
020: Nyotugen dealing with the kitty litter
021: Leifang at restaurant

 

Notes: Free Falcon 6 is just as good as BMS 4.33 though the focus was different. both excellent simulators but

complicated. The girls will go into space soon via Orbiter 2010.

 

[funtcase]

a small irritation that isn't in the autolink readme (or google translate just didn't translate very well) is the character select screen.
when you choose a character, the selection grid disappears and you see the characters whole body, in the unmodded game the grid never changes.

 

It seems to be tied to the d3d9.dll, so maybe an entry in the d3d9 ui txt can return it to normal, or can i delete this dll without affecting other autolink features?