btw alot more info about the movie is available here:
http://www.jd-movies.com/makingfy.php
How did you get the robot hand on the table to move?
The hand on the table belonged to a real sim. The hand mesh came from
Brasstex's Exobot mesh. I just deleted all parts of the mesh except the arm. And moved the hand into the needed position with Animesh exporter plugins.. [the finger movement as well.]
How did you make the prototype model of Ethan?
Pretty much the same way I made the hand. I deleted hands and legs from default sims body, made him sit on the table by using vehicle interactions from Decorgal's overlay hack and attached the wires using the moveobjects on.
How did you make lighting in some sets appear so dark/unusual?
I tweaked the lighting files in some scenes and applied some processing effects/filters in the editor.
How did you make the sim to hold a gun and shoot?
I used one of vampcat's guns and turned it into holdable one and shooting animation was made by me (as overlay, that's how I could make him talk at the same time.)
Were there are custom animations in the movie?
Yes, there were around 9 of those. Mostly partial overlays though.
Here are the snapshots showing them:
1. moving hand; 2. looking at hand; 3. cover face with hand overlay; 4. lying position (top body overlay); 5. pointing gun and shooting; 6. looking over a wall; 7. grabbing hand and pulling up; 8. holding a gun overlay; 9. holding a robot hands overlay.
Where did the gun come from? I didn't see him carrying it the moment he got hit with a car...
Well, he must've had it somewhere all this time. The guy was a robot. Use your imagination:P
Will there be a continuation?
It's supposed to have a continuation.. but I'm not sure if I make it any time soon. Like don't get me wrong, I do want to continue this story, it's just .. it's.. sims
Where can I download the sims?
Well, sorry but sims from this movie will not be available this time. First, it's because my main actors have donation items on them which can't be replaced with anything... Or some stuff I made outta other people's creations, which would be pretty lame of me as a creator to share.
And second, because I want to keep my sims exclusive to my movies as I'm sick of seeing people reusing my sims in their productions while it clearly says not to do it in my site terms. that's why I've decided that it'd be better this way.
What does ETHAN stand for?
Well tbh I don't have it completely figured out:P
E is for emotional/emotionally H is for human A/AN for andriod
How long did it take to make?
I have NO idea and perhaps won't have an answer to this one. It sure wasn't like I sat down and made it. I took very, very long breaks in between, so doubt it'd be possible to say how much time i spent on this one. But quite a while for sure...
How did you get the idea?
well what made me first fascinated with human looking robots/androids perhaps were all the movies i used to watch as a kid.. so yeah films like Edward Scissorhands or Short Circuit
But the first time I had an idea to make a sim movie about one, guess it was when I was playing Open for business and made my servo human looking.. i'm not sure i think you can even read about that one in my blog if you dig deep enough. back then i actually had a quite different idea, as I wanted the movie to take place in the past, but then I fell in love with From Yesterday and 30stm sound is rather progressive so it influenced me to make the main action take place in the future.. and the story itself... improvisation as [almost] always.. say when i was filming the 'robot activation scene' i had no idea Simon would turn out Jesse's ex bf he was actually supposed to be just a side character like all the other people in the lab
Which hacks did you use?
- My interaction boxes + any other interactions i needed not included in them
- Decorgal's talk overlay hack - I added my own interactions to it, so this is how I was able to use overlay interactions on sims while they were walking/running etc
- Decorgal's Model Poses hack with face overlays
- Jixs' Accessory hack - for guns
- Aikea Guinea's Paintings with interactions
How do you make custom animations?
I used Wes' animesh exporter. You can create full body animations with it as well as overlay animations which would include just a particular body part
http://sumomo.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=239060
How did you make a rotating platform in the science lab?
It was made outta a swing. I remeshed the seating part and rotation animation was also made with the help of animesh exporter
I haven't heard this version of the song before..
Don't be surprised at that! I have reedited some parts of the song. To be more precise, I took a part from the instrumental version of the song and put it after 2nd chorus and then put the regular track back again..
Why Jesse changes her mind at the very end of the movie and runs off with a stranger sh barely knew?
First, he saved her life, so she felt like she owed him one. She knew he perhaps wouldn't make it on his own out there, so if she came with him, at least he would have some chance. Besides, she knew if she'd let him go, she would never see him again. It wasn't like she was in love, but she most probably must've been affected by stockholm syndrome after everything she's been through. Besides, since she basically helped him run away, she could get in some sort of a trouble. So it all just rolled into one and she decided to run away with him. come what may.
yeah it said DOT created the keys mesh in the description but i cant find the link and i guess the site was german or maybe not cuz i remember i downloaded another similar keys from a german site.. but it could be simsresource as i got alot of stuff from there in general.. and yeah i had some 'katana' or whatever also duno who made it and i used to replace meshes in that object whenever i needed a holdable accessories..
might revise it sometime and add some more 'chapters' so well check it out..
I wish I could do the same! I'm new fan, thanks for the movie!
