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EXPRESSIVE ANIMATIONS acts as an addon to other animation mods to breath more life and fluidity to traversal! It also introduces a new traversal mechanic called Web Dash.

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EXPRESSIVE ANIMATIONS [Updated to V.3]
New Animations and Traversal Mechanics Inspired by TASM2

Version 3.0 of Expressive Animations is a new animation mod that aims to breath life into the jump tricks, web releases, web tunnels, webswing intros and swing kicks performed by Peter in Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered whilst also introducing some new traversal mechanics: Web Dash and Air Idles!

VERSION 3.0 is the Andrew Garfield Accuracy Update!
This update includes various changes to swing kicks, intros and other traversal animations to emulate certain scenes from TASM2 as will be shown below!

So what's new and "Andrew-accurate" with Update 3?

BUILDING LEAP OFF ANIMATION:






LEFT WALL JUMP OFF ANIMATION AND NEW SWING INTRO+KICK:






*** Here's the reference for the other swing kick added***




AUTOZIP ANIMATION AND RESTORED VANILLA ROOFTOP ZIP LAUNCH




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END OF VERSION 3 CHANGES
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WE'VE REACHED THE NEXUS HOTFILES!!!

Thank you so much for the insane support you guys have offered my work! It was difficult, but it sure was worth it! If you're interested, you can also subscribe to me on YouTube here where I post showcases, modlists and more!

SHOWCASE
EXPRESSIVE ANIMATIONS V2.0:



SECTION I - Mod Presentation Proper
Expressive Animations V2.0 is MODULAR, meaning I've separated the features into different files so that you can choose to use either all the features or only some of the features. This makes it much easier to be compatible with other animation mods out there such as Miles Animations - Modular and Raimi Animations! I myself actually use all these mods together with my mods loading at the very bottom, and that's actually what you see in the video showcase above! 
A detailed explanation of compatibility and installation is located in sections II and III located after the presentation of what each module does!

Without further ado, let me take you through the features of each module!

Module 1 and 2- JUMP TRICKS AND WEB RELEASES

Let's first get differentiate the two. Jump tricks are the animations that play when you press the jump button during swinging while Web releases are the animations that play when  you simply let go of the swinging button without pressing anything else. Using these techniques in tandem can create a wonderful variety of animations for peter when you use this module!

The result is something that makes Peter look more expressive (hence the name) in how he exits his movements. This also means that there is now greater variety between the jump tricks and web releases as opposed to its vanilla counterparts which were all similar in motion. With how this is made, you will be getting different kinds of animations playing when you jump or release from a swing on different height levels.

NOTE: Only a few of the jump tricks and web releases are seen in these GIFS, refer to the showcase video to see them all in action! 




The animations selection of jump tricks and web releases is inspired heavily by the swinging style of Andrew Garfield in TASM2. As such, the animations selected convey a sense of athleticism while not being too "floppy" as is common when directly exchanging animations between Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. As such, the animations were actually taken from trick outros, jumps and dodges which were then placed into jump release and web swing release animations. 


 NEW TRAVERSAL MECHANIC: WEB DASH
Web Dash is a new traversal mechanic that I actually accidentally discovered while playing around with the venom animations from Spider-Man: Miles Morales. I've always thought that it wasn't fair how Peter was a mentor to Miles, but was somehow worse at traversal in the case of the games. As such, Peter will now have his own version of the dash that even comes with matching sounds!

I've had it replace the web release animation which plays at the lowest point of your swinging. The idea behind it is capture the horizontal momentum of your swinging motion at its lowest point so Peter can pull his web back in order to dash forward. This mechanic is dependent as well on the momentum of the swing you launched it from, so 
the faster your momentum, the faster your Web Dash!



WEB DASH SUCKS. I HATE IT!
Well too bad for you... jk. I've made this mod modular! That means you can pick and choose to install jump tricks, web releases or both! Web Dash is part of the Web Releases module, so I've created two versions: one with Web Dash and one without Web Dash. Though the non-web dash version is only for Expressive Animations V1.0. I will not be supporting the non-web dash version any further since I just don't see the point.

Module 3 - WEB TUNNELING

The animations for web tunneling were pretty bland and one note, so I opted to change that by making Spider-Man web tunnel head first instead of feet first, and I also gave him different web tunnel exits which will trigger depending if your in a downward, upward or forward motion!





Module 4 and 5 - WEBSWING INTROS and SWING KICKS

The vanilla animations for peter's webswing intros AKA when he thwips his webs looks so stiff in my opinion. I made this module not just to get the feel of Andrew's snappy and athletic form when he thwips, but also to generally just give peter a more pleasing look to his webswing intros. 

For swing kicks, I wanted to see a more forceful and yanking motion for peter's feet during swinging since that's how Andrew's feet moved in his movies. As such, I edited some swing kicks to make that happen as well as introduced something that looks similar  to Andrew's favorite habit of Web Climbing as seen in the GIF below! It's not exactly web climbing, but its the best I can do for now LMAO





Module 6 - NEW TRAVERSAL MECHANIC: AIR IDLES
Air Idles are a new way to give your web swinging some attitude and style! These idles trigger conditionally during certain states of Spider-Man being suspended in air. These conditions include:
- After a 2nd webzip
- After jumping off a wall run
- During super high altitude when Spider-Man is not in fast fall state 




This module is currently in beta, though it is so because I intend on adding more in the future. Right now, there are only two air idles.

SECTION II - COMPATIBILITY: 
I made this mod as an addon to any other animation mod on the nexus! That means this mod is COMPATIBLE with all animation mods including but not limited to:
  • Miles Morales - Animations (Modular)
  • Miles Morales Jump Tricks
  • Miles Morales Side Swings
  • Professional Miles Morales
  • Raimi Animations
  • Any kind of combat animation mod

SECTION III - INSTALLATION:
HOW TO GET THE SAME EXACT RESULT AS SEEN IN THE VIDEO SHOWCASE?

Expressive Animations was made MODULAR, meaning features have been separated into different modules. You HAVE to use all six files if you want the exact same result as the videos.

This mod can be used as standalone, but the results from the video showcase show me using the following mod combination:

  • Miles Morales Part 1, 2 and 3,
  • Professional Miles V1
  • Raimi Animations V7
  • SMPC Combat Tweaks (This is the first version not the updated one)
  • Over the shoulder camera FOV 0
  • Expressive Jump Tricks
  • Expressive Web Releases
  • Expressive Websing Intros
  • Expressive Swing Kick (This will replace the Raimi Splits for those of you who think it doesn't look good on Andrew)
  • Expressive Web Tunnel
  • Expressive Air Idles
Your load order pane should look like this:





Install them in THIS EXACT ORDER SO YOU LOAD MY MOD AFTER EVERYTHING. You also need to SET YOUR IN GAME FOV TO 25.

Should you need help or tech support for the mod, please DM me at GuitarthVader#4798 on Discord or ping me through the official Spider-Man PC Modding Discord Server


That's it! Big thanks to Golden Age Archangel, AKA, RevanNate for providing me the animation files which made this mod possible! Please try out and endorse his Raimi Animations and other modded works!!

Thanks as well to Mat.BTW and AppleshyJedi for helping with QA testing!!

OUTDATED SHOWCASES (These only showcase V1.0 of the mod)
Non-Web Dash Version: