How to make custom animations?

[Kojam]

I figured out how to open the marine 3d model in 3ds max, and I want to make an animation of him talking, I just want the mouth to move. I figured out how to make the mouth move by selecting the polygons of the lip and adjusting the z axis. So what is the next step to making the moving mouth an actual animation I can do in the game?

[Inferno]

Halo has built in lip syncing. You just have to compile a sound with mouth data and then use the play_sound_impulse on a biped or ai actor.

[Higuy]

If he's an object or AI, you can do ai_conversation and add lines into the scenario. Then just tell the script when to play it on that encounter/object.

BTW, does anyone know if you can control the volume of the voice in AI Conversations?

[Inferno]

Set the gain to 2.

[Kojam]

Halo has built in lip syncing. You just have to compile a sound with mouth data and then use the play_sound_impulse on a biped or ai actor.

Can you elaborate a little more though, how do I compile a sound with mouth data.

[CrAsHOvErRide]

n1 inferno

[Higuy]

You don't compile a sound with mouth data.

Dialouge sounds need 22hz, 16bit, mono as there settings. Render that, import it like any other sound file. Set the type to "Script_dialouge_ player", set up all the other settings as regular, recompile. Then do the AI_conversation, and you'll be good to go.