Suikoden 3 uses texture painted eyes.

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newmodels

In suikoden 3 I noticed the eyes and mouth or not geometry. They are texture painted. My quest is how can I implement texture painted eyes and mouth in Godot. They seem to be separate from the body texture, and overlay on top. Would I somehow use second pass material?

newmodels

Using second pass material and using alpha. How would I animate an eye blink. Would I have to write a script that replaces the texture for each frame?

cybereality

Do you have an image? I've seen some old games, I think they place planes over the models. They could be billboards or simply attached just slightly above the face so it doesn't clip. You could try Sprite3D.

the_maven

Can't you animate it inAnimationplayer?
If you use a separate texture will only need a couple.

newmodels

I could just use a couple textures for the blink, and then textures for the mouth. But I was wondering how I could do the same thing they did. They animated the entire blink cycle, not just open and then closed. If I do make fan art of suikoden characters, I might model the eyes and not paint them. It's for an study of stylized art, not going to use them for any project.

cybereality

Well it can be a UV animation. Like the texture has "frames" and you just cycle through them by adjusting the UV position. But in Godot I think you can use a Sprite3D, which would make it easier.

newmodels

UV animation would be better than swapping out textures I think. Certainly should be better on performance. Less memory too. I think the best way I can model the fan art would be with geometry. For that I will have to find my own way.