GTA - Lifelike (Modern Features)

DOWNLOAD - Updated on 18 July

BLENDER ADDON (FOR DEVS) (Drag and drop on blender UI | Blender Tutorial)

ATTENTION: This is a plugin designed to help other modders improve the game's models. You will need to download adapted models to take advantage of these features. From my file there will be two sample NPCS so you can see how it works and adapt to your own models.

LifeLike is a project I started in January of this year, and I was a bit hesitant to launch it. I developed various features throughout the year but wasn't satisfied with the results. Even so, I figured some people might enjoy using it, so I’m releasing one of the features I put the most work into. Just don't get your hopes up too high.

This project aims to bring modern gaming features to the classic GTA trilogy—such as facial expressions, hair and clothing physics, ragdolls, body IK, animation and rigging improvements, modular character clothing and body parts, and more.

Current functions, updates, and future plans:

This initial version focuses on supporting Face Morphs, enabling extensive facial expression capabilities for characters. Such as:

Natural automatic blinking.

Natural eye movement.

Speech detection triggers procedural lip-syncing using 14 active visemes.

Emotions: Neutral - Soft Smile - Happiness - Sadness - Anger - Fear - Surprise Panic - Surprise Mild - Curiosity - Pain - Focus - Tired

Physical states: Fainting - On Fire - Fall - Stagger - GetUp - Low Health - Run - Sprint

Conversation and activities: Chewing - Talking - Talk Neutral - Talk Smile - Talk Concerned - Talk Angry - Phone - Investigate - Driving - HangOut

Confrontation: Attack - Fight - Aim - Flee - Gun Reaction - Melee Reaction - Arrested - HandsUp

Each expression can blend multiple morphs and features its own fade-in/fade-out speeds, priority, and intensity.

There are 25 automatic categories linked to the NPC's state; these states can randomly select different expressions.

Other features will follow, but please keep in mind that I cannot dedicate much time to it, so it will likely take a long time for all the features I envision to become available here. I am making no promises regarding this project; I will update it (or not) in my spare time. Working on it is quite stressful, time-consuming, and overly complex for me. Actually I hated the results of everything I tried. So I don't feel good about working in this at all.

LICENSE:

-Distributing this script within your own mods is prohibited; instead, please direct people to download it from this official page.

-Monetizing derivatives of this project is prohibited (for example, creating a skin pack featuring these facial animations and using my work as the main selling point to make money).

-Modders releasing skins directly to the public (not monetized) do not need to ask for permission; simply respect my request and do not include the script itself in your mod downloads.

If you wish to monetize projects using this plugin, you must contact me to request permission and discuss authorization. The names of modders granted permission for commercial use of the script will be listed below.

GTA SA - Lifelike (Modern Features) (YouTube)