r/reddeadmysteries PC Mar 11 '20

Game Files "Frozen" Neanderthal Animation Found

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u/Lacedaemon1313 Story Mode Mar 11 '20

Is this real? So it means that it was supposed to be a point of interest but had been cut out?

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u/CSEnzley PC Mar 11 '20

This does prove that he is/was meant to be discovered like other points of interests and the "frozen animation" kinda confirms our suspicions about where he probably is/was.

Some of these animations tend to trigger when the player is a certain distance from a particular point. Hoping we can still find this "trigger point" (if it wasn't cut of course).

EDIT: Unsure if this has been mentioned before but his ped model is even listed under the same category as the corpses and peds from other points of interests.

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u/Te_Quiero_Puta Mar 11 '20

What does "animation" mean if he doesn't move? Is that just the pose he's in or something?

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u/JonPumpkinHead Mar 11 '20

Yeah I think the animation is just the pose. The character model is probably saved in a neutral pose like a T or A pose so when he's loaded into the game he "animates" into the "frozen" pose and stays that way. No need to save two character models to the disk when you can have one and an animation.

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u/Te_Quiero_Puta Mar 11 '20

Cool. Thanks for the explanation.

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u/JonPumpkinHead Mar 11 '20

No worries!