Animation - Where do i start
by Stephen Walsh · in Torque Game Engine · 10/05/2005 (9:44 am) · 8 replies
Hello,
i've read most of the Animation post and tutorials, but i just dont know where to start, i just want to start by getting a box moving but cant even get that far. i have 3D studio max 5.
i know i have to export the sequence and the dts.
i'm unsure how to put it all together in MAX
in the tutorial on Animation techiques i cant open up player.max (the vertices are all over the place)
i dont have a clue on how to get it working in torque?
Any help would be great thanks
Stephen Walsh
i've read most of the Animation post and tutorials, but i just dont know where to start, i just want to start by getting a box moving but cant even get that far. i have 3D studio max 5.
i know i have to export the sequence and the dts.
i'm unsure how to put it all together in MAX
in the tutorial on Animation techiques i cant open up player.max (the vertices are all over the place)
i dont have a clue on how to get it working in torque?
Any help would be great thanks
Stephen Walsh
#3
so i'm back to aquare one.
10/10/2005 (5:19 am)
Thanks for your help but as i said "in the tutorial on Animation techiques i cant open up player.max (the vertices are all over the place)"so i'm back to aquare one.
#4
here's a pic
10/10/2005 (6:23 am)
Ok this is what i have , and i cant get any futher. seems the tutorial demo wont open fully i removed the mesh and i am going to use te bones with another mesh i have, but how do i link them up, i cant move the biped to the mesh and i cant move the mesh to the bipes?here's a pic
#5
10/10/2005 (6:51 am)
Read your Character Studio documentation.... Figure Mode, align rig to mesh, use Skin modifier to bind; not Physique,weight vertices, pose character[via saved .BIP file]blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...blah....and I don't use MAX....lol.
#6
10/10/2005 (6:54 am)
What do u use?
#7
11/07/2005 (2:07 pm)
Im not sure if this is the problem, but sometimes objects are frozen (blocked from being selected or manipulated) for skinning, building a skeliton or other actions, the object may just be frozen, if thats the case, to unfreze it right click in the veiwport, not on an object and a menue should pop up, second from the top under "isolate selection" should be an option called "unfrese all" click that and see if it becomes editable. 
#8
11/07/2005 (2:41 pm)
Click on your character's body and show us a screen shot. then we might be able to see if you've added the skin modifier correctly. 
Torque Owner Stephen Walsh