Animating
by Adam Troutman · in General Discussion · 03/20/2006 (4:06 pm) · 6 replies
I have a couple questions to ask about animating.
1.) To make a swinging animation would I be animating the player, the object in his hand(s), or both.
2.)When saving animations in milkshape do I save the player/object as the same thing as normal or does it need to be saved as something like swing.dts?
3.)When scripting the code for the object I am guessing there would need to be an active state, ready state, fire state(swinging) so in the fire state I would call the swinging animation right? and if so what would I put to call the animation?
Hope my questions have been clear and dont sound too stupid, sorry new to all this.
Thanks.
1.) To make a swinging animation would I be animating the player, the object in his hand(s), or both.
2.)When saving animations in milkshape do I save the player/object as the same thing as normal or does it need to be saved as something like swing.dts?
3.)When scripting the code for the object I am guessing there would need to be an active state, ready state, fire state(swinging) so in the fire state I would call the swinging animation right? and if so what would I put to call the animation?
Hope my questions have been clear and dont sound too stupid, sorry new to all this.
Thanks.
#2
03/20/2006 (5:06 pm)
Oh sorry forgot to clarify that I mean swinging as in I have an pickaxe object which I want to swing. 
#3
03/20/2006 (6:11 pm)
I would put the axe in the characters hand in Max or Lightwave (whatever 3d package you use) - animate the swing that way - set up the mount0 node in his/her hands then export the animation without the axe. Set up a separate scene with just the axe and set the mount point where the hands would go and export that by itself. There must be a few things, hoes, axes, swords, quarter staffs, clubs which all use this motion, so doing it this way your character is not stuck with one weapon. He/she can pick up any weapons on this list and you can run the same animation. Look up the rule of fives for the standard swinging actions.
#4
Thanks for the help.
03/20/2006 (6:15 pm)
That sounds like a good idea, where could I find "the rule of fives for the standard swinging actions". Thanks for the help.
#5
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03/20/2006 (8:06 pm)
There's some information here. I think "rule of fives" is my mistake. It's five basic sword attacks, but applies to other melee weapons.(c) Perth Grey CompanyGrey Company Fighter Training
#6
03/20/2006 (8:26 pm)
Thanks again. 
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