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Methuselas · December 2012

Just a quick update:

Maya/Max imports are atrocious. The skeletons, will import, but the controls, do not. This poses a serious problem, in that while I can make a skeleton in Maya, without control curves, it's useless 'cos we're stuck using FK animation and the rigs are broken. In addition, there's no global scaling that I've seen in Max, that allows you to scale a skeleton, for use with different models. This means a skeleton will have to be created for each model. So, essentially, I'm have to learn how to rig in Max, which is a major PITA, as it's re-inventing the wheel for me.

One thing of note that I did find, however is that Max now has something called "biped", which is a generic skeleton rig you can use for humanoid models. I've played with it a bit and what I've concluded is it's primarily for posing, but could be used for FK animation. I'll have to play with it more, before I can make an adequate assumption of its use, but I'd rather have an FK/IK rig, as it speeds up animation workflow.

So yeah. We're going to be stuck rebuilding rigs for each model, which I find annoying, unless I can find a way to properly import the camera they're using in Maya and force people to use that, which is pointless as most of the modelers on this board will be using Max, not Maya or build a rig in Max that's scalable, not to mention dynamic.

salomonkane · December 2012

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@Methuselas,
Hello, Everyone,

This Project is really interesting,

We have tried to do or realized some conversions from 2d or 3d model, using differents community modders works (ripped animations, or total conversions, from most of the famous Isometric RPG games or from Fantasy/Sci-Fi 3D Games), including ports of 3D animations to the Infinity Engine in BAM formats :

Eg : The Tarasque Conversion, in WIP, under 3ds max 2009 :

Methuselas · January 2013

Sorry, I've been so quiet lately. I've taken a look at CAT. It seems to be something that we can use to create new animations. I like the fact it has several pre-built rigs for use, which will make things a lot simpler. I got a few tutorials on CAT, to bring me up to speed on it. It's a bit different than what I'm used to (for example, using "gizmos" instead of curve controls), but seems to be efficient enough to get something going. One thing I like about it, is the ability to quickly create a new rig and save it as a default. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if there's an export feature for it, so we can move ahead with multiple animators. Also, I'm still working out how the cameras work with Max. I'll never understand the logic of having TWO software packages, released by the same company, that do the EXACT, same thing, only differently.

If I'm quiet, it's 'cos I'm studying.

@salomonkane

Thanks for the link. My French, however, is horrible now. :P I'm translating them, to read, but time for me is severely limited right now. Once I get more time, I should be able to get more work done.

Hope everyone's well.

-M

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