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Title: joint prob
Post by: almost cool on July 24, 2008, 08:00:50 pm

im making a game and i need help with a dislocated robol leg.a picture speakes a thousand words.as u can see the shin is disloc8ed.

Title: Re: joint prob
Post by: Tanzim on July 25, 2008, 04:24:27 am

Ever gave a University type Physics book to a 5 year old, those have many words, though I doubt the 5 year old will learn anything useful.
As far as i can tell, that is in top view and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it, could you show us more views and perhaps describe it?

Title: Re: joint prob
Post by: hihosilver on July 25, 2008, 05:33:36 am

You need to ensure that the joint of the bone is directly in the center of the sphere.  Otherwise, it will rotate the bone around the axis of the bone joint which will cause the disjoining of the bone.

Title: Re: joint prob
Post by: almost cool on July 25, 2008, 01:08:38 pm

sry :-[ but if u look closely at the knee in the top u can see its wrong.heres a side zoom.

Title: Re: joint prob
Post by: Tanzim on July 26, 2008, 01:29:00 am

Yeah, then hiho's right.

Title: Re: joint prob
Post by: almost cool on July 27, 2008, 09:55:34 pm

Its only like that when the knee is bent,when its straight,no prob.its all aligned to the bone too.and skinning wont work because he`s a robot and it wont look right.

Title: Re: joint prob
Post by: hihosilver on July 28, 2008, 02:32:04 am

The thigh bones are too low.  You want them to end directly at the center of the joint.

Title: Re: joint prob
Post by: almost cool on July 28, 2008, 01:53:24 pm

when i fix that it still doesnt work...ill just skin it.

Title: Re: joint prob
Post by: Tanzim on July 29, 2008, 12:53:02 am

Could you send me the file, I'd like to see what you did?