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General Category => General Anim8or Forum => Topic started by: brian00127 on July 17, 2008, 09:11:22 pm

Title: need help on a figure i got cant get it to move i'm a newb pleaze help
Post by: brian00127 on July 17, 2008, 09:11:22 pm
ok i got this model heres the description can anyone tell me why i cant like move the individual body parts 




 This model is a fully rigged Marine. It has simple animation bones inside the mesh, skin modifier in the skin, and has everything connected to a dummy object for easy movement. The mesh is not my design, its from Halo: Combat Evolved basic Marine mesh.


ok yeah i need some help
Title: Re: need help on a figure i got cant get it to move i'm a newb pleaze help
Post by: glorfon on July 18, 2008, 12:24:31 am
In scene mode move the bones to the position you want then click on a different part of the time line and go back to the frame the you had just posed and it should have assumed the desired pose.  Oh, and make sure you've click the putton with the key on it it should be green.
Title: Re: need help on a figure i got cant get it to move i'm a newb pleaze help
Post by: Tanzim on July 18, 2008, 03:13:34 am
Did you add limits to the bones?
Double click a bone and you should see X, Y and Z and then Min-Default-Max.
Title: Re: need help on a figure i got cant get it to move i'm a newb pleaze help
Post by: brian00127 on July 18, 2008, 11:28:50 am
ok well thats the thing the bones arent animator bones
Title: Re: need help on a figure i got cant get it to move i'm a newb pleaze help
Post by: brian00127 on July 18, 2008, 11:31:53 am
ok yeah this is like realy weird
Title: Re: need help on a figure i got cant get it to move i'm a newb pleaze help
Post by: brian00127 on July 18, 2008, 11:36:29 am
ok how bout this i got another model buts is not in pieces like robin it dosent already have a skeloton in it its not jointed how do you add a skeloton to that?


if you can answer either of those questions  that would rock i'll even put you in the credits of my next movie lol
Title: Re: need help on a figure i got cant get it to move i'm a newb pleaze help
Post by: hihosilver on July 18, 2008, 01:38:20 pm
First, when you have more to add, please edit your previous post if you're going to end up making multiple comments.  It makes it much easier for people.

Second, what you're talking about is called skinning.  There's a method using envelopes and a method using painted weights where you basically assign what bones will affect what part of the mesh.  I would advise using painted weights as you have much more control.
You can find a good tutorial in the beginner and one in the intermediate section here on skinning. (http://www.mp3d.info/Anim8ortutorials/index.html)
Title: Re: need help on a figure i got cant get it to move i'm a newb pleaze help
Post by: kreator on July 19, 2008, 03:37:33 pm
your mentoring thread is ready at :
http://animanon.com/Forum/index.php?topic=537.0
Title: Re: need help on a figure i got cant get it to move i'm a newb pleaze help
Post by: lynn22 on July 19, 2008, 06:09:03 pm
kreator, why are you hijacking this thread and its poster ??
Title: Re: need help on a figure i got cant get it to move i'm a newb pleaze help
Post by: kreator on July 19, 2008, 07:23:03 pm
Lynn22: Im not Hijacking the thread.... All I`m doing is informing Brian00127 that his request for mentoring on Animanon is arranged as requested by him on Animanon....