Mocap Utility in Max

Eric Chadwick

... is the shit. Haven't used this thing in a long time, suddenly using it again for a project and it totally rocks.

Anyone else use this?

Basically you assign the Motion Capture controller to some object's transform, bind it to your mouse or joystick or midi input, then puppet the thing "live". Pretty cool.

arrangemonk

sounds cool, never used it (maybe some use for my ultra expansive and equally usles joypad)

edit: doesnt eat my usb joypad (maybe cause my didi drivers aren working)

nope, dont get it to work, no midi drivers for 64 bit mode

almighty_gir

how do i set it up? =/

got a link to any decent tutorials?

Eric Chadwick

F1 didn't work for ya? If you have a question after checking the Help file, I'm all ears.

Slum

Yes, it's quite cool indeed. Good for adding a little analog motion to a camera. Although, you can get a lot of the same type of thing out of a noise float controller, with more flexibility since it's not baked in like the motion capture data.

Actually, you should be able to assign the float motion capture controller under a position list controller on a specific axis, for a bit more control.

Eric Chadwick

I'm using it to recreate a mouse cursor, so I mapped the X and Y positions of a textured plane to my mouse's horizontal and vertical, then I just mocap another sequence whenever I want to move the cursor somewhere.

Also using it to mimic orbitting the camera manually. Looks great. Though yeah for the hand-held look nothing beats the Noise Controller.

arrangemonk

http://www.max-realms.com/modules/tutorials/mocap.php
now it works^^
i like it