Animation not working in udk

RawRanator

Ok so i have this character rigged and skinned in 3ds max. I used actor x to import him into udk. I also imported his animation, simple run cycle. For some reason, the animation isn't working when i apply it to the mesh, he does the bounce movement, up and down, and the weapons do the movement also, like the dagger on the hip moves as thou the hip is moving, by the arms, legs, waist, head ... nothing else moves ... any idea why that may be?

SpeCter

Maybe your bones have more then 4 verts they influence, this pretty much rips your animation apart.

RawRanator

didn't work =-(

Lamont

Did you use IK for the arms/legs? And if you did, did you bake the animation to the bones before you exported?

RawRanator

yeah i baked it tot he bones before i exported it ... he just doesn't move. Been trying to get a video capture of what happens in unreal when i get him in there but i haven't been able to find a good vid cap software

Lamont

Did you update the animation file? Can you post the animation data? I don't have 3DS max, so just the exported data is fine. Also, are the bone names the same in the character as in the animation file? 100% the same down to spaces/underscores/case?

RawRanator

Just curious ... does it have anything to do with the fact that i have the dagger/sword link to he's bones? and how would i post the animation data?

RawRanator

it might be my 3ds max ... i gave a file to my friend and he got it to work

RawRanator

Turns out he was wrong ... here is a video that hopefully will help you guys understand why am i doing this wrong

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP-wl55Bp50[/ame]