Jigglebone problem w/ TF2 Model

RJackson

Hey there,

I'm having a problem applying Jigglebones to a model I'm working on for TF2. Now, I should point out; I'm a complete novice at modelling in general. I've got one hat I created submitted off to TF2's Contribute, and this is my second one; it's also my first to implement jigglebones.

My model.

The problem.

My jigglebones (if it's any help).

The problem occurs regardless of whether I have specified the jigglebones in the QC file. I've deduced (although I'm not certain) that the issue is regarding this compile warning: "WARNING: @idle : bounding box out of range : -89158 -3 1 : 10753 83 10753", but I've found nothing from searching that seems to help me fix it. The idle.smd that's being used is from a decompiled Brigade Helm.

Any help is most welcome.

Thanks,
RJackson

Zipfinator

Looks like you didn't link your bones together. Link the jigglebone to the bip_head and it should be resolved.

Also on the idle model, don't use an idle from a completely different hat. Just put the name of your hat's .smd in there and it'll be fine. If your hat is named "teacup.smd" then put "teacup.smd" as your idle.

RJackson

I read your post when I was on the bus to college, and didn't quite understand what you meant. However, sitting in front of Blender for a few minutes I got it.

Set the jiggle_root's parent to bip_head.

The bones aren't all crazy anymore, but the jigglebone effect doesn't seem to be there (Maybe it's because in HLMV I'm loading it as a weapon. It doesn't seem to show up if I load it on it's own).

Thanks very much for your help,
RJ

SgtR007

Are there any good tutorials out there for getting jigglebones into a model using Blender alone? I can't figure it out for the life of me.

Vrav

Er... what do you mean? Getting something dynamic in Blender, or creating these bones for Source engine using Blender? It's pretty simple; just weight whatever vertices you want affected to a bone, and assign it using the $jigglebone command in your QC.

Here's the documentation:
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/$jigglebone

SgtR007

Yeah, I was referring to the model side of things, ie getting the bones introduced, weighted properly, and correctly exported. I know it was difficult to do in the old version so I was curious if anyone knows of a tut to walk me through it in the new version of Blender. I have zero experience using bones in Blender, I'm typically using bones from an imported model instead.

SgtR007

I figured out how to get bones into my model, vertices assigned, and exported properly.

For anyone else looking for guidance, I made a tutorial here: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP9ce_ygeSA[/ame].

nordahl154

Unrelated to the jigglebones, but the teabag's texture is too big compared to the rest of the cup. I suggest you give the cup more texture room.