Vertex animation in UDK - nonskeletalanimation

Robbyh

Hi !
i tried searching but i dunno if thers something wrong today but i keep getting the no found topics answer.. so idk if its been answered before.

My question is, does UDK support Keyframed animation, say deforming a mesh in maya keyframed, pulling vertices until u get the desired look.
or animate a characters vertices to get the desired animation.

Theres a database error on the UDK forum atm so my google searches just dont answer me.. :S

Robbyh

Hmm okey i found the morph targets thingy.
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/MorphTargets.html

but it seems more or less for facial animation.. im looking more att doing a object. say a square squash and stretch.. if anyone has ideas.

e-freak

usually you would try baking everything down to bones.

Robbyh

Ow sry i forgot to say what i was gonna use it for.
Mostly iphone / mobile animation.

Ben Apuna

Check this out.

sprunghunt

Robbyh wrote: »

Hmm okey i found the morph targets thingy.
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/MorphTargets.html

but it seems more or less for facial animation.. im looking more att doing a object. say a square squash and stretch.. if anyone has ideas.

The examples are facial animation because that's what they're usually used for but there's no reason why you can't use morphs on any object.

I'm not sure if morphs work on the iphone though.