Jigglebone problem w/ TF2 Model

RJackson · Mar 2011

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 · Mar 2011

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 · Mar 2011

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 · Apr 2011

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 · Apr 2011

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 · Apr 2011

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 · May 2011

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 · May 2011

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. $:\$

Jigglebone problem w/ TF2 Model

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