Dreadnought Help ?

illusion red · Sep 2013

So I am working on doing some animations for my Dreadnought but first I would like to get these tubes/pipes sorted. I basically want it so the things in red move around with some sort of physics (maybe some thing like rope physics) I have absolutely no knowledge on how to do this so I am sorry if I sound a bit silly, I am using 3ds Max 2014 any help with this topic would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.

squeaklin · Sep 2013

squeaklin · Sep 2013

looking very nice!

keyframe animation? Im a maya user, but i would use soft select

/KEYFRAME/......./SOFTSELECT/......../MOVE verts/........./KEYFRAME/...........repeat

use that to add the movement.

I would assume you could use the nCloth settings from maya which would make it dynamic, but without some kind of wind system it still wouldn't move (I am no where near an expert, And far from experienced in max but i hope it helps!)

illusion red · Sep 2013

I already know how to animate but thank you anyway.

Geezus · Sep 2013

Moved thread to P&P.

squeaklin · Sep 2013

illusion red · Sep 2013

Bump

tac0m · Sep 2013

i would rig the tubes/pipes with a set of bones and link them to the parent (arm or torso or whatever) make an FK/IK switch and just animate the tubes swinging or bouncing around as if physics were applied by hand.

I once tried this before with a character i made where the character had a compressor on his backpack and a nail gun in his hand. It was a nightmare linking everything together and having the tube move when the hand moved

It looks like you're gonna run into that problem i did with this lower tubes that connects from the legs to the torso. I wish you luck though. I assume you play MWO?

SimonScribbles · Sep 2013

I imagine probably one method you could use, I only really have experience with Maya, but the setup might be similar. I imagine one thing you should try would be using a dynamic hair follicle inside those tubes and make sure that it is static on both ends so that you can attach them to the rest of his body and joints. That would be the method I would look into hopefully that helps.

Dreadnought Help ?

Replies