Animating Game Characters

Paykoman · Sep 2015

Hi guys just a quick question? Wts the best practice in animate characters with armor sets over them? rig the base character and attach the armor pieces to specific bones or animated all together?? Ty

GlowingPotato · Sep 2015

You should animate your character with full armor, so you can check for mesh intersections. Like shoulder pads going trough the character head when he lift his arms, or stuff like this.

Paykoman · Sep 2015

hum... my biggest concern is about swappable armor inside game then... thats why i ask and i forgot to mention... ty

GlowingPotato · Sep 2015

Then, check for the pieces that you think can cause trouble.
After your animations is complete, I advise to test the most "different" pieces of armor on you character, parent and run some animations to see if everything is in order.

If your armor sits between animated joints, you gonna need to skin those.

Animating Game Characters

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