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1. Flex Controllers import and export

   

   Topic by Bigpet · Mar 2013 · Home› Dota 2

   note: Flex Controllers are Valves implementation of Blend Shapes/Shape Keys So I realized that some cosmetic slots have Flex Animations applied to them (like the Sand King and Faceless Void heads). But not all the cosmetics for them have the necessary Flex Controllers, so I thought I'd create a guide that covers some of…

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   Reply by Bigpet · Oct 2013 · Home› Dota 2

   The *.smd is just the base model. The *.vta file contains all the shape keys. Blender exports them automatically if a model has shape keys, I got to look up how to do it with Maya, don't have a version with MESA installed currently. edit: Haven't properly installed MESA but my prefs folder in my profile still works…

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   Reply by Bigpet · Mar 2013 · Home› Dota 2

   It's both in the *.ma file in seperate expression nodes and if you export it into a *.dmx file it's also there. I'm thinking about maybe making a video about how to extract the controller expressions from other models/cosmetics.

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   Reply by Tvidotto · Oct 2013 · Home› Dota 2

   awesome! thanks for the video, it helped a lot at least now i know that the dmx export crash is a isolated case here, going to try with maya 2012 Also, huge thanks for the info on smd and vta, now i know that i dont need to have the shapes on the smd, and just use the vta for it. i will to get maya working, if not i will…

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   Reply by Bigpet · Mar 2013 · Home› Dota 2

   [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmY19dKKRf4"]Dota2 Flex Animation Guide - YouTube[/ame] Made a video of the whole process, it's kind of long but look in the description for specific timecodes of what you're looking for. Working on some subtitles so that my mumbling is a little more comprehensible edit: finished the…

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   Reply by Bigpet · Sep 2013 · Home› Dota 2

   Yeah, I don't know how useful that would be for normal items and couriers. This is only really useful in some edge cases. I haven't researched how to do your own keyframed animations yet. Only how to make drop in replacements. Remember Flex animations in Dota2 are only enabled in the portrait render (and I think it could…

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   Reply by throttlekitty · Mar 2013 · Home› Dota 2

   Awesome stuff, looks very helpful. Do you think you could upload your example .qc and this upate.exe elsewhere? I'm having issues downloading from the Mega site.

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   Reply by MechBgum · Mar 2013 · Home› Dota 2

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   Reply by Tvidotto · Oct 2013 · Home› Dota 2

   well, you always can edit the post but not delete new about the blend shapes, the problem was maya 2013... on 2012 it WORKED!!!! Your tutorial helped a lot! i cant believe after amost a week trying that it finally worked, huge thanks sir!

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    Reply by throttlekitty · Mar 2013 · Home› Dota 2

    Awesome, thanks!