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1. What do YOU use for animation?

   

   Topic by CrashMagnum · Mar 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   I'm not trying to make a Maya vs Max vs Blender thread for the millionth time, I swear. I'm working on a UDK based project and was wondering if you have suggestions/ experience on which program you find plays well with UDK the most. This is my first time doing character animation for games and decided to try out the CAT…

2. Re: What do YOU use for animation?

   

   Reply by AlexCatMasterSupreme · Mar 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   I use ur mum hurr durr. Just kidding. I personally use Maya but mostly for motion graphics. From what I have heard Maya is the standard for animating. In my opinion (for what I do) it's as good as max to some degree. They both have their advantages and disadvantages.

3. Re: What do YOU use for animation?

   

   Reply by Mark Dygert · Mar 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   I use max, I stay away from CAT and stick to biped and rigs that I've created myself. I've hit too many bugs with CAT and had to do some very crazy work arounds to get CAT rigs working. Autodesk seems to be working on CAT over the last few releases and hopefully they are still working on it, so it might be better in a…

4. Re: What do YOU use for animation?

   

   Reply by CrashMagnum · Mar 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   Thanks for the responses. As you pointed out Alex, Maya and Max are both great and have their strengths and weaknesses. @Mark CAT feels like its almost good. Its not there yet but there are a handful of kinks they could work out and make it usable. I was surprised at how well it procedurally made a decent walk/ run cycle.…