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1. I'm looking for a tutorial

   

   Topic by Tenji · Sep 2013 · Home› Dota 2

   I'm trying to figure out how to accomplish the "physics" effect found on certain items, for e.g Dazzles rings on his staff, how they move around on there own as a reaction to the staff moving. I want to create a staff with long feathers that move as if it would in real life. I have downloaded and imported Dazzles staff to…

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   Reply by vlad_the_implyer · Sep 2013 · Home› Dota 2

   You can't. D2 doesn't support jigglebones or custom bone rigs (except for the summons), so you'll have to work with the existing bones. As for that dangly Axes axe or Centaur flail, they're just exceptions made by Valve. You still can make a weapon that's supposed to be dangly, but bones are handled by Valve (probably…

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   Reply by Tenji · Sep 2013 · Home› Dota 2

   Sweet, thanks for that post identikal. I'm definitely going to roll out some basic test geometry. Do I have to leave the bones exactly where they are, or can I move them around slightly?

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   Reply by vlad_the_implyer · Sep 2013 · Home› Dota 2

   Yeah, summons and wards are free to mod as you wish, you just have to get under 52 bones.

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   Reply by Tenji · Sep 2013 · Home› Dota 2

   Thanks for the replay vlad. Thought maybe because it's Valve, Havok would have been involved somewhere. If I use the existing bones, how would I set the feather part of the staff to those bones?

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   Reply by identikal · Sep 2013 · Home› Dota 2

   Wow Really? I always thought you had to stick to the existing bone structure on the summons provided =O!