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Re: Game Character Animation in Max
CAT On the surface CAT seems to be great it has a lot of flexibility it operates in ways people expect and it uses the standard curve editor as is without having to customize it. BUT we stopped using it in production because it was so buggy and broken, ever since Autodesk bought it, it's become crazy unstable. The only… -
Game Character Animation in Max
I'm wondering what tools are being used nowadays in studios if they're animating for games in 3dsmax? (Maya seems much preferred I know) Is it still old biped and skin? Is CAT worth learning? It seems buggy. Starting a project and biped is all I know, have the feeling the world has passed me and biped by... -
Re: Game Character Animation in Max
Thanks for the great replies guys! The project is a Unity3d iPhone game so only relatively simple rigs required. Mostly humanoid characters but likely a few animals and monsters which slightly worry me as I'm used to Biped's unique tools and haven't built custom bone rigs with IK etc. My biggest gripe with Biped is it's… -
Re: Game Character Animation in Max
All of the titles I was involved in animation used biped. That's all I know :) -
Re: Game Character Animation in Max
PuppetShop I really like PuppetShop, we used it back when it was a paid-for script and we loved it. Its pretty much an automated way to create a standard rig with bones, plus a TON of really cool features (clip blending, layers, presets, ect...), they where really hard to break too, rock solid and I'd use it over CAT even… -
Re: Game Character Animation in Max
I would say it largely depends on what kind of time you have and what results you're expecting. I'm working on a project right now where I'll be using biped mostly because it's what I know. I don't have time to learn CAT and I'm very comfortable with biped. I prefer it over plain bones because of the tools I use,… -
Re: Game Character Animation in Max
what's the status on puppet shop? did it become CAT or just discontinued? Because the last studio and my current one use it and it works pretty great, I've dabbled with it and it's such a breeze to use. This is Max 2009, btw. -
Re: Game Character Animation in Max
+1 but it's often worth the effort ( +1 to the reply from mark as well) -
Re: Game Character Animation in Max
I'm sure some studios probably use bones instead of biped. More flexibility. CAT is good and has a lot of features. I actually prefer CAT and have yet to learn Biped. I mostly use Bones for rigging. I've even read a comment on the Unity boards about it being possible to write a script that makes CAT Muscle work in the game… -
Re: Game Character Animation in Max
Thanks for dispensing your biped wisdom Mark, appreciated! :) BonesPro can convert to the Skin modifier which is nice. The other features won't be needed, I hope... Memory - Junkers is lost in deep space I'm afraid :(
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