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[3DS Max/Dota 2] Need help with animations
Hey guys, I'm relatively new to modeling with professional tools, but wanted to get into it for some Dota 2 modeling. The tool I am using is 3DS Max 2010. Most of the modeling and texturing worked fine or I could get it done with some tutorials, but the animations are a bit of a mystery to me, especially considering the… -
Re: [3DS Max/Dota 2] Need help with animations
Well, since nobody answered my question so far and the thread has moved dangerously close to the second page, I'll bump this. On top of that I'll split up my main question a bit (and add some more), maybe someone can help me with parts of it: 1. What kinds of ways to animate a model can be used? Do I need to rig bones with… -
Re: [3DS Max/Dota 2] Need help with animations
Begin your bone chain from the part that you want to keep static, then you can apply IK to animate it much easier. I've never modded DOTA2 so I'm not sure if the model format still comprises of .smd and .qc files, but the .qc file was were all the referencing was going on. -
Re: [3DS Max/Dota 2] Need help with animations
How do you want the chain to move? It's hard to judge from your picture how it would move realistically, do you just want the chains to move along the ground and follow the base object? For your other questions, I haven't used Max in a while, but here goes: 1. Yes, you'll need to bind your bones to the mesh using the Skin… -
Re: [3DS Max/Dota 2] Need help with animations
Thanks a lot! As I described in the first post, the ground object should not move at all. The chain should move depending on the object on top of it. Where can I set those references?
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