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1. How would you guy's go about animating a tree rig with bones?

   

   Topic by pixelquaternion · Mar 2017 · Home› Technical Talk

   Hi everyone, I have a low poly tree for game(pine tree) and the rig is done with a bone for each foliage card representing a branch, so i was wondering about what would be the best way to animate it to give it a natural light wind to make it sway gently?

2. Re: How would you guy's go about animating a tree rig with bones?

   

   Reply by pixelquaternion · Mar 2017 · Home› Technical Talk

   Hi Obscura and thank for the reply, this is not for a client it is for my brother since he want to mod skyrim and change the pine tree so i told him i was going to help him and the information i found out mention that only bones animations are supported in the game engine.

3. Re: How would you guy's go about animating a tree rig with bones?

   

   Reply by Obscura · Mar 2017 · Home› Technical Talk

   In games, trees or any sort of vegation is almost always, if not always weighted with vertex colors and animated with vertex shader, and no bones. I know this doesn't help much, but maybe you should ask your client - if its for a client. Bones would be a way only in some very specific cases, maybe where you can break the…