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Re: One rig/anim set for multiple characters (MAX 2010)
What kind of rig? Biped, CAT, something you cooked up or downloaded? What kind of motions? Are the characters fairly standard or are they all different body types? Are the characters humanoid bipedal or are they spiders or jelly fish monsters? Just for rendering or is it going in a game? If so what engine? Personally I… -
One rig/anim set for multiple characters (MAX 2010)
Hey all, I'm working on a project with a HUGE animation set which is identical between a large amount of characters. So basically I want to make one rig and skin a character to it. Then animate it all with that character. Then as new characters are completed just skin them to that rig whilst preserving the animations with… -
Re: One rig/anim set for multiple characters (MAX 2010)
If you have to use Bones, just make sure you reset scales and stretch of the bones before any rigging is applied. Bones' scales get reversed if you've mirrored the skeleton. When you apply old animation to new skeleton use the merge animation dialogue. If you named the bones similarly you'll know which bone's key goes to… -
Re: One rig/anim set for multiple characters (MAX 2010)
I have been using a standard bone and skin modifier job made by myself however i can use CAT or a biped if its going to make this easier. Its a whole set of animations; walks, runs, attacks, emotes, idles, etc Theyre all human but its fairly stylised so body shape will differ quite a bit, i also want to copy one animation… -
Re: One rig/anim set for multiple characters (MAX 2010)
Yep I agree with Hito, if you have to use bones its not like your cut off from the Motion Mixer or being able to transfer animations around, it just as a lot more room for error. -
Re: One rig/anim set for multiple characters (MAX 2010)
Yea I would totally use biped, its friendly and battle tested with just about every engine ever created and it does all the things you need quickly and easily. If you're more comfortable using a standard bone based rig you made yourself, there are ways to do what you're trying to do, but they're a bit buggy and sometimes… -
Re: One rig/anim set for multiple characters (MAX 2010)
Thanks :) I've used bipeds before but not extensively. However, looking forward at the task I'm about to embark on id much rather spend some time learning the advanced settings of bipeds than spend likely a lot more time fixing and troubleshooting a bone rig.
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