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Re: learn animating : need help
Yea that Idleworm tutorial is great. You'll find that a lot of 2D traditional animation knowledge applies to 3D. Richard Williams book "The Animators Survival Kit" is for 2D artists but I haven't found an 3D animator yet that hasn't read it or been helped by it. His thoughts and examples on walk cycles are great. I… -
learn animating : need help
Hi guys, I need some help to get started with animations for games. I've downloaded this pyro-rig here. Now I want to play around with it, but I didn't understand how this autokey works. If I just want to do a taunt stance I select everything go to frame 0 press K for a key and then duplicate this key and move it to e.g… -
Re: learn animating : need help
-- my mistake, problem solved -- Edit: Maybe a dumb questions but I don't know it better. I've now animated it successfully like in your .gif but that's only the half of the walk cycle did I need to animate the rest by hand or is there something that I can mirror the left feet with the right and visa versa to get a full… -
Re: learn animating : need help
That is handled with Inverse Kinetics (IK). The end of the leg chain follows a point that is glued to world space, whatever the rest of the body is doing that foot is stuck to that point. In biped its called "planted keys" (Biped Menu > Key Info). They enable you to plant the feet on the ground plane then use "sliding… -
Re: learn animating : need help
Thx guys! Got my first animation done. I know its pretty bad :poly121: but I'm happy that it moves somehow. [ame] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y_hVYfH6rs[/ame] -
Re: learn animating : need help
Yes, Biped has a copy and paste key option that makes cycles easier. Its in the Motion Tab > Copy and Paste (This example shows I had the arm selected, yours would have the foot/leg shown) Basically you select the foot (or any appendage) you want to copy, hit copy, then move the time bar to where you want the key to be… -
Re: learn animating : need help
Having just pushed my way through a walkcycle assignment for school, there are a couple of things missing in my opinion.. there seems to be very little upward/downward movement of the hips, and the upper body is nearly motionless, as if the spine weren't connected to the hips. Also, your footroll seems off somehow.. maybe… -
Re: learn animating : need help
Thanks man, it works! :) I'm currently working on my first walk cycle but encountered another problem. His feet swings from pose to pose through the floor, but he should use his knees instead. I can iron this out frame by frame, but that's not the way it should be or ? -
Re: learn animating : need help
Some side to side motion on his root as he shifts his weight from foot to foot will help this a lot. -
Re: learn animating : need help
If the rig is using biped which it looks like it is? Then you can't create keys with K or the Key button. Instead you use the key button in the biped menu > Key Info Rollout. You should also copy the pose on frame 0 and paste it, so you get a key on every system (spine, arms, legs ect) at frame zero. Then turn on autokey,…
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