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crighton
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Posted: 23rd Dec 2005 07:39
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I hope this hasnt been asked before, well a couple of things.

Im using an old version of max 3.1

And my problem is,
1. when i biped my character and added physique to it, that was fine. I animated it and exported it to 3ds for dbpro.
That was also fine, but the character walks off from his co-ords and well follows his path. How do i get the char to stay put and just animate?
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2. when i do load it as .3ds in dbpro, it seems only the verts are moving or something(maybe the bones) and the model doesnt actually animate(but moves). I tryed the panda .x exporter but it doesnt do animation for this version of max i think.

Anyway, all help would be hugely appreciated.


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SirFire
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Posted: 23rd Dec 2005 08:11
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I had the same problem applying animations in max7, so what I did was do all the animation stuff, then open up the track view for the model, and delete the xyz keyframes for the root bone (bip01). Since all the other limbs just change their rotation (usually), the model will still be animated but not move.

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crighton
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Posted: 23rd Dec 2005 10:55 Edited at: 23rd Dec 2005 11:13
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SirFire
hay what a sweet and simple idea.
thanks.


Quote: "edit"

um did that and now he holds a foot in the air alternatly.
:/

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Van B
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Posted: 23rd Dec 2005 11:23
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.3DS does'nt support boned animation, what you effectively have is a limb hierarchy animation instead. If you can't get panda exporter working then I'd say you'd be better off with CharacterFX (around $15) or something like that - which is a lot easier to use and can make perfect .X models for DBPro.


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crighton
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Posted: 23rd Dec 2005 12:19 Edited at: 23rd Dec 2005 12:21
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ok looks like it did work, he now walks on the spot, just had to play with different animation keys ect....

And....
About the spikes/vertices/biped(bones)....ect animating except the object in dbpro.

I did search but couldnt find a solution, any 1 know whats goin on there.

can post model on request, but please dont steal it
took me over a week to make and animate this low poly crap
LOL




***edit****
ooops missed ur post van, looking now
thanks


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crighton
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Posted: 23rd Dec 2005 13:24
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sorry to post again so soon, but i just tryed to load me model in deep exploration and i have the same result as i do in dbpro.

So im guessing its something to do with my old max.

experimenting further


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crighton
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Posted: 23rd Dec 2005 15:43
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ok finall post on this subject.

I got it.

get qtip12 from
http://www.geocities.com/darinp52/qtip/
make a model, animate and texture it and read plugin details for exporting, and wammo. A fully animated model.

thanks for the posts.
cheers crighton


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