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illusory
06-12-2006, 02:08 AM
Hi I'm a newbie with Messiah, working through Joe Cosman's tutorials. Please be patient with me...It's going well, except for....

I've loaded up some different project files, Joe's "Nate", and the one of the Messiah Content, that have armatures. Every time I try to use an armature control, it only rotates the joint in one direction. For instance, a finger will rotate up, but not back down. Arm will rotate up, but not back down, etc. I know from the video how these were set to operate, but that is not happening when I try to use it. I have the same problem with both files (didn't change anything, just loaded them).

Seems like I must have something set wrong in Messiah? I've checked that the coordinate system is set as it is in the video.

Anyone know what is happening here? I have 2.4d.
Thanks for any help,
NJ
stooch
06-12-2006, 03:09 PM
this is just a guess but try going into Edit tab - Drop down box to keyframe editing on top - and make sure that "mouse tracked rotation directions" is disabled.
illusory
06-12-2006, 06:45 PM
Yes! Great guess, Stooch. What's that all about anyway....it was enabled by default.

Big Thanks!
NJ
WoodyLWG
07-02-2006, 02:40 AM
Thank you Stooch! This one's been driving me nuts...how in the hell didja figure that out?
I owe you buddy! :) :thumbsup:
Gene Williams
07-03-2006, 04:39 AM
Holy Cow, thank you Stooch. Was driving me banannas.
Gene
stooch
07-03-2006, 02:48 PM
HAHAH you guys should read the forums more often, i bitched about this when the new edit sphere came out and i was promptly set on the right path by members on here ;) so the credit is not mine to take but im happy that i could be of help.
chikega
07-03-2006, 07:11 PM
That's something that should be noted in the Beginner's Tips above, if it hasn't already. So, it doesn't get buried in this thread. :)
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