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fxgogo

05-13-2002, 08:31 AM

I need to combine 14 seperate animations (all in its own max file) I have done on a character I have made. The animation is on a simple FK skeleton and the character is the same each time. The trouble comes in with the skin modifier. I virtually painted each vertex's weight, so I am not sure how the combining will affect the model.

Any ideas?

toonman

05-14-2002, 12:38 AM

The skinning should have nothing to do with it. You forgot to mention which max version you're using. Cheers!
:beer:

fxgogo

05-14-2002, 09:26 PM

Ok, so I have my dude, with all of these animations on the bones in seperate files. How do I get the animation in from all those max files into one file? I am using 3.1, but I just installed 4.2 today.

Thanks

ilasolomon

05-15-2002, 12:58 AM

just let me know if you animated ONE character over 14 seperate
scene?...is the config of each scene differ from another ones?
frame start/end?...joint config?...scale?...skin mod parametere?
etc.?

ila

fxgogo

05-16-2002, 12:57 PM

No the bones set up is the same each time, so it is just the animation that is different. Some of the animations are 3 frames, others are between 5 and 10. They are all character moves for a game we are doing.

Thanks

TheDevil[DK]

05-16-2002, 02:43 PM

try read about the "point cache" modifyer" in the 3dsmax helpfile.

you can the add severeal Point cash modifyers to the mesh and tell each when to start

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