animating a robot army

[Piflik]

That looks to me more like an application specific problem, rather than an animation problem. I'd suggest posting in the appropriate subforum.

[jister]

sorry, could an admin move this to the 3ds max subforum. or should i make a copy?
i am curious if there is a general technique in going about animating marching armies...?

[mef]

Are you using Biped, Bones, or C.A.T.?
Also, are you using skin, physique or are you using parent/child linking?

hey,
I made a rigged robot and a rig with a walkcyclus. now i tried to copy the geometry of the rigged robot as instances, which worked, all i did to the robots rig went over to the instances. but when i save the project and reopen it, the instances are all over the place. they moved, as a whole and also as parts of the legs and arms. only thing staying at the original place is the light i linked to the eye in it's head.
now i assume it has to do with the pivots, but i have no clue whats wrong because the original robot's pivots seems to be ok...?

besides that i would like to ask if the way i wanna have a marching army, is the right way of going about it?

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