[vertiis]

hello!
at the moment im riggin my first character for test animations and the hardest thing to do is not leg ik rig or soemthing... ive found that the arm area is a real HELL!!! could u point me to some good tuts covering this problem?

thanks,
v.

[DigiMatt]

Have you checked out Philips character rigging tutorial right here at SLW?

http://www.simplylightwave.com/movie...tml?tut_id=509

[koots]

those tut's are very good, but i ran into a problem with the arms ik phill tut. i was getting popping when i tried to get the arms to swing during a walk cycle, anyone know what caused that?

[vertiis]

have u limited the rotations? if u did not... this can be the problem i think...

v.

[koots]

i had limited rotations on a bunch of bones. it seemed to be the shoulder adjust that was giving me the problem. the arm would be in a correct position but jump or shake in and out.

[koots]

and does anyone have any idea how to use sliders??? and what are good places to use them in. i was thinking for fingers, or something like that???

[vertiis]

using sliders for fingers is definetly a good idea.

create a null for example... pres "p" for properties and add in the Geometry Tab -> Add Custom Object list... -> Sliders.

than choose the channels u want to see on the sliders and select min max values.

lol... LW is really easy to learn... im an LW newbie! ))

good luck,
v.

p.s.
could u show some animation?

p.s.2
have ya recorded ur rest positions? u created skelegons first?

[koots]

u want me to post an avi movie i have so far?? i haven't kept anything ,because i am too picky and didn't like it, so i don't have anytihng yet, but i will soon i hope. what i have so far is in the post http://forum.simplylightwave.com/sho...&threadid=949, i have the model there if u want to download it. I don't know if u are new to LW or 3d altogether. LW is the program i learned on, so i have stuck with it. I have tried other like 3d max and maya, and didn't like either. but i don't have much to compair LW to. I have made a lot improvements over the last 2 years. I have pretty much self taught myself so far, and do 3d as a hobby, so i am not where as good as some of these people on this site, but i am getting there!!!
-jonn

[vertiis]

hi there
from what i saw the model looks cool and is ok for animation.

yes... could u show some movie file? and the rig (screen shots)?

maybe u could even send me the file with rigged guy? i think i know what the problem can be.

have u created skelegons in modeler first?

v.

[koots]

as of right now he doens't have any bones or skeligons. I am going away this weekend but when i get some time i am going to finish drawing the face set some basic morphs on the face and set skelegons. I want to do this before i move back to college in a few weeks, why don't u start something like this and see where u get with it, it would be cool to compare!

[Brodon]

Nice post,Thank you for sharing.........