Ai Models

[Domarius]

Thanks for that, but I don't want to download a video tute with sample files. Just a series of commands to press to view any existing rig that might be there, if it's at all possible.

 

I will download tutes if I have to, but I know some people here can tell me the few buttons to press, so I'm waiting for that.

[BlackThief]

as far as I know oddity rigged everything in maya, so you won't find any bones in lightwave. The files you have are lwo, right? That mean these are just model files, it's quite complicated to rig something in lightwave, as I said before. You have to create skelegons in modeller, but then you have to import the model into lightwave-layout and convert them to bones over there.

So if you haven't got any lws(lightwave-scene) files there won't be any bones.

[Domarius]

So the only files that could have bones in them are .mb and .fbx

 

And the only .mb's I've seen are the robed builders (prelate and priest) and they definetly don't have bones.

 

So the only rigged chars are the Watch and Elite Watch.

 

Rigging is actually pretty easy on a low poly model. It's the easiest part compared to modelling itself.

[oDDity]

Rigging in maya is much easier than lightwave.

I will gvie you all my maya scene files, you can delete the meshes and re-use the rigs. They're already correct for importing into motionbilder.

THe lightwave md5 exporter is shit. It doesn suport multiple surfaces, which makes it useless.

IF you want a tut for rigging in maya, I cna make a video for that as well.

[BlackThief]

that would be very appreciated oddity, I've been learning maya for a week now, so I know the very basics, but it's very hard to find a proper tutorial for realtime engine rigging.

[Domarius]

Your last video tute I used was as succinct a thing as there could ever be. And directly customised to what we need to know for the mod. So given that BT doesn't know much more than I do, of course I'm going to say yes to your offer of a video tute.

 

I do know how to completely rig a character in 3DS, so I understand vertex weighting, and the importance of getting good bends, if that saves time with what you're going to cover in the tute. I just don't know maya's interface, and maybe there are some cool time saving features or something.