Info On Importing Ascottk's Rigs Into Motion Builder

[Domarius]

PM from squill;

He Domarius.. what settings/ways do you use when importing the fxb files from MB in Maya?

 

I've tried to use fbx_import.mb to import the fxb file but i'm not able to get the animations to import right. After import i only get the model without skeleton in T-pose.

 

thx

 

First, load the AnimRef_idle.fbx into Motion Builder, and animate with that. (I think that's the filename, but I'm at work and can't check).

 

Hm I'll be able to make more reliable instructions when I get home and look at my notes.

 

Before exporting, you have to do this ritual; up on the top right where the picture of the man is, there are some drop down menus... I think you want the one called "Edit". Anyway the option you need to find is "Plot rig" Just click OK on the dialogue box that comes up.

 

Then click File, export, and it will be a special FBX that only has animation. YOu can tell because the file-type selector says "FBX - Animation only." Save this as an fbx file.

 

In Maya, open the fbx_import.mb. THen go File, Import, and choose your FBX file. You may need to install the FBX importer plugin. Choose the Merge option on the importer dialogue.

 

The animation should play correctly and you should be able to save this as walk.mb or whatever animation name you want, and then use the usual Doom 3 export process to get it into Doom 3.

[squill]

ah great..yes a good thing to share with the others. Could be a sticky?

[Domarius]

For now. But I want to put the whole workflow in the Wiki once everyone is happy with the instructions.

[ascottk]

Looks good Always check here for the latest fbx plugin:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index...&id=6839916

[sparhawk]

For now. But I want to put the whole workflow in the Wiki once everyone is happy with the instructions.

 

It would be better to put it on WIKI now (or at least the parts that are already fixed) and then edit the wiki accordingly.

[Domarius]

You're right, I'll do it now.

[sparhawk]

I added a link on the mainpage to report pages that still have issues (nobody used it so far though). If your page isn't finished, because it still needs some clarfication you might add a comment there, so we wont forget about it.

[Domarius]

This tutorial is wiki-fied.

http://www.thirdfilms.com/darkwiki/index.p...ation_to_an_.mb

 

It's finished as far as a wiki article can be That is - I consider it complete currently, but we'll update it in the future, and people can correct mistakes I made.