Advanced character rigging - Revision history

Springheel at 20:33, 7 February 2008

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	& now we'll need a skeleton to rig the mesh to:		& now we'll need a skeleton to rig the mesh to:

			The current skeleton shared among AI is on SVN in the model_src/ai_parts_mb svn folder called "tdm_rig_base.mb".

	http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9492/tdmskeletonrf1.jpg		http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9492/tdmskeletonrf1.jpg

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	'''Paint Skin ~~Weight~~ Tool''' referred to occasionally as weight painter . . .		'''Paint Skin Weights Tool''' referred to occasionally as weight painter . . .

	http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5351/mayapaintskinweightstf8.jpg		http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5351/mayapaintskinweightstf8.jpg

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	Behold! I bring ~~you~~ you life, cretin!		Behold! I bring you life, cretin!

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			Behold! I bring you you life, cretin!


	Maya is a beast of a modeling program & it has a big learning curve. When you get used it, you'll find that the work flow can be pretty quick. Turning your Maya mesh into an animated Doom 3 model will require a lot of patience & a lot of work because of the fine tuning the weights of an animated rig. Unforeseen consequences, . . . ahem . . . like submeshes clipping through another submesh and unintentional rigging of joints you don't want, can be frustrating but those are the reasons for this tutorial!		Maya is a beast of a modeling program & it has a big learning curve. When you get used it, you'll find that the work flow can be pretty quick. Turning your Maya mesh into an animated Doom 3 model will require a lot of patience & a lot of work because of the fine tuning the weights of an animated rig. Unforeseen consequences, . . . ahem . . . like submeshes clipping through another submesh and unintentional rigging of joints you don't want, can be frustrating but those are the reasons for this tutorial!

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	Skip to [[Advanced Character Rigging - Part Three]]		Skip to [[Advanced Character Rigging - Part Three]]


	For a brief overview of getting animated characters into Doom 3, go here:		For a brief overview of getting animated characters into Doom 3, go here:
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	Enter Diego's Thug character:		Enter Diego's Thug character:

	http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6441/diegothugtd8.jpg		http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6441/diegothugtd8.jpg


	& now we'll need a skeleton to rig the mesh to:		& now we'll need a skeleton to rig the mesh to:

	http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9492/tdmskeletonrf1.jpg		http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9492/tdmskeletonrf1.jpg


	Now that we have all we need to start, let's go on to Part Two:		Now that we have all we need to start, let's go on to Part Two:

	[[Advanced Character Rigging - Part Two]]		[[Advanced Character Rigging - Part Two]]

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	== Advanced Character Rigging with Maya 7.0 ==		== Advanced Character Rigging with Maya 7.0 ==

			by ascottk

	'''Introduction'''		'''Introduction'''

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	'''Introduction'''		'''Introduction'''

	Skip to [[Advanced Character Rigging - Part Two]] or [[Advanced Character Rigging - Part Three]]		Skip to [[Advanced Character Rigging - Part Two]]

			Skip to [[Advanced Character Rigging - Part Three]]

	For a brief overview of getting animated characters into Doom 3, go here:		For a brief overview of getting animated characters into Doom 3, go here:

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	== Advanced Character Rigging with Maya 7.0 ==		== Advanced Character Rigging with Maya 7.0 ==

	== Introduction ==		'''Introduction'''

	Skip to [[Advanced Character Rigging - Part Two]] or [[Advanced Character Rigging - Part Three]]		Skip to [[Advanced Character Rigging - Part Two]] or [[Advanced Character Rigging - Part Three]]

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	'''Paint Skin Weight Tool''' referred to occasionally as ~~paint weights~~ . . .		'''Paint Skin Weight Tool''' referred to occasionally as weight painter . . .

	http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5351/mayapaintskinweightstf8.jpg		http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5351/mayapaintskinweightstf8.jpg