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Using two motion clips at same time…problems!
OK character animators…I am about to hit the ceiling on this one.
I have a rigged character and have created a motion clip out of a keyframed walk cycle. I wanted to add hand and arm gestures because the character is talking as it’s walking so I create a new motion clip. If I put the gestures on one layer above the walk cycle, the character squishes down into a mess. I have selected the heirarchy appropriately but the gestures clip uses controllers that have been used by the walk cycle as well so I don’t uncheck those.
I have made the gestures clip Absolute and still no improvement. Basically, I cannot get one clip to play nicely with the other.
What is going on and how can I make this work?
I’ve also tried Animation layers but in dealing with motion clips, it won’t let me see the keyframes to edit it later.
Thanks,
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Unfortunately I don’t use the motion system enough to offer definitive held, but one thing I do recall is that, once you switch from absolute to relative or v.v., you can’t go back without screwing it up.
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Hmmm, that’s interesting. It helps to know that. Thanks Adam.
However, Absolute is not working the way I need it to anyway.
Brian
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Dang. I’ve run into problems the few times I used the system, so I understand your frustration.
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Yea, there’s definitely something messed up with the Motion System. I cannot get two clips to work and I cannot mix keyframed animation with motion clip animation properly. What would seem logical becomes a mess when working with this and from the looks of the Motion System around here, no one seems to be using it….? Now I see why. It’s as though it was implemented in a half-developed and untested state, then forgotten.
I found it to be unreliable and undependable when working with more than one motion clip and it seems if you want to make a character do anything with a motion clip, you have to use ONLY motion clips, not use keyframe animation for some objects within a structure and others in a motion clip within the same structure. Man, this is frustrating!
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