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Re: Ldraw Minifig "Machinima" POVray include file
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation
Date: 
Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:18:44 GMT
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Thanks to the advice of some friendly folks over at Brickfilms, I have now added
a "natural" walk mode to the include file. The updated include file for POVray
is not yet available, but these two clips showcase the new walking cycle.

http://technicpuppy.miguelagullo.net//misc/scene.avi (~500k Xdiv)

http://miguelagullo.net/technicpuppy/misc/walk.avi (~1000k Xdiv)


The project continues full steam ahead - the idea of developing a fairly
complete Ldraw minifig animation metalanguage for POVray, with 2 levels of
customization built in is panning out pretty nicely  (so far). That said, the
"to do" list is getting higher and higher 8?)

I've also discovered a bug in the previously released include files which makes
the alignment of minifigs with the scenery not perfect (it's off in the Y axis).
The cause is me cutting and pasting code without stopping to understand all its
consequences and has an easy fix (updated file to come).

Cheers



Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: Ldraw Minifig "Machinima" POVray include file
 
(...) That's pretty cool. One thing though - walk across the room and note the way your arms swing. Now look at the animation again. Cheers, Allister (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation)
  Re: Ldraw Minifig "Machinima" POVray include file
 
(...) Cheers indeed! Slick. I haven't been posting in this thread but I've definitely been following along - this is going to come in *very* handy for the next scene where I need to march 16 minifigs down a street. I like this last walk mode the (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation, FTX)
  Re: Ldraw Minifig "Machinima" POVray include file
 
Here is the latest update - the script has been cleaned and should be easy to follow (I hope) (URL) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation)
  Re: Ldraw Minifig "Machinima" POVray include file
 
That's very good! Could you show a transition bewteen the improved walking function and the running function? (21 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation)

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  Ldraw Minifig "Machinima" POVray include file
 
Hi all, It turns out that what I thought was an "ugly hack" had more life in it than I thought. I've continued working on the minifig animation include file for POVray that I posted here last week. I've now added several functions to it, and have (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation)

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