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Re: Animated minfigs
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Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:38:13 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Tore Eriksson wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Owen Dive wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad, Michael Horvath wrote:
> >
> > > Do you have any animations you would like to spare? I think it would be nice to
> > > have a library of animations for different minifig actions, such as running,
> > > walking, crawling, etc.
> > >
> > >
> > > -Mike
> >
> > Hmm, I don't think that would work too well - inevitably the action you want
> > will be slightly different from the action you have in the library (e.g. each
> > minifig action will require 4 different animation sequences, depending on
> > whether he has a tool in his left, right, both or neither hands), in which case
> > you'll have to start from scratch anyway.
>
> Not when using my LDA program. (But OTOH, no progress is made on that project.)
> Take the walking minifig in this scene:
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15954981/a1227c.avi
> He is called Fig02 in the main animation script. To make him walk, all I had to
> do was to just add the line:
> "
> Fig02.Animation = MFWalk01.txt
> "
> into the script.
>
> This is the standard walk script MFWalk01.txt:
> "
> ; MFWalk01.txt
> Self.FramesPerLoop = 20
> Self.MoveZSelf = -4
> Self.LeftArm.XRot.Tween Self.Progress 0 0.25 0 -40
> Self.LeftArm.XRot.Tween Self.Progress 0.25 0.75 -40 40
> Self.LeftArm.XRot.Tween Self.Progress 0.75 1 40 0
> Self.RightArm.XRot.Tween Self.Progress 0 0.25 0 40
> Self.RightArm.XRot.Tween Self.Progress 0.25 0.75 40 -40
> Self.RightArm.XRot.Tween Self.Progress 0.75 1 -40 0
> Self.LeftLeg.XRot.Tween Self.Progress 0 0.25 0 40
> Self.LeftLeg.XRot.Tween Self.Progress 0.25 0.75 40 -40
> Self.LeftLeg.XRot.Tween Self.Progress 0.75 1 -40 0
> Self.RightLeg.XRot.Tween Self.Progress 0 0.25 0 -40
> Self.RightLeg.XRot.Tween Self.Progress 0.25 0.75 -40 40
> Self.RightLeg.XRot.Tween Self.Progress 0.75 1 40 0
> "
>
> So far the only animation sequence I've produced in over 11 years, but the
> syntax isn't that complicated to figure out.
> If I wanted that minifig to carry a hammer in his right hand, all I have to do
> is add to the main script (not to the generic MFWalk01.txt file!) this line:
> "
> Fig02.Hammer.Create Fig02.RightHand 0 5 8 -1 1 0 0 0 0.73 -0.64 0 0.64 0.73
> 4522.dat
> "
>
> I have no experience of LD4D, but since it's a much more professional animation
> software, I would be very surprised if similar modularirity was impossible
> there(?)
>
> /Tore
LD4D uses packages in order to reuse existing actors and animation sequences
that use them in other animations. But it is some what limited in the way an
actor is a static collection of parts (e.g. minifig space man).
But you could still reuse e.g. a walking sequence on a different actor as long
it has the same connections (pref. named the same). That is possible using a
mapped sequence reference.
But I find even myself defining a new actor and sequences for every project in
order to keep the overview simple :) Also I found getting the minifig movement
in sync with the floor (e.g. don't let him moonwalk) be a thing of trial and
error so unless I add 'time and speed stretching' properties on references you
will end up with minifigs walking to fast or to slow in regard to the floor
distance traveled.
But jet again you can do this with mapping in combination with normal animation
by only mapping 'part of' the walking animation to an existing sequence, but it
will not help in getting things more clear.
So in short: it is possible, but definitively an 'advanced class' project. I
need to make one or more examples for this sometime, still much to do :)
Roland
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| (...) Not when using my LDA program. (But OTOH, no progress is made on that project.) Take the walking minifig in this scene: (URL) is called Fig02 in the main animation script. To make him walk, all I had to do was to just add the line: " (...) (14 years ago, 13-Apr-11, to lugnet.cad)
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