Animating/Mesh making help :)

[PROXY]

Hello guys

I work with milkshape a long time now, though, I still don't know how to animate, export animations etc. / make a mesh using the extrude tool.

Ok, for the first: If there's anyone here (with enough patience ) that can teach me how to animate in milkshape, I would be really glad +rep and all my thankfullnes will be given to you I already know some (very few basics) with the frames, but not really much :/ Thanks in advance

And the second: I once saw, a tutorial by DonDustin, that explained how to make a mesh in milkshape with teh extruding tool, but I can't find it anymore. I tried myself with the extrude tool, but somehow, for me it works like the move tool D: If anyone can link me the tutorial, or can tell me how to do it properbly, I would really apprecicate that always modelling in milkshape like the tutorial from Happytauren for attachments is quite. . . you know :/
+rep ofc also

Thanks in advance

 

[chilla_killa]

For the extrude tool, you have to select the Faces, not the Vertices.

I also recommend this tut:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/3d-modeling-tutorials-282/modeling-animation-101-a-41840/#2.1

 

[PROXY]

Thanks Chilla, (already said that ) but that tut (the part about animating) is somehow bugging me. I know, this sounds totally noobish, but if there's someone how can teach me (personally) how to animate, I would be really glad

 

[Deleted member 177737]

I don't know if this will help but heres my quick anim tips for milkshape that I use when animating.

Click to see

Before animating click Zero Joints.
10 frames=around 1 second
Leave 10 frames between animation's
When making key-frames (ctrl+k) select all joints before pressing the keys
When an animation is finished go to frame 1 copy it and then go to the last keyframe
of your animation and paste it.

Stand,1-2
Death,3-4
Attack,5-6
Walk,7-8


Linear

You half to leave 10 frames from the last frame of your animation to the first frame of the next animation so the animation dosen't get messed up.

The part that says stand, attack, walk, etc... should be CnP'd into the model's comment. Replace number 1-2, 3-4,4-5, etc... with the first number of that animation and the last number of the animation. (The empty 10 frames count as part of the animation.)

The word "Linear" at the bottom should be CnP'd into the comment of every joint.

 

[Arisato]

I can teach you, animating is easy ^^

 

[PROXY]

Jeah, finally learnt how to animate right Though, milkshape only allows me to do 30 frames, is there a way to make more? and also, how I can slow my animations? When making them, they were rather fast? +rep for every help ofc

 

[General Frank]

Best way is the follow the tutorial chilla advised to you. You should carefully read from this point if you want to animate well.

 

[Boneknight]

here put this together quickly for you, hope it helps:

 

[PROXY]

Ok guys, sorry for being a bit dumb, but I can't find anything in the tutorial how I can slow down my animations. for example I just made a really basic stand animation for the villager male model but it plays so fast, that it looks like ". . ." Is there a way to fix this?

 

[Boneknight]

no not really as much as far as i know you have to re-do animation but in more frames ("strecht it")

 

[PROXY]

ah, ok, I just was a bit confused because the numbers in the tut and so on. thanks again

Can't rep you again though :/

 

[xXm0RpH3usXx]

well, in max there is a rescale timeline function...
(sry, a bit ot maybe?)

also there is a point cache modifier which can do the same for vertex animations!

 

[Arisato]

Use MDL vis for noobs and experts