Animation Help

[takakenji]

how would you make flying propellers (like on a gyrocopter) without making a whole new animation? i know it has to do something with geoset animations but i don't exactly know what, or am i wrong and you need a completely new geoset? If I'm right, i'd be very glad if someone linked a tutorial for this.

 

[ikillforeyou]

well, you need to make a plane with GyrocopterBladeBlur1.blp then make it rotate quickly clockwise, via bone or geoset animation, then you make a propeller and make it turn slowly the opposite way via bone, making it look like the propeller is moving fast.

i usually add a global animation with this to the propeller.

scaling: 0: 100
10: 0
20: 100
then make a global animation and make it focus on the global animation

 

[takakenji]

i have no idea how to do geoset animations and global animations, could you explain more/give screenshots?

 

[ikillforeyou]

Well, can you make bones? this is a pretty hard thing to do if you can't scratch model, i'm guessing you want to add it to a transport ship or battleship or something?

 

[takakenji]

yeah, a battleship

 

[ikillforeyou]

here, i'll make you a demo, wait a bit

KK, here it is, ignore the no wrapping on the "blade blur" part, as i accedentily didn't wrap it, so it doesn't work =\

but anyways, here it is.