Exporting animations from 3ds 5

[GhostWolf]

Can someone here who uses 3ds 5 tell me how to make the bones not be those stupid "Float Key Controllers" which I never understood what they are ?

Trying to export a model for ages already

 

[TDR]

Aye, that's the right mentality we have here: if you don't know about something, then that thing must be stupid for sure...

Anyway, here's a way to do it:
1. Go to the Motion panel (the one with that little Wheel icon on the main toolbar).
2. Expand the Assign Controller rollout
3. Select the Position controller
4. Click that little question mark button above the controller list
5.Chose TCB or Linear
6. Repeat step 4 and 5 for the other controllers.

It's a real pain in the ass to repeate this for every bone in the rig, so it's better to make a little script for it. It's really easy, just make a loop that will cycle through all the selected objects and change their controllers to this. If you'd look around the max script reference for a little you could figure it out. Well either that or re-make the whole rig, not before making those controllers default (make them default anyway, so they'll be applied to anything from now on)!!

 

[GhostWolf]

Aye, that's the right mentality we have here: if you don't know about something, then that thing must be stupid for sure...

Of course, thats true, isn't it ?


Anyway, thanks so much, finaly worked
Now need to fix the next errors or actualy D:

By the way, must my bones (or controllers as you call them) must have texture ?

 

[TDR]

oh my, NO. Why the heck would you need texture for bones?...oh boy...if you asked this because it notifies you that the bones have no texture or material when you try to preview it, is because you did not tell the game engine that those are bones...do so from the User Property editor.

AND BONES != CONTROLLERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[GhostWolf]

Thanks, managed finaly only because of your help to export a model into wc3.

You roxors teh big one !!!!!!111ONE

 

[TDR]

glad I could help. Would you mind sharing the result? I'm quite curious.

 

[GhostWolf]

Well the textures are crappy (can hardly call a block of one color texture) but thats because I suck at texturing and drawing :/

Its just a really simple spiked ball rolling lol, and since I do not know how to show with a moving picture ill just upload the map.

 

[TDR]

...a screenshot would have been enough. I'm too lazy to download maps and stuff and look in-game. Or just attach the mdx and textures.

 

[Dark Hunter1357]

Instead of making a script (lol) there is a button, "make default" and it will always animate in the selected float key.

 

[TDR]

It's a real pain in the ass to repeate this for every bone in the rig, so it's better to make a little script for it. It's really easy, just make a loop that will cycle through all the selected objects and change their controllers to this. If you'd look around the max script reference for a little you could figure it out. Well either that or re-make the whole rig, not before making those controllers default (make them default anyway, so they'll be applied to anything from now on)!!

Congratulations, you just revived a 2 months old ended discussion for something totally useless.