How to animate bilboarded models ?

[bboy-tiger-]

That buff from inner fire is bilboarded model.

Those are plane models that are facing your direction from any angle you look at them.

How to animate them ? I get stretching error. Using 3dsmax2010, IK tools and neodex.


TNX.

 

[General Frank]

Just animate the model as if you were animating your model just a normal model.
Export it to mdl or mdx.
Then use Magos model editor and add a mother bone to the model. Se that mother bone to your billboarded setting and you are at it.

 

[bboy-tiger-]

I think I tried that. Gonna do it again. Maybe I did some error. That was quite unlogical to me.

EDIT: How to make mother bone in Magos ? xD. Never did that. I know how to create child bone.
Do I have to make new bone as child on new created bone and copy all data from original bones or I can apply mother bone to specific bones ? :S

 

[NhazUl]

No, just continuously do Right Click - "Move Left" on the selected bone until all other bones are its child bones.

 

[bboy-tiger-]

Oh... lol... never noticed that left/right command, only up and down, heh.

Thank you .

+rep to both of you.

 

[xXm0RpH3usXx]

its called parent bone..
and no, i'm not picky or anything, just thought u might wanna know...

 

[HappyCockroach]

mother is a parent

 

[bboy-tiger-]

I know that. Frank used mother term so I automatically copied it .
I use use 3dsmax to create and animate models so I know.

Anyway, good for replying, instead of leaving things unsolved . At least some random people visiting this wont pic up wrong term ) .