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Posted: 4th Jul 2017 15:30
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Hi guys

I need a little help, I am trying to teach myself a bit of animation with Fragmotion ive had the software for a while but was too afraid to use it lol,
I have managed to do a simple animation but I am now stuck, I'm at the point where I have assigned vertices to a bone and a simple 30fps rotation now I want to export it as an x file but not sure of the next step anyone know how I assign the animation to my model and export it?

thank you for any help you can give

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Just export as x file and you should be good to go.open up in any model viewer and your animation should be there.

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Posted: 4th Jul 2017 16:49
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Hi Dave,
thank you for replying,

I have already tried that but it gets screwed up the bullets are shifted and the whole thing rotates there is something I am doing wrong spent most of day on this, it will be something simple I'm sure

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not sure whats going on there,i think you are going to need a bit of help from more of a expert in animation .Sorry i cant do any more for you on this one .

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Posted: 4th Jul 2017 18:10
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thank you for the suggestion anyway
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Posted: 4th Jul 2017 19:56
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try exporting without "export groups" unticked
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Quote: "try exporting without "export groups" unticked"


thank you, I will try that in the morning I'm having a break lol my eyes are bleeding
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i just reread my post, it was supposed to read "try unticking the 'export groups' tickbox".

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Posted: 4th Jul 2017 21:35 Edited at: 4th Jul 2017 21:37
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This can be caused by the bones transforms not being zeroed before you add animation.
Try following this tutorial I made on fixing this issue. If it does not help email me the model
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Yeah I think it's the export groups that's messing it up.

Quick question, if this is going to be a component of models that are grouped together, and not an actual character or player rig, then why are you rigging it? You could just animate it without bones using keyframe recording, it works much better for non-character animations, and you won't have to use the character shaders which require the fpe is declared as a character.

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Posted: 5th Jul 2017 10:24 Edited at: 5th Jul 2017 10:31
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Hi guys

thanks for your help with this, I have got the model back together (bullets where they are supposed to be) by unticking the groups unfortunately the whole model rotates I did zero the joints too snt you the model Stab thank you will post a vid when I get back home

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I am thinking aloud now but logically do you think I should make a hole in the ammunition box do you think the vertices have welded to the box? if I make a hole the bullets will be separate from the gun so the buulets should only rotate, or am I talking waddle lol
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Posted: 5th Jul 2017 11:24 Edited at: 5th Jul 2017 11:26
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Quote: "Quick question, if this is going to be a component of models that are grouped together, and not an actual character or player rig, then why are you rigging it? You could just animate it without bones using keyframe recording, it works much better for non-character animations, and you won't have to use the character shaders which require the fpe is declared as a character."


can this be done in fragmo? I thought there had to be bones for animation this is all new to me so sorry for being ignorant, I did use keyframe timeline and keyframe editor in fragmo but put a single bone in first is this wrong?

bear in mind I am adding recoil to the guns once I work out where I'm going wrong will I need bones for that?
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Posted: 5th Jul 2017 11:30
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It's not wrong, it's just a different way of doing it. Basically you have each of the moving parts as separate objects in the same model, then set a keyframe at their default location, then move the object that needs moving, and set a keyframe for that movement, and so on, no bones needed. As i say neither way is wrong, just different, the only real difference it it will work with the normal entity shader if you don't have bones, whereas bone based doesn't always work, and having no bones is a little less resource usage i think.

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Posted: 5th Jul 2017 11:35 Edited at: 5th Jul 2017 11:38
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so basically use Blender? or can this be done on X files in another app?

I use Sketchup there is animation in that but I have never used it wasn't sure it would export to X with animation, maybe I should just try it
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As far as i know you should be able to do it in fragmotion, or any other modelling program that does animation key framing.

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Quote: "congrats on User of the month m8"


OMG get it off get it off it burns it burns ......

I have absolutely no idea how i got that, i don't think i've been especially upstanding this month, in fact i think i've been a little grumpier than normal on occasions this month LOL.

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Quote: "I have absolutely no idea how i got that, i don't think i've been especially upstanding this month, in fact i think i've been a little grumpier than normal on occasions this month LOL.

Thanks anyway "


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If you want recoil then separate the guns from the chassis and I can add that to the scripting, that way it will be easier to time the recoil to the gunshots.
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Ok boss I will upload updated Moose tomorrow and legs too I hope the guns are a little testing atm but I am going to try and make the bullets feed through holes in the gun to see if it cures the animation issue
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OK I have done ball joints and increased the leg sizes, I'm still working on the guns, does this look better?
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Here is the moose without guns, see if this is better for you
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basic Missile to go with the Moose
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Getting better.



I haven't changed the walking bit yet but I've added the rockets, btw I had to scale the feet up to fit.

Rockets are just firing randomly at present and he didn't want to let go of the last one!
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Looks like something out of Star Wars,realy cool.Still haven't got a clue how you do it,but it's great stuff (cool badge you have there to)

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I will scale up the feet for you tomorrow looking really good
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I will try and sort some sound effects too, my skills are limted but I will have ago
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Here is the Feet scaled exactly the same as the legs
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Hip motion added, subtle but well worth it.

Currently this is a sort of test bed script which I am using to figure out the animation values that suit him best, once I've got them all figured out I will re-design the script to be more generic and put all the values in a list which will be selected depending on the state. For example there will be a 'run' state, 'walk' state, 'crouch' state etc.

The positioning data for the joints is also held in lists which I will make more general so as long as the noumber of joint and the joint rotation points are the same the script can be used for any robot with the same general build simply by changing the positioning values. That way you could build a kit of parts that could be interchanged.

btw, for sounds why not record your own? If you have a remote controlled car or similar just put a microphone close to it and operate the servos. Bung the recordings into Audacity and play around with all the effects it has until you have the sound you want. I would suggest a specific sound for each joint, when they are played together it may blend into a realistic effect (or make a horrendous racket, sound editing isn't easy! ).
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Brilliant

been spending my time trying to get the animation right on the guns, I am determined to crack it today, LOL I have been recording the servos on my bed I have a pop up tv and the sound is quite cool and yes I have been playing with audacity
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Posted: 7th Jul 2017 13:11 Edited at: 7th Jul 2017 13:19
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YESSSSSSS I have almost working bullets I have a great feeling of achievement never done anything like this before

I seem to have a bullet jam though lol trying to sort that now scrub that ive done it on purpose for realisim ha ha ha

if you watch the second video the bullets actually feed one at a time so inadvertently I think it looks better than a continuous spin

will this be ok Amenmoses?



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Few more tweaks, now you can see why the joints needed to be ball and socket.

With the height of moose now those bullets will hardly be visible. Are you going for a machine gun effect or a cannon? If machine gun I wouldn't bother with recoil, if cannon make the shells bigger and the animation slower, more a boom ,,, boom ... boom style than a rat-a-tat-tat style, if you get my drift.

I will stick a decal on the gun barrel when it fires and do the old fake bullet puff thing I did for the helicopters so probably one shot a second would be the speed to go for.

I reckon with the guns attached he's going to look pretty darn scary as an opponent!


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Machine gun I think, I will make different attachments for him so they are interchangeable so I am already working on a cannon and a laser

I will upload the machine gun in a few mins just making a little alteration
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Here is the first Weapon pack (I will keep adding to it) we have left and right Machine guns(animated) and the missile


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working on next weapon
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Hi Guys, do you think this looks ok ?


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Got the lower barrel working ok but for some reason the upper one is not, debugging hat on!
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Excellent work Amenmoses you've made a poor model look fantastic I cannot thank you enough
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There, that fixed it.

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Now it looks mean.
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I mean, they look mean.

I'm having too much fun ... again. Need my medication ... 'Matron!'
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LOL I will sort some sounds out asap how difficult would it be for him to have a start up routine i.e he basically starts on his knees legs tucked in then when you power him up he rises slowly is something like that possible ?

and can he be either friend or foe? I dont know how you do this but it amazing
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BTW not sure if anyone else is following this thread but comments, ideas, criticism welcome
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oooo just saw that last video FPS not too bad for three of them I can imagine some good sci-fi levels with those in plus the Mars drones flying around them think they are tall enough for it to work
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I do have a beast of a machine but Lua isn't the performance killer in GG, it is rendering of complicated models that really kills performance. In this case we have reasonably low poly models with no physics on a flat terrain. Add a load of animated trees and high ploy models otoh and performance will drop off rapidly.

As to start up routine and behaviour that will all get sorted out eventually, the tricky bit now is to tidy everything up and make the control side separate from the animating bits, before I do that I have to get him turning around and negotiating terrain properly (plus avoiding obstacles and following waypoints and reacting to the player and/or other mechs).

Start with the basic stuff then gradually expand it is the best way forward.
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sorry I didn't mean to be cheeky I just wondered if something like that would be possible and it sounds as though yes it would be I have optomised those components to the best of my ability , I am learning something new everyday and my workflow changes with that, I have been working on textures (PBR) I purchased substance painter a while ago and have been teaching myself texture atlases at the moment all my texture files are separate while this is not ideal is does work I have learned a lot in 6 months or so.

You also have to bear in mind that all modelling is done in Sketchup Pro I have used Blender it is far superior but I just cannot get the hang of it.

I know a lot of artists on here would frown at using Sketchup but hey it works also ther is a new plugin available that will unwrap a sketchup model properly I managed to get on the Beta program it is open until the end of this month it is called Wrap-R and is very good, if anyone else here uses sketchup it is a must to have http://wrap-r.com/ the only issue I have with it is it cannot handle NGON's at the moment but if your model is mainly tri's or quads it is excellent I have managed to get a model out of sketchup and into substance painter with no problems at all

I think team GraPhMoses have done a good job especially the Moses bit
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This is bloody awesome. Been keeping an eye on the thread and it gets better everytime I check it, you guys are amazing.
Kinda reminds me of Liberty Prime from Fallout 3, a big robot just walking around blowing stuff up. Great stuff
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Posted: 8th Jul 2017 11:04
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Following this from the start,great thread great work.well done guys.

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Posted: 8th Jul 2017 11:33
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thanks guys
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