Noel

You should be able to turn this off with the camera's "Camera Frame" property.

Just watched it. I really enjoyed it! Shagadabdubity great.

See http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?s=&sh...ndpost&p=175164

Sorry I've got to much on my plate to go back and figure out what would need to change to get it to work in v11.1 (that is assuming the v11.1 sdk supports it) I feel bad, but I'd feel worse not suporting the users who do upgrade.

The alpha version of the InstallRig.hxt plugin is released. Thanks to David and everyone who made this possible. See the link above for more info.

An alpha version of the RigInstall.hxt plugin should be released in a few days. It will allow you to: position the Install bones as per the instalation instructions, and then from the model's context menu you'll pick Plugins, Wizards, Install Rig. It will remove the Install bones and show the geometry bones reparenting and attaching to parent the bones it needs. Then all you'll have to do is the bones mode cp assignment.

Rig Installer plugin is roughed out, baring any misconceptions in my design, it should be ready early next week.

Hi David I'll give writing a plugin a go today. It will move and then remove the install bones and attach the first child bone to parent if specified. First off, congrats on a great job. I know how much work this is! I tried installing the rig yesterday. It took me just under 2 hours to get to step 14. Step 14 took me right around 2 hours, this should be all replaced by the rig installer plugin. I accidentally deleted a bone I shouldn't have in there, so I couldn't continue on to step 15. Notes: It may be a good idea to mention in the install.pdf that scaling of the install bones should always be done in xyz (the corners of the manipulator) unless stated otherwise. step 6) foot rotate INSTALL, maybe it should only be rotated on the x axis? as it seems to be correct in the other axes already. step 7) neck install needs scale mentioned too I think. step 8) shoulder install could parent hand install, or would rotating/scaling the hand install mess it up? for the hand install translate, scale part; is it ok to rotate the hand install or only scale it? step 9) I had to unhide the shoulder, bicep and forearm bones for this step. step 10) left ring install black bones were hidden I found it easiest to position the finger install bones if I first translated them from the top view so that their pivot was at the main pivot of the finger. Then I turned so each finger was pointing straight at me then rotated the install bone to point straight at me and translated it to the center of the finger. I scaled the finger install bones so that the black finger bones ended at the finger tip. step 14) I found a few typos in the bone names too, most of which have already been mentioned, I'll list all that I found though. left_forearm_INSTALL_base_bone/hips/chest_and_arms_to_chest_target_SQUETCH/left_shoulder_FK/right_bicep_FK has right_bicep right_hand_carpal_middle_INSTALL_base_bone/rightunderscoregeom missing hand? INSTALL_model_bone a couple of these (sounds like you already got them) found an errant bone shortcut in a relationship. Relationships\user props\animation_controls\right_arm_FK_IK\Bones\right_hand_INSTALL Thanks agian for all of your hard work! I haven't gotten to the cp assignment step, but I think once the rig installer plugin this rig will be as easy or easier to install than the 2001 rig.

I'll put it back like it was....I think Noel was just thinking about preventing accidental squetching. Noel just didn't know what he was doing My point was that bones that shouldn't be translated etc should be locked.

Looking good! I've got some more suggestions. You could use manipulator options to have bones like "hips lower controller" that don't usually translate not be able to translate. left_toes_IK_manual_pointer is another one I noticed. I may be wrong here, but I bet you could get away with just one chain in the arms and legs, ie do away with the "r/l arm/leg ik elbow/knee" system if the ik system just did an ik constraint on the "bicep right fk controller" to the Ik hand target. Would make it much more straight forward.

Most of the characters I've seen had a similar FK arm manipulation...I was going for a true FK making nothing move unless you specifically moved it, but, I have to agree that it is more intuitive the way you have it. You would have to be more conscious of what was moving where with a true FK. The v13 addition will be very cool. Forgot to mention this; with the chained, forearm limited, method you can also lock the forearm during animation or by a pose and then it will be true FK again. I do think it should be unlocked by default though. Thanks for the quick changes David!

Another thing I noticed when I first looked at your rig but forgot to mention is that when the FK arms are being used it is not to intuitive to position the hand, as you have to animate the forearm's x rotation, and the biceps angle and roll handle. It would probably be better to use a rotate limit constraint, and chaining the FK forearm control bone to its parent. See right arm of attachment. In v13 I'll try and make it so that the forearm manipulator can reflect this limit so that it will look similar to how you had it, but behave like my example. You might say, well if you want to position the hand why not just use Ik arms? Well the reason is that FK arm motion handles swinging motion on the interpolated frames much more naturally. With this method you get good swinging motion, and intuitive posititioning of the arm. It may be that the animator wants a true fk positioning feel, if that is the case then he can use the rotate manipulator, or if this style is used often enough a pose could set the arms to default to the rotate manipulators. I tend to think though that this probably won't be the case. Also I think that the FK to Ik pose should be On/Off now as with Bob's new FK/IK switch feature in v13 you shouldn't need to transition between the two styles anymore. v12 you can handle this with make keyframe. I'll play somemore. Cool stuff! [attachmentid=10394] Squetch_Rig_beta_10_24_2005_right_arm_fk.zip

You should post those to A:MFilms Good stuff, and lots of work there!

Hi David, just tried out your rig. Looks cool! The only nit picks I have are... It would probably make more sense to have the elbow and knee controls at the elbow and knee instead of at the hands and feet. Hips should probably just be called hips instead of hips_IK model_bone might be a confusing name as a folder with that name is created when animating the model itself in chor Suggestions... Maybe have the Bicep target right Squetch null translate to the hand and shoulder so it would automaticly stay near the elbow, but could still be animated from that position. Also maybe the left heel control should not be allowed to translate. Great job!

You should think about using the new simcloth material on the skirt!