Riggin a Gun

[Newbert_Zero]

ok ive been thinging if using the aim at constaint with the gun is a good idea. this is what ive come up with so far. i just cant figure out a way to make it work when the gun is being held by a model such as tom.

 

here is the model.

Gun_8.mdl

[Newbert_Zero]

oh and your gonna have to use the pose sliders.

[Newbert_Zero]

wow adding poses is fun.

[KenH]

See an answer in the rigging forum.

[Newbert_Zero]

Ok sorry for the double post.

[Newbert_Zero]

i think im liking the direction the rig is going in. try it out and see if you have any suggestions.

[JoshB]

Don't know why you made the handle bone have falloff it doesn't need it--because there is no CP weighting.

 

The bullet actually being part of the gun bothers me. Because what if you want to shoot multiple bullets at the same time? This set up your character only gets to fire one shot at a time. Granted a remember another post on a different thread about this gun which made a lot of sense. You generally don't see a bullet flying from a gun in realtime--I mean slo-mo okay--beyond that just a flash from the gun and you're done with it (look at killer bean 2). But, again, this gun can't fire multiple shots--I remember an atari game that was like that boy that irritate me. If you missed you had to wait for the shot to exit the screen before you could fire again and it took the bullet a good second or two (which is a decade in game time I'm sure you know).

 

Typically a laser pointer is mounted somewhere on the gun--not in the barrel (I could write a novel about that but I won't ). However, if you prefer this setup if you have the sight on and the bullet fires the laser would no longer pass through the bullet as gun laser sights don't penetrate solid material.

 

The aiming system is an interesting solution. Considering you can be dead on accurate since you can place the null wherever you want to. A lot more elegant, I think, than just using an aim at constraint on the object you want to hit.

 

A trigger only moves back and forth. I would make a percentage pose and be done with it. Or, add a eular constraint so you don't accidentally rotate the trigger left and right--or roll it for that matter.

 

Also, due to the hierarchy of the bones when you rotate the handle bone--the whole aiming structure is destroyed.

 

Hope that helps.

 

J