kujaibacha Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 Hey everyone! I've been searching the forums for tutorials on rigging a quadraped like canines and felines, beasts of labour etc., but not necessarily long neck animals like giraffes or brontosauruses Didn't come up with any results except for discussions on a few areas of quadraped rigs Has there been any tutorials made on the subject? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robcat2075 Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 The simplest manner is to rig as a biped where the "arms" serve as the front legs. 3 hours ago, kujaibacha said: Didn't fome up with any results except for discussions on a few areas of quadraped rig I then presume you've encountered my Live Answer Time session where I rig a cat with a TSM2 biped rig. And... the post where I say to use the TSM2 Quad legs instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujaibacha Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 Thanks Rob! I'll have to admit that I have not seen your LAT featuring TSM yet. I did however come across one of your posts discussing how TSM comes with a Quadraped rig...but that's the extent of my search Main reason being that I just finished going through the Saucy Rig videos by @Mechadelphia A few days ago I 'decided' to go with the Saucy Rig after a quick comparison of the featured rigs I liked the idea of the 2008 rig as it relates to modernising the 2001 rig And I like the idea of the Saucy Rig as it builds on the other rigs and improves them in certain areas I never did look into the TSM rig for concerns of compatibility with the current AM versions But I'd presume your TSM tips would work on the Saucy Rig too? Unless it requires very specific TSM features that might not translate well to the Saucy Rig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robcat2075 Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 22 minutes ago, kujaibacha said: I 'decided' to go with the Saucy Rig after a quick comparison of the featured rigs I've never used it myself. I presume it can be repurposed as a quadruped rig but i don't know what the process would be. Quote I never did look into the TSM rig for concerns of compatibility with the current AM versions That's not an issue. TSM2 makes conventional bones and constraints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujaibacha Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 5 hours ago, robcat2075 said: I've never used it myself. I presume it can be repurposed as a quadruped rig but i don't know what the process would be. That's not an issue. TSM2 makes conventional bones and constraints. But it says on the 'tin' that it works with AM15 only Or do you mean I use TSM in AM15 and export the model after rigging to AM19, and it'd still work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robcat2075 Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 2 hours ago, kujaibacha said: Or do you mean I use TSM in AM15 and export the model after rigging to AM19, and it'd still work? Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robcat2075 Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 https://forums.hash.com/topic/32426-tsm2-for-am-now-free/ Quote AM version downdate: TSM2 still works in AM v15 which you can install and run with your current subscription license. The models you rig in v15 can still be loaded and used in any later version of A:M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujaibacha Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 I've been reading up on TSM in the dedicated thread Thanks also for the link 🙏 While it took me a couple of hours to go through the Saucy Rig, TSM looks like a bigger beast to tackle I think I'll do a bit of reading first and then jump on to your LAT video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robcat2075 Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 On Sept 5, 2020 we do a complete install of TSM2 on a biped. Several sessions after that cover general rigging issues https://forums.hash.com/topic/48801-live-answer-time-less-live-archived-versions/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujaibacha Posted September 15 Author Share Posted September 15 I finished watching the LAT TSM2 Biped Rig setup session Have to say TSM2 didn't really turn out to be as big an investment as I thought it would be! Relieved 🤤 Moving on to the Quadruped version now and the sundry list thereafter... Thanks a bunch Rob! 🙏🍻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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