5 replies to this topic

[Devoto]

Dear all,

I was looking for animated character for a game-training program. It has been difficult to find free resources, so I decided to model my own character in Maya. However I do not want to spend too much time animating it.

My question is: what tool (plug-in or standalone application) you recommend to animate my low poly character? Basically only walk and idle cycles.

I already found some free Mocap files and I just want to drag and drop them into my model. I will rig in Maya

This tool has not to be too expensive.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Devoto

[neptune3d]

Would something like this work for you?

http://www.highend3d...mport/3895.html

[Devoto]

Thanks. I will check it. The advantage of this plug-in is my mocap files are BVH.

Thanks again

Devoto

[neptune3d]

NP :)

If you have time, post back your results. I will be looking to do something similar in the next couple of months and would love to hear any ups and downs.

Cheers
Nep

[bigkahuna]

You can't beat Maya for it's animation tools, but...
if you want something super easy, very inexpensive, and is intended for animating low poly characters for games, then give "FragMotion" a try. I don't have it's address handy, but if you google for it you'll find it. I think it goes for $25, and I used it for a couple of characters a few months ago for a low budget game. It imports BVH as well as .X and a number of other game formats.

[cypher543]

I watched a few Maya videos (i don't have enough money to buy it), and the new Maya 7 animation tools look great. Plus, you can import the models into MotionBuilder (also from Autodesk).