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MrsLanaBearington
Joined: 01 Jun 2011 Posts: 295 Location: USA
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:02 am Post subject: Looking for animation tutorials or help please...... |
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Hello,
I am looking for animation tutorials......preferably how to make walking up & down stairs animations for my rooms. I know there are walking animations in the catalog but all of them have the wrong amount of steps in them for my rooms. Any and all help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
By the way, I have no previous experience with making anything for IMVU so please be patient with me. |
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nerseus
Joined: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 2008 Location: USA - AZ
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 11:23 am Post subject: |
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Sent a lengthy response via private message to your homepage (before I saw this post). Hope it helps!
Short version, for forum readers:
1. For avatar animations the only real option is 3ds Max.
1a - Issue of price
1b - Issue of learning curve
2. Ideally use biped/character rigged avatar
2a - Issue of learning biped in Max
2b - Issue of matching height/depth of stairs for existing product
3. Option to create your own stairs product with matching animation
3a - More time to learn meshing/exporting
3b - More limited for your needs
Other option - finding a dev to help out. My estimate for an experienced dev that knows character animation - 1 to 2 hours for a simple "climb stair" animation. Most devs would spend 3-5 hours (or more). Cost of such a request would need to justify the time spent.
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MrsLanaBearington
Joined: 01 Jun 2011 Posts: 295 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:56 am Post subject: |
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nerseus wrote: | Sent a lengthy response via private message to your homepage (before I saw this post). Hope it helps!
Short version, for forum readers:
1. For avatar animations the only real option is 3ds Max.
1a - Issue of price
1b - Issue of learning curve
2. Ideally use biped/character rigged avatar
2a - Issue of learning biped in Max
2b - Issue of matching height/depth of stairs for existing product
3. Option to create your own stairs product with matching animation
3a - More time to learn meshing/exporting
3b - More limited for your needs
Other option - finding a dev to help out. My estimate for an experienced dev that knows character animation - 1 to 2 hours for a simple "climb stair" animation. Most devs would spend 3-5 hours (or more). Cost of such a request would need to justify the time spent.
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Thanks so much for the reply here and my inbox, nerseus. I found someone that is willing to do it, MeshesandMore, they are charging $20 an hour and they say it will take about 2 hours. They are kind of backed up at the moment so it will be a while before they can work on it. I'm in no hurry. I'm excited about finally getting this animation done. I'm thinking about getting more done if this one turns out.  |
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