Two animations at once?

wackedoutbiker · Post by **wackedoutbiker** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:50 am

I want to make my characters blink every few seconds without having to remake a bunch of animations...anyone got ideas?

Spyrewolf · Post by **Spyrewolf** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:11 am

maybe make the actor two different actors one for the head and one for the eyes attach the two actors together and have the eyes playing a blinking animation,

or if the model is too intricate, do what i did and place two cycles together and add the animation for blinking in the middle of the two works quite well.

wackedoutbiker · Post by **wackedoutbiker** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:12 am

Sounds like a good idea...would this work with a scripted player well?

I know I would also need to put two pawns into the game world for such a thing right?

fps · Post by **fps** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:23 pm

there was a feature in the physics demo in scripting called SetRelBoneRotation() which sets the relative rotation of a specified bone.

that would work really well for this if the eyes had their own bones.
i dont think its in the new release though.

you could try adding a texture of the face with the eyes closed to the model and switch the textures every few secconds. i think that cand be done.

wackedoutbiker · Post by **wackedoutbiker** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:45 pm

Yeah, it can...or I could do the eyelids separately, and kill them when the player dies...