Rigging wow characters using 3ds MAX Part 01

This is a quick tutorial explaining a method of vertex rigging that I use for wow models and other low poly models.

Part 2 = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNxqlY3dY6k

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• world
• of
• warcraft
• machinima
• 3ds
• max
• wow
• model
• importing
• models
• textures
• into
• 3dsmax
• wowmodelview
• rigging
• biped
• pysique
• vertex
• animation

[Gamezonemachinima]

how dose he make it show the mesh inste dof the full tihng ??????

[iwkya1]

@Gamezonemachinima use f3 and f4 for toggle views, To make an object transparent, select the object and press alt and x..

[ironphoenix04]

hey i was wondering if you could give me some advice. I'm working on a project that involves animating a robot. A robot is made of rigid material so the skin and physique modifier wouldn't work, at least not without modifications. Would you have any experience on this? thanks alot! =)

[iwkya1]

@ironphoenix04, this is fairly simple with skin or phys. You can set the verts all to rigid in both modifiers. Ont he other hand if the parts are seperate you could always just link them separately to bones using the link tool.

[Cultuz]

Wow you're amazing!! NICE skills there. I have some questions, and seeing as you are so good at answering people too, I'm going to answer them and actually expect a comment back :)) Usually I never do :(

My questions are: Do you work with 3d making? Or have you attended school? I'm wondering if I can teach myself to become this good.

Have you made any movies? Can I see them??

I will leave technical questions for later :))

[iwkya1]

@Cultuz Hi,.. Yes i work in 3d and have my own company while also teaching. I have a degree in games design and a BA honors degree in virtual reality and animation, you can certainly teach yourself, I have made movies but none online, most of the work i do are for clients advertising etc.. Feel free to ask me any technical questions and thanks for the nice comment :)

[Z4rifion]

1omgz1 what on Earth are you talking about? talk too much? It's a tutorial... He should be talking throughout the entire video or there's something seriously wrong lol.

Besides, this guy... is... epic.

My problem is not understand one thing that is going on, I have to follow step-by-step so I have been trying to months just to figure out basics. It's going terrible so far.

[petephong]

i bet u like the pelvis to be the focal point!

[KickGom]

STUPID VOICE!

[Hucota7]

Turn on transcribe audio, there's a hidden story in his mumbled words.

[zachgibson22]

Rigging starts at 5:44

[Zei33]

Frustrating as all hell



[codihabeck]

cool video dude i just wish blizzard could make the characters in the game move that well

[1lastrun]

I'm having a problem with the vertex part, they are not staying saved, after i select them and use the red plus sign on them they seem to go back to what they were.