Can't figure out how to keep feetlocked

GranDan · Post by **GranDan** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:38 pm

My first post; I'm a brand newbie working on my first animation.

My problem is that I have created an "action" that is to have a character rise from a sitting position, ie. stand up. In the action file, when I play the animation, all five mannequins seem to perform properly. However, when I apply that action to a character, instead of the character standing up, the torso and head stay in place and the feet drop down as the legs straighten. I've tried to lock the feet bones but that doesn't seem to work or I did something wrong. What did I screw up?

Thanks!

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:50 pm

Does the characters have the same bone setup as the mannequin?

Do you use the wizard characters?

GranDan · Post by **GranDan** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:55 pm

I am using the Wizard character' body; I replaced the head/face with images.

jonbo · Post by **jonbo** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:56 pm

can you upload the anime file? We'll take a look.

GranDan · Post by **GranDan** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:15 pm

http://www.mediafire.com/?n030kmdnb0954x3

jonbo · Post by **jonbo** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:33 pm

Okay, I see what you mean. You need to re-make the action like this. On frame 1, use bone lock on both feet, then use the bone translate tool on the pelvis bone to move the character into the seated position. Go to the frame you want the action to stop, and use the reset on the pelvis to return it to the upright position. Then unlock the feet on the next frame. This works for the front3/4, side, and back3/4, you have to play around with the other two views a little to get a good action for them. Does this make sense?

GranDan · Post by **GranDan** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:37 pm

I'm sure it makes sense. I'll just have to try to do what you suggest to see if I can make it work.

Thanks very much for the help. I''ll provide follow-up after I've messed around with the redo.

jonbo · Post by **jonbo** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:38 pm

Here's my sit down action, you can look at it to see what I mean.

http://www.mediafire.com/?u110w0m8abhnp92

GranDan · Post by **GranDan** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 9:50 pm

Thanks again; I'll study this to make sure I understand what I need to do.

I really appreciate your help!

jonbo · Post by **jonbo** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:30 pm

You're welcome. Here's a quick stand up action I just did. As I said, the front and back views need work.

http://www.mediafire.com/?g7ld3ekve0gc317

GranDan · Post by **GranDan** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:36 am

Thanks again; your help is definitely Above and Beyond the Call of Free Help!!

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:18 pm

There are several ways to lock feet properly, I made a video tutorial showing one of them here.

http://gcharb2d.blogspot.com/2011/07/th ... on-my.html

GranDan · Post by **GranDan** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:15 am

Jonbo,

With your help, I have now made several pretty good action scripts.

Maybe I will be able to assist you with an animation challenge someday...not likely, but if I could, I would.

Thanks again!

Dan

jonbo · Post by **jonbo** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:31 am

Glad to help Dan, hope to see some of your work in the SHARE YOUR WORK section soon