How do I get a character to ride a bike...and then walk away

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johntclever
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How do I get a character to ride a bike...and then walk away

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Does anyone know how to make a character ride a bike....where one leg is behind the body of the bike?

So far I have to break the body up into groups and place it inside the tricycle...one group as the "near side" and the other as the "far side"...and place the far side further back in the layers.

While the above would work great if all my character did was ride a bike, he does need to walk to it...and away from it and do other things.

Any ideas/thoughts????
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GCharb
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Post by GCharb »

Have you tried layer animation?

To use this you need to put everything under a bone or group layer and turn on "Enable animated layer order" in the bone or group layer property/depth sort.

You double click the bone ot group layer to get in the property window!

Hope this helps!
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Post by Genete »

I would just create two characters rigs and switch between them at the right time. Rigging of a bike and a man is completely different of a man alone so I won't care on make it that complex (use the same character for riding and walking)
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johntclever
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Post by johntclever »

THANK YOU!!!! The switch layer, within a switch layer, within a switch layer worked :-D
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