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DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can't Comm.England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">Character Rigging in Softimage?</div> I'm currently learning Softimage|XSI for Half-Life 2
and will hopefully do a model or two for Zombie Panic
(See: Jimmeh + Caboose)
should it be ported over to Half-Life 2.
I've done a basic model outline with the aid of a tutorial
( <a href='http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.taylor2/images/xsi-05.jpg' target='_blank'>Screenshot here- nothing special - lots to do yet</a> )
But i'm in dire need of a beginners tutorial for rigging
the character. No rigging = no animation <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Can anyone help? Most of the tutorials i've found so far
have information missing/are aimed at advanced users/
contains someone mumbling over their
mic and I can't understand what they're saying.

Can anyone help?

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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-DY357LX+Sep 10 2004, 09:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DY357LX @ Sep 10 2004, 09:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm currently learning Softimage|XSI for Half-Life 2
    and will hopefully do a model or two for Zombie Panic
    (See: Jimmeh + Caboose)
    should it be ported over to Half-Life 2.
    I've done a basic model outline with the aid of a tutorial
    ( <a href='http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.taylor2/images/xsi-05.jpg' target='_blank'>Screenshot here- nothing special - lots to do yet</a> )
    But i'm in dire need of a beginners tutorial for rigging
    the character. No rigging = no animation <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
    Can anyone help? Most of the tutorials i've found so far
    have information missing/are aimed at advanced users/
    contains someone mumbling over their
    mic and I can't understand what they're saying.

    Can anyone help? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Search fileplant for the Valve made XSI tutorials released ages ago.
  • DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can&#39;t Comm. England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Thursday-+Sep 10 2004, 08:20 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thursday- @ Sep 10 2004, 08:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-DY357LX+Sep 10 2004, 09:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DY357LX @ Sep 10 2004, 09:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm currently learning Softimage|XSI for Half-Life 2
    and will hopefully do a model or two for Zombie Panic
    (See: Jimmeh + Caboose)
    should it be ported over to Half-Life 2.
    I've done a basic model outline with the aid of a tutorial
    ( <a href='http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.taylor2/images/xsi-05.jpg' target='_blank'>Screenshot here- nothing special - lots to do yet</a> )
    But i'm in dire need of a beginners tutorial for rigging
    the character. No rigging = no animation <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
    Can anyone help? Most of the tutorials i've found so far
    have information missing/are aimed at advanced users/
    contains someone mumbling over their
    mic and I can't understand what they're saying.

    Can anyone help? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Search fileplant for the Valve made XSI tutorials released ages ago. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I already have those, they're not tutorials, they're
    videos about the features Softimage|XSI contains.

    I've checked all of the .pdf tutorials on the official
    softimage site and check their forums regularly.
  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-DY357LX+Sep 10 2004, 09:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DY357LX @ Sep 10 2004, 09:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Thursday-+Sep 10 2004, 08:20 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thursday- @ Sep 10 2004, 08:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-DY357LX+Sep 10 2004, 09:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DY357LX @ Sep 10 2004, 09:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm currently learning Softimage|XSI for Half-Life 2
    and will hopefully do a model or two for Zombie Panic
    (See: Jimmeh + Caboose)
    should it be ported over to Half-Life 2.
    I've done a basic model outline with the aid of a tutorial
    ( <a href='http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.taylor2/images/xsi-05.jpg' target='_blank'>Screenshot here- nothing special - lots to do yet</a> )
    But i'm in dire need of a beginners tutorial for rigging
    the character. No rigging = no animation <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
    Can anyone help? Most of the tutorials i've found so far
    have information missing/are aimed at advanced users/
    contains someone mumbling over their
    mic and I can't understand what they're saying.

    Can anyone help? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Search fileplant for the Valve made XSI tutorials released ages ago. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I already have those, they're not tutorials, they're
    videos about the features Softimage|XSI contains.

    I've checked all of the .pdf tutorials on the official
    softimage site and check their forums regularly. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Enquire in their forums then? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can&#39;t Comm. England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
    I have but replies are often few and far between. :-/
    I asked here because there's a much larger amount of users
    and browsers. I didn't want to ask in the "Customisation"
    forums because this isn't directly related to Natural-Selection
    modeling etc.
    I also have a post on the Zombie Panic forums.

    I think this reflects nicely how eager I am to learn the program.
  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    Character rigging is a pain in the butt... I learned how to do it in Maya, and would at least assume the theory carries across. Possibly even moreso in XSI, with the expectation of a facial rig (or blendshape index) for lipsync.
  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-DY357LX+Sep 10 2004, 10:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DY357LX @ Sep 10 2004, 10:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I have but replies are often few and far between. :-/
    I asked here because there's a much larger amount of users
    and browsers. I didn't want to ask in the "Customisation"
    forums because this isn't directly related to Natural-Selection
    modeling etc.
    I also have a post on the Zombie Panic forums.

    I think this reflects nicely how eager I am to learn the program. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I think if you pointed out about general customization it would probably be allowed as it would fit well <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • ToneeTonee Wub wuB UK Join Date: 2003-10-25 Member: 21926Members, Constellation
    I know this is off topic, slightly - but have softimage fixed the problem that some people had when loading it up?
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    I haven't learned Softimage yet, but Maya character rigging is certainly do-able. I heard that the UT2k4 special edition tutorials are really good; I'd see if you could secure those.
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