Grabbing a Joint

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Nathaniel (Posted 2007) [#1]

How do I "grab" a joint and turn it on an animated mesh?

Danny (Posted 2007) [#2]

Name the joints in your skeleton. Then you can: knee = findChild("KneeJoint",animMesh) rotateEntity knee, rnd(360),rnd(360),rnd(36) p.s. I don't believe this works on md2 animated meshes, since the vertex animation is saved, and not sure if the joints/bones still influence the vertices... hope that helps, d.

Nathaniel (Posted 2007) [#3]

Thanks Danny. So the handle is the joint's name in the modelling/animations program?

Rob Farley (Posted 2007) [#4]

Yep, and it's case sensitive too!

Nathaniel (Posted 2007) [#5]

Okay, thanks guys... This will make character animation MUCH easier.

Ricky Smith (Posted 2007) [#6]

http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?code=660