Re: MOTOR?

[André Adam <a_adam(at)49games.de>]

Thanks David, Steven,

both skeletons are in default t-pose and anything but fancy (I thought 
I'd choose something simple to start with...). However, the skeleton 
hierachy is SI|3d style, with the effector being a child of the chain's 
last bone, I wonder if the problems are related to this structure, will 
try to rearrange things in the next days...

The wiki documentation seems to be a copy of the XSI docs, doesn't seem 
to help me here. To track down problems it would have been nice if the 
docs would cover the underlying mechanics, which I currently can only 
guess about.

Will let you know how I get on... many thanks so far, cheers!

   -André


David Shirk wrote:
> Hi Andre - Just to cover the basics, have you tried putting both 
> skeletons into a loosely matched initial t-pose?  This seems to work 
> best for setting up the initial retarget.  Following common sense for 
> the inputs should work pretty well (it did for me) - in the sense that 
> the wrist will be whatever node drives the main rotation for the hand, 
> somewhat regardless of its physical location.  Make sure not to miss 
> any major nodes that are contributing motion outside the main 
> hierarchy (like COG)  If you're using a standard xsi rigging approach, 
> it's located at or near the pelvis and can be defined as the same node 
> in the selection process, unless you have a reason to distinguish 
> between them.
>
> hope this is helpful
>
> -David
>
>
> André Adam wrote:
> > Heya,
> >
> > I'm currently trying to get my head around the MOTOR system, 
> > transfering Rig to Rig. Although the skeletons are pretty identical, 
> > I'm having a hard time getting the animation to transfer in a 
> > non-exploding fashion.
> > I'm pretty sure that a good starting point for debugging is the 
> > mapping template, me not picking the right elements for the input 
> > fields (things like "wrist" and "spine root" could point to quite a 
> > lot of skeleton elements around these areas, or the distinction 
> > between "COG" and "pelvis" simply not matching my skeleton). 
> > Unfortunately documentation on this topic is non-existent in the 
> > docs, and I can't find any examples (where are tutorials covering 
> > this topic, btw?).
> >
> > So, anything I have missed on the documentation side? Or anyone 
> > willing to share a working setup recipe?
> >
> > Thanks in advance, cheers!
> >
> >    -André 

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