Advanced Character Animation for Source Gamers (XSI)

Advanced Character Animation with SOFTIMAGE|XSI® for Half-Life®2, part of the Noesis Interactive™, MOD Your World™ training series, teaches how to "Evolve Your Character " by focusing on bringing your character to life by animating or applying motion capture data to your own custom design characters within Half-Life®2.

 

DVD topics covered include:
• Setting up your custom character in XSI for Half-Life®2 and Death Match™
• Creating game animations (key framing) for your character with SOFTIMAGE|XSI®
  
• Using the XSI Animation Mixer
  
• Concepts of Motion Capture
  
• Applying BVH motion capture data to the Valve® Rig of your character (XSI 5.x)
  
• Creating animation cycles from motion capture data that is provided on the DVD
  
• Using MOTOR to transfer motion capture data to any rig (XSI 6)
  
• Valve .QC file overview for custom characters in HL2
  
• Triggering animation sequences on your character in Half-Life®2
  
• Retarget the default Half-Life®2 - Death Match animation to your own custom characters
  

SETUP & RIGGING Character Proportions Biped Guide Enveloping EXPORTING TO HL2 Setup Reference Model LOD & Shadow LOD Exporting Textures QC File Explanation Hitboxes Why Animate? CHARACTER ANIMATION Idle Animation Game Walk Cycle In Game Example MOCAP WITH XSI 5.X What is BVH Data? Rig Setup for MoCap Data Animation Mixer Pt. 1 Applying MoCap Data Animation Mixer Pt. 2 Creating an Idle Cycle Game Walk Cycle

MOCAP WITH MOTOR Tagging the Valve Rig Applying BVH MoCap Data Adjusting & Plotting MoCap Creating an Idle Cycle Normalized Data Testing Enveloping Gane Walk Cycle Animation Layers Retargeting SMD Files TRIGGERING IN HL2 Exporting to HL2 Model Viewer Testing Trigger System Setup Running Your Mod HL2 MULTI-PLAYER Structure & QC File Exporting Textures Remapping Animations Model Viewer Testing COMPILING PROBLEMS Compiling In Game BVH Issues

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