Nanobud's Sanctuary: Little Mac Attacks

[Carnage]

my cat eats my folders with my homework and stuff... but doesnt eat the homework...

lol mine  is very picky when it comes to food its either plastic of any kind or cat food, why plastic  i really dont know

[SSJ Is Clueless!]

cats are always destroying things i know i have one myself  always trowing things down

lol.....my cat is nice though

my cat eats my folders with my homework and stuff... but doesnt eat the homework...

you need to have firm talk with him/her

[Boygos]

damn pussies ruin everything Nano... I'm making a sweet sig, Imma be Knux, what Sonic character do yoou wanna be?

*waits to here either Shadow or Metal Sonic*

[StarWaffle]

I bet it is a Siamese cat, all of them are [censored]s.

[nanobuds]

damn pussies ruin everything Nano... I'm making a sweet sig, Imma be Knux, what Sonic character do yoou wanna be?

*waits to here either Shadow or Metal Sonic*

Espio

[Boygos]

Espio

lololol you got me xD alrighty. Espio it is

[BlueBrain]

I bet it is a Siamese cat, all of them are [censored]s.

lol, i had one, he used to bully the dog...

[nanobuds]

need rigging tips?
http://forums.kc-mm.com/index.php?topic=43659.0

Hello KC:MM!

This is a tutorial that will give tips about creating quality rigs and model imports for Brawl. I will not go over the basics of rigging; there is already a tutorial for that.

This tutorial will cover the following:

Part 1: Aligning the model with the bones
Part 2: Rigging tips
Part 3: Fixing model quality
Part 4: Reducing File Size
Part 5: Special Effects for your models

What you need
-3ds Max 2010-2011 (this tutorial uses 2010)
-The latest Brawl Box
-Basic knowledge of the use of 3ds Max and Brawl Box
-Patience
-Swag

Other Stuff
-I will be rigging Brotherhood Ezio Auditore during the tutorial. Other models will vary, and may need different adjustments that this one.
-If you have questions regarding these tips, feel free to ask. Don't spam me with PM's though.
-NEVER Move or Scale bones during the rigging process. That will screw over your model.
-This is my way of making imports better. There may be other ways and opinions, but this is how I do it.


Part 1: Aligning the model with the bones

1. Merge the bones and model together, making a basic alignment, and add an Edit Mesh modifier while all the polygons are selected. This will make model edits a bit easier.

2. Change the model view to Wireframe.

3. Edit the various areas to fit with the bones better.

Part 1a: Arms and Hands

As you can see, the arms aren't lined up with the bones too well.

The best thing to do is vertex edit the area to fit with the bones easier... use the edit mesh modifier to do this. If you need some tips with vertex editing, you can find various tutorials around the internet. However, by the end of editing, the objects should line up with the bones like this:

Notice how the ArmJ bone  is where the elbow is suppose to be. The center of rotation for your arm is in your elbow, so make sure the ArmJ is in the center of the elbow area. There should be an even about of verts on either side of the bone.

Now for hands... try to line them up like this:

Notice how I distributed the verts evenly around the joints. This will help make the rigging process easier. Also take not on the location of the bones.

Fingers tend to terrify people. However, it's just as easy as rigging arms. The only problem that people have is lining them up correctly. If you do this, then rigging will be a million times easier. These hand's aren't even Ezio's... they're SCV's StarKiller's. If lining up the hands is near impossible, just borrow hands from another model.

Part 1b: Legs

Legs are usually easy. From this pic, you can see that the bones don't line up with the polygons well.

The solution? Just rotate the bones. Its that easy.

The length is just fine, so no need to do any major mesh editing. This however, may not be the case for all models, and will usually need mesh editing like in Part 1a.

Part 1c:Torso and Hips

The torso is pretty much perfect for this model. Just make sure the BustN bone is in near the center up the upper-chest/rib cage area. The WaistN bone should be the lower torso/abs.

Make sure the hips are centered around the HipN bone. The legs should be lined up horizontally with the hip, and vertically with the butt cheek. Just picture where your leg joints are, and line them up accordingly.

Other parts coming soon!

[KnightMario]

what you need: swag
lol

[BlueBrain]

nice stuff, i'll check it out when the rigging tips are out xD

[SSJ Is Clueless!]

T_T

way to kill it

nah im sorry bro

[BlueBrain]

My cat's dead. V_V

spam much??

[KnightMario]

it's not spam, it's actually somewhat related to the current topic.

[BlueBrain]

my last comment about this, but the cat thing was already over, it ended when nano posted that tutorial... so yeah...

[Segtendo]

Guys. DROP THE SPAM.

Get back on-topic.