Relative values in Actions

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jamnique
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Relative values in Actions

Post by jamnique » 11 Mar 2012, 23:33

Sorry if this has been answered somewhere before, i coudn't find it and it's quite urgent.

My question is: can i modify Actions so that the values are additive/relative?

For example, instead of rotating from 0 to 90 in X, it adds 90 to the current rotX value, so i can apply the action regardless of the starting point value.

I'd really appreciate some help. I'm not an animator so this is new ground for me...

Thanks ;]

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Re: Relative values in Actions

Post by Hirazi Blue » 12 Mar 2012, 10:03

Not 100% sure, but I guess you'd have to turn of "Normalize" in the mixer properties.
When Normalize is off, mixes are additive meaning that the values of the separate clips are added on top of each other.
See "Controlling How Weight Is Mixed" on this page
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Re: Relative values in Actions

Post by Memag » 12 Mar 2012, 10:08

You could use (pose) offsets.
Offsetting Action Values with an Offset Map , Offsetting an Object's Pose (All Transformations)

Offset maps-



Pose offset-




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Re: Relative values in Actions

Post by jamnique » 12 Mar 2012, 10:48

Thanks! I'll look into this asap :)

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Re: Relative values in Actions

Post by Memag » 12 Mar 2012, 11:11