Mod Tool/Rigging

Purposes of this page

easy-to-understand documentation
making a rigged character for Neo

I talked with Neo, if someone can make a rigged character, using the 19 body parts Oni needs,
create an animation and then export that animation as collada or dae,
then he can look at the data and see if it possible.

Anyone willing to give it a try?

- EdT

We probably have to understand the different bones, effectors and their properties before we can build a well-rigged character.

Knownledge

Bones

[...]

Effector

[...]

Properties

Display properties by double-clicking the green bone/effector in the Schematics.

Chain Bone

> General

Length

>> Bone Axis Offset

X

Y

Z

> Bone

Icon

Size

> Shadow Display

Icon

Kinematic Joint

> General

>> Preferred Rotation Angles

X

Y

Z

>> Joint Behavior

Joint is Pseudo-Root

Use Stiffness

Stiffness

>> Chain or Subchain Behavior

3D | 2D | default

> Rotation Limits

Active

>> Minimum Angles

X

Y

Z

>> Maximum Angles

X

Y

Z

Kinematic Chain

> IK Solver Behavior

Solver

Solver Angles

FK/IK Blend

FK/IK Ghosting

Force IK

>> Error Threshold

Type

Threshold

> Effector Rotation

Affected by last Bone

>> Offsets

X

Y

Z

>> Blend Effector Rotation Against Bone

Link with FK/IK Blending

Inheritance Blend

Automatic rigging

First experiments

Schematic
before and after running the script

HERE's some vbs code to build a rigged character.

My personal knowledge in this subject is very limited, that's why the rig doesn't behave yet as it should.

Atm, you are supposed to move only the effectors. (Zoom into the Schematic to see what's an effector and what's a root or bone.)

Constructive criticism is welcome.

-paradox-01 (talk) 15:17, 2 May 2014 (CEST)

How to use the script?

You need a non-animated character first.
- If you have an animated one, right-click the pelvis, then save the model with the settings "Selection Only [X]" and "Animation [ ]"
Load the non-animated character into Mod Tool.
Open the Script Editor (Alt + 4).
Run the code (F5).

How to save progress?'

There's a bug in collada, so don't save as *.dae file.
Save your progress as *.xsi, in the export setting choose "Preserve IK Chains [X]".
When you no longer need IK then you could use the collada formate...