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thank you! the plugin helps to speed up the creation of an 8 directon cycle. But you still need to know how to do it, it's not a "one magic button" solution

Hi! thank you very much for buying the script! root motion is tricky. At first it seems simple, like, you do point constrait and locator, but if you take a closer look, there are a lot of nuances like: - do you need a position only or also rotation - if position, is it only horizontal movement or also vertical - if position, should it support back & forward movement, or only forward (some setups in engine require clamping reverse movement) - what control should be a source of root motion ( when doing walks it can be pelvis, when doing hit reactions - it should be chest or head, to avoid collisions with the environment when character falls on the ground) - if it has rotation then it should be extracted in a smart way - if root motion contains rotation then it must start from 0.15-0.25 after beginning of animation, and end 0.15-0.25 sec before ending animation, to avoid issues with blending in state machine ( if it starts immediately then blend cuts a little bit of rotation which results in incorrect navigation) - if we have rotation then it most likely should be a specific angle with specific timings so, after working in the industry for many years and doing hundreds and hundreds of animations, I've noticed, even with all scripts and stuff I'm still doing root motion manually, simply because it depends too much on a particular task in Smart Layer I focused more on what could be done with animation layers, to solve most common tasks in the most efficient and simple way, assuming the user knows how to animate and how to deal with things like root motion seeing some users asking for root motion extractor, maybe it can be added as a separate module, or maybe even as a separate script, because technically, a lot of applications of Smart Layer doesn't need root motion, It's just more convenient to have it

Hi! if you're an animator - you don't have to learn C++. It is required only for technical animators, and not for all of them, only if you really want to dig into a tecnical side. For creating animation prototypes - basics of blueprints will be more than enough. You can start with building simple projects, like third person loco, then increasing the complexity over time, replicating AAA locomotion and combat behaviour. If you can afford a course - it would be very helpful, like iAnimate game animation course or similar courses. they won't teach you the engine, but it is very helpful to be able to ask questions to an experienced mentor

hey I did a little testing in 2019 and so far it worked, but because of different PySide2 behavior - a couple of icons in the interface are black instead of white :D it should be super easy to fix but unfortunately I don't have maya 2019 at home with four-legged animals, it will depend on the algoritm, for the offset it is exactly the same, for transformation and spline correction it is slightly different, but still works for not very elongated characters. Especially it works great for turns on spot animations

@@borovikmotion Thank you for quick response! Your work is very useful and awesome!

It would also be really helpful if you showed the script working on the rigs tested in the description (Advanced Skeleton, mGear, Azri, Pickle Rig*, HIK**, and others )

Hey, thanks for buying the script! What you see is called a root motion. The pelvis movement is extracted by position and then applied to the main control. It's a super easy thing to do with locators and constraints if you know the space-switching technique. Though the script doesn't care about root motion, you can pretty much ignore it and use it with other controls, but you'll have to move IK feet + pelvis + pole vectors (effectively 5 controls instead of one, so it's not that convenient). Unfortunately, I can't teach every user the basics of Maya, it is beyond my responsibility, I hope for your understanding. But you can mail me in case of any questions.

@@christophersmith2010 the early presentation was made with an advanced skeleton, and it worked exactly the same as in the video, I changed it on purpose to the custom rig, because I don't own the commercial license of that tool, to avoid any potential issues. But it's 1 to 1 match, same structure, same logic, very similar controls

Hey, the script does not make any "ready to go" transitions from run to idle or from idle to run, etc. It allows to adjust an already existing animation to a different one. For example, if you have an animation "from run to idle1" you can change it to "from run to idle2", the script will compensate for differences between idle1 and idle2 poses. The whole process of adjusting animations to match different idle poses is a part of an animation routine, and that's what the script is automating, but there is no magic, if you don't have some pre-made run-to-idle animation then the script won't magically create it out of nowhere

привет, сплайн генерируется исходя из ключевых кадров в слое, то что показывается в сцене - только его визуальное отображение, на работу алгоритма не влияет т.е. поменять сплайн можно с помощью ключей, сдвинув или повернув контрол

если что можно писать мне в телеге @borovikmotion, готов ответить на любые вопросы

Hi! The script works with quadrupeds, in fact, the leg count doesn't matter here at all, it's all just transform nodes. There is a kind of limitation in spline algorithm usage for extremely elongated quadruped characters, they would require a more sophisticated approach. No documentation yet, but the script has animated "animbot-like" tooltips with an explanation of what each feature does. The tutorial is in progress. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to test it with Maya Creative, as I own only a regular Maya. Thanks!

Hi! yep, it is a perpetual license, includes all future updates, no subscription or payments per months, etc.

yes! Plus +1 for Motion Builder

不幸的是，没有，除了 Maya 之外还没有其他软件的版本

@@borovikmotion 我以为都是用python写的脚本，至少可以转到blender，价钱和maya一样也没问题😁

для single freelancer лицензии - можно

@@borovikmotion есть ли возможность купить из россии?

@@deniroberg по странам нет ограничений, но у гамроада могут быть оганичения по работе с банками из некоторых стран. Вроде бы такая ситуация как раз с российскими банками. Тут уже люди ищут обходные пути чтобы заплатить с зарубежной карты. Я сам живу не в рф, поэтому не знаю точно

@@borovikmotion понял, принял! спасибо за ответы)

hi, unfortunately no, you'll have to bake animation to some control rig, like hik, or custom one, because you'd need the IK to control the feet

@@borovikmotion okay,good to know,thanks

no, no mirror is involved. it just "bends" animation into a new one. btw mirror tool is an Idea what I have in mind for the next script :)

@@borovikmotion That's wonderful news!

@@borovikmotion Может быть mirror функциювыкатить как дополнение, неудобно кучу скриптов покупать, запускать, морочиться. Посмотрите в сторону overrig, animbot, zootools. Можно сделать что-то вроде BoroTools =-D, К тому-же по анимации сейчас рынок открыт для вас, анимбот только мелкие баг фиксы последние года два делает, последний большой релиз был в начале 2022 года, после этого тупо единичные фиксы, а денег анимбот приносит единственному создателю десятки миллионов $ ))))) Нужно смотреть в сторону анимбота, это самое денежное место и конкурентов у него всего парочка, Overrig, Getools, zootools и по мелочи всякое

тестового увы нет, это потребовало бы гораздо более изощренной системы валидации лицензии, это надо создавать сервер, отправлять туда данные пользователя, как-то их хранить, проверять, и если сервак накроется то скрипт перестанет работать, в общем много проблем, не стоит того

@@borovikmotion понимаю, что это лишние вложения, но без теста ценник довольно дорого выглядит. Что бы люди захотели заплатить даже $50 им нужно попробовать этот продукт.

@@StanShakhov 1 час работы аниматора стоит 20-30$. скрипт одним своим применением на одной анимации экономит сразу несколько часов. цена должна быть не 50 баксов, а 150. раздаю считай даром))

согласен с @StanShakhov

@@gapeevdima7712 fyi когда скрипт выйдет из беты в релиз - цена будет выше

hey, I don't think it's possible to make a "tutorial" about this, in that case it would be like a course of several dozens of tutorials, but there is a detailed breakdown in the description, with explanation of each feature and links to the blueprints code, like a high level overview. but it's not for beginners unfortunately

Hi, a detailed tutorial, if cover everything, will take 30-50 hours of video, minimum

but with autorig it could be about 1 hour or so, but Pickle Rig is not ready to be released yet

должны быть, это риги школы

без понятия как с тобой связаться, ютуб удаляет сообщение с дискордом

@@borovikmotion Можешь написать свой дискорд ?

@@XRootski borovikmotion

i like the music 🎶 🎶

I've been working in game development for 8 years already, the role is a technical animator, basically it's about creating and tweaking animation systems / rigs in maya/game engine.

@@borovikmotion thanks for the response. Hey i have my own playable character in unreal engine, I create 3d characters, rig them, make animation systems, and make a combat system just like this and I don't know what role should I assume to get in to game developement. How do I transform my projects into a portfolio to get into game dev?

@@borovikmotion did you use this video as your portfolio?

@@garrytalaroc there are multiple roles in what you've described: creating characters - 3d character artist rig - rigger, technical animator animation - animator, gameplay animator, technical animator animation systems - gameplay animator, technical animator, animation programmer combat system - technical designer, combat designer, UE developer btw if you're interested what is the difference between all these roles - there is a Game Anim book from Jonathan Cooper It is impossible to know all at the good level, so you can choose the role depending on what are you focusing on, what is your best skill, and this part needs to be done really well, other stuff can be done maybe not so well, but it will show that you know what u're doing, that you understand the pipeline and you can work in the team, it is appreciated in the companies. my project here is kind of average in animation, poor in combat, and very bad from a programming perspective, but all of this combined shows an understanding of AAA game development, so yep, I showed this video and the behance page as a portfolio and got a job as a technical animator. But I also had experience as a regular animator, before that

​@@borovikmotionthanks man. I'm really interested to be in thr combat animation field.

thank you! not sure what do you mean by the tutorial, the unreal engine part is described at the behance page, but regarding the animation part, basically things like that are taught as a separate course at animation schools, as only main character contains more than 170 animations, so it could take a few months to describe it all :D

@@borovikmotion I looked at the sections about unreal engine on the site and it was not understandable because it is in the form of text, if you explain the same explanation in several videos, it will be much better.🙏

спасибо!

noooo, don't say things like that 😥 , anything is possible, it's just a matter of time, effort and positive believe

конкретно этот курс это введение в бодимеханику от animationschool ru, преподавал тогда Дмитрий Колпаков, сейчас у него своя школа

Hi! Well, it's hard to say exactly where to start, I started a long time ago with simple mobile games, made some animations like idle & walk cycles, made some transitions in an engine, etc. Then I took body mechanics and advanced game animation classes in the animation school, it took about 8 months of study and then things got much easier. I believe classes like this could be found at iAnimate or similar workshops. Unfortunately, the self-study doesn't work really well with animation, as to learn you need feedback from a more experienced colleague, without it will be very hard to make progress. If you already have some knowledge in animation - then you can try to dig into the UE projects available in the marketplace, and watch tutorials on youtube, there is plenty of good stuff about anim blueprints and loco setup. Thank you!

​@@borovikmotion yes lets say i've an intermediate level in animation, i kinda know the principles and "i can" animate characters. But the hardest part is teh ue5 technical part about anims. all tutorials i find are very basic ( just the locomotion with blendspaces, with basic state machine for the idle to run jump crouch. I am trying to find a good course that is specificly made for animators. i found one in agora but its also very basic. i need stuff about melee and locomotion at same time (¨where torso animation and leg anims are separated). Thank you for the help, i will try to find some projects in the marketplace that can help me understand better.

@@RDD87z well if you already understand how the basics work then you can go into the description of the video, there is a link with a detailed breakdown. Basically, at some point, the locomotion / combat system becomes not more complicated, but just bigger. So you just add more and more animations, like special anims for starts in 8 directions for different speeds, special anims for turns, special anims for stops at differen speeds for different foot phases, special anims for turning while moving, special anims for inclined surfaces, etc. it's all just blendspaces and montages

thank you! :)

hey, here player is attacking towards the enemy, so it's not like a hardcore-games where you need to aim the sword, attacks are auto aimed to the target enemy

@@borovikmotion So how would i go about doing this?

@@unknownhorizons 1) use "Find Look at Rotation" node to get direction from player to target (lets say it's 110 degrees) 2) play the most close animation to it ( it will be 135 degrees) 3) rotate the player in blueprint or code by this 15 degrees difference, I did it just by "SetActorRotation" node in event tick here thiere is example is at 0:49 how it works, and also you can check here in the "directional attacks" section: www.behance.net/gallery/108725255/Locomotion-Battle-System-Technical-Animation-Demo

@@borovikmotion Oh wow this is smart. Thanks for the reply!

haha, no freelance work unfortunately, but maybe in some future I can upload this to the marketplace, after animating this using standard UE mannequin

@@borovikmotion That would be awesome I would definitely buy it! And no worries man, in case you're ever in need of some side work I pay starting at 25$ an hour!

pls go to the link in the description and you'll learn even more ☝