Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL

Subject: Help with Knight Please

beos53 opened this issue on Apr 27, 2001 ยท 12 posts

beos53 posted Fri, 27 April 2001 at 3:49 AM

I made this Knight to post with the castle I am making I made the Knight in Truespace Whem I import it into Poser, I use the grouping tool, then parent the hand to the arm, arm to the shoulder etc. After all that I can't get anything to bend like it is supposed to...it wont bend at all The top picture is after I did everything in Poser The bottom two pictures I did manually in truespace Please any help BeOs

PoserPro 2014, Windows 7, AMD FX-6300 6 core, 8 GB ram, Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Wizzard posted Fri, 27 April 2001 at 3:59 AM

Hrrrrrrrmmmmmmmm........... try aligning the parts onto a figure.... then instead of parenting replace body part with prop. do this for each piece save the gloves and helmet make the hands and head invisible in the heirarchy editor.. then save the armour as a character.... that way ye have a conformable suit.. It's a bit time consuming [why the maximillian is far from done] but works... give it a go.. let me know if it starts to get hairy.. Cheers

PhilC posted Fri, 27 April 2001 at 7:06 AM

An alternative method would be to export your model in OBJ format. Use UVMapper to assign the different groups to their correct Poser body part names. Next construct a hierarchy file either by using the example one contained on the Content CD or by using Roy Riggs PHI Builder Bring into Poser using File/Convert Hier File. You will then need to set up the joint parameters.
Hope this helps :)
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ronmolina posted Fri, 27 April 2001 at 8:04 AM

I would use Wizzards way then export as object(only check the top box on export) and edit the cr2 file that your figure was based on(example p4 male). In the cr2 file just change the geometry pointer to point to your geometry. That way you avoid all other programs and having to tweak the joint paramaters. Ron

ronmolina posted Fri, 27 April 2001 at 8:06 AM

One other thing when you slice your geometries make sure they are sliced close to the figure you base it on. Ron

beos53 posted Fri, 27 April 2001 at 5:23 PM

I tried both ways...I didn't understand how to set the joint parameters to well (I am not that good at Poser yet) I tried Wizzards way and sliced the geometries as close as possible. This model does bend now, but I guess I had too many things overlapping (anything in Gold) Would I be able to go back into Truespace and then take anything Gold and make it a prop Then back in Poser do everything again for the suit and then import the Gold things in as 1 prop and save them with the figure? BeOs

PoserPro 2014, Windows 7, AMD FX-6300 6 core, 8 GB ram, Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti

PhilC posted Fri, 27 April 2001 at 6:24 PM

errr, yep :)
Go for it!
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ronmolina posted Fri, 27 April 2001 at 6:52 PM

With PhilC on this one. Ron

fredoman posted Sat, 28 April 2001 at 6:41 AM

Try the Setup room in the Pro Pack. It's fast and dirty.

beos53 posted Wed, 02 May 2001 at 3:16 PM

I have the knight working for my purpose, (as a prop in the Castle I am making to post) but I don't know if it is good enough to be posted yet. Would one of you or all of you please test it for me. BeOs

PoserPro 2014, Windows 7, AMD FX-6300 6 core, 8 GB ram, Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti

beos53 posted Wed, 02 May 2001 at 3:18 PM

I meant to say I don't know if the Knight is good enough for other people to use yet BeOs

PoserPro 2014, Windows 7, AMD FX-6300 6 core, 8 GB ram, Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Wizzard posted Thu, 03 May 2001 at 12:20 AM

sure thing.. I'll give it a go if I can fit it into my schedual... Looks really good so far Cheers