Shown to the right is an example of the walk cycle. Starlogo TNG only uses two animations: walking and standing. The first texture's icon should always be named 'default_icon.png' as this is what is recognized by Starlogo TNG. Icon's should be 72x72 pixel PNG files with 32 bit depth (eight bits for each color channel and 8 for the alpha channel). Don't forget to take a snapshot for the icon. Once you have a mesh that is skinned and textured, you are ready to begin animation. Be sure the UV coordinates are in map channel 1, or they may not export. Consult your program's help or tutorial on texture baking or unwrapping UVW coordinates for more information. Similar to skinning, mapping each face's texture coordinates is done differently in every program. Once you can mimic the figure to the right by manipulating bones, you should continue. Consult your program's help files or tutorials for binding a mesh's vertices to a hierarchy of bones. Once the bones have been created be sure to link them to the proper bone on the spine.Ĭharacter rigging, or skinning, is done differently in every program. Repeat the creation and mirroring of bones for the arms. Mirror the bones from the right leg into a suitable position for the left leg. The nub at the end of the foot is necessary for inverse kinematics. This is an isometric view of the previous picture to show possible joint locations of the spine.Ĭreate leg bones that start from the hip (not necessarily connected to the spine). Be sure to rotate the mesh so that it is facing in the positive X direction and stands on the Z = -24 plane (MD3 Specification).Ĭreate spine, neck, and head bones along the midline. Once you have finished the head, the model is now complete. The head can be made by extruding the faces at the tops of the shoulders. Leave multiple vertices for areas that bend during animation, like knees and ankles.įinish the arms by extruding the faces at the ends of the shoulder nubs, also making sure to include more vertices at the elbows and wrists. The arms and head will be finished later.Įxtrude the legs from the bottom faces. For a cartoon look, the bear should look chubbier in the belly and smaller in the upper torso. Also make the belly by moving the front, center vertices forward.Ĭontinue with the upper torso.

Be sure to extend the lower, outer vertices to make the hip. We are sacrificing visual quality for speed in the game)īegin by extruding the top face and making the waist. (Note: the bear is created to use as few polygons as possible. Once divided, you can mirror the cube, and edit the mesh symmetrically. The cube should be segmented so that it can be divided across the midline.

Name the cube 'l_bear' (lower case L, underscore, and the word bear) for ease in exporting to MD3 format. Bear Tutorial Creating the Bear The bear, as with most models, begins with a cube.

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