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Author:  Sonny[CW] [ Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:52 am ]
Post subject:  String?

Anyone know how to make string in 3Ds Max 9? I might start modeling a bow and I want to know how to animate it easily.

Author:  Captain Xavious [ Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: String?

Oooh, thats gonna be tricky. I'd like to know myself, I plan on making a crossbow or two myself some time.

My thoery is that you would have a bone at the start of each arm, one bone at each end of the arms, and one bone in the middle of the string. The trick would be to make the influences for each bone just right so it looks right when you pull back the bone on the string.

ALternativly, maybe it'd work better without the bones at the end of the arms?

As for the string, probably make an oxagonal tube and make it segmented enough that it looks right when the string is pulled, but if you got too much, it might just end up being a real mess getting the influences right.

This is just my own speculation, I never tried anything like this before myself.

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