Roach Walk Sim - Revision history

Bassam at 02:55, 17 December 2011

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Bassam at 02:53, 17 December 2011

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Bassam: /* What you need to start a Autowalking */

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What you need to start a Autowalking

Bassam: /* What you need to start a Autowalking */

2011-12-17T02:50:41Z

What you need to start a Autowalking

Bassam: /* What you need to start a Autowalking */

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What you need to start a Autowalking

Bassam: /* What you need to start a Autowalking */

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What you need to start a Autowalking

Bassam: /* What you need to start a Autowalking */

2011-12-17T02:47:06Z

What you need to start a Autowalking

Bassam: /* What you need to start a Autowalking */

2011-12-17T02:46:06Z

What you need to start a Autowalking

Bassam: /* What you need to start a sim */

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What you need to start a sim

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	* pop Upper: a foot will move if it exceeds this multiple of the stride length, and it was previously limited by the poplimiter; lower it to get less pops.		* pop Upper: a foot will move if it exceeds this multiple of the stride length, and it was previously limited by the poplimiter; lower it to get less pops.
	* frame step: for the baker: amount of frames to set keys on. Only raise this nubmer if you intend on scaling the action down, by the amount you intend to scale (i.e. if you're going to scale down by 2, use 2, etc.)		* frame step: for the baker: amount of frames to set keys on. Only raise this nubmer if you intend on scaling the action down, by the amount you intend to scale (i.e. if you're going to scale down by 2, use 2, etc.)
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−	~~== Creating a Ground Plane ==~~
−	~~This is tricky enough to deserve it's own section.~~

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 You need to start from either one of the shots that has had Game Engine crowd sim in it, or from the test file '''tubeSVN/scenes/dev/autowalk_test.blend''', or from a file where you have created the following elements by hand:
-* A Ground mesh that the roaches walk on, with the custom property __floor on the object. This can be created by making a dense mesh, parallel and over the ground, Turning on face/projection snapping, and moving it slightly in the top view. Meshlab (an external program) can then be used to simplify the dense mesh. You need to create this: see the section [[Roach Walk Sim#Creating a Ground Plane|"Creating a Ground Plane"]] to see more details how. Note this *may not exist* in the game engine sim file.
+* A Ground mesh that the roaches walk on, with the custom property __floor on the object. This can be created by making a dense mesh, parallel and over the ground, Turning on face/projection snapping, and moving it slightly in the top view. Meshlab (an external program) can then be used to simplify the dense mesh. You need to create this: see the section [[Roach Walk Sim#Create the Ground Mesh|"Creating the Ground Mesh"]] to see more details how. Note this *may not exist* in the game engine sim file.
 * Players! These are animated objects with the name Player.### (where ### represents numbers, e.g. Player.001) The capitalisation is significant. These objects should have animation representing the overall motion of the cockroach over the ground. Please note you do not need to use the Game Engine simulation: hand animated objects are also O.K. Making objects as mesh cubes roughly the same size as the cockroaches is a good idea, since they will give you an idea of scale.
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 == Steps ==
-==== Create the ground mesh ====
+==== Create the Ground Mesh ====
 As seen above, simply create the collision plane, typically done before any sim, and add the __floor property to it.

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 == Steps ==
-=== Create the ground mesh ===
+==== Create the ground mesh ====
 As seen above, simply create the collision plane, typically done before any sim, and add the __floor property to it.
-=== Create the Player objects ===
+==== Create the Player objects ====
 This can be done by hand animating empties or cubes, or by using the GE way.
-=== Import the autowalker ===
+==== Import the autowalker ====
 If you have refdesk setup, you should be able to go to the 3D View Tools, find Reference Desk, and import Roach Crowd. You'll get an Autowalk_ui section in the Tools area.
-=== Generate the roaches ===
+==== Generate the roaches ====
 Click generate in the autowalk UI and it should make cockroaches where the Player objects are.
-=== tweak settings, observe, retweak ===
+==== tweak settings, observe, retweak ====
 Use the UI to tweak parameters, and use the Live or Anim Update buttons to view the results, and retweak to satisfaction.
-=== Bake to Curves ===
+==== Bake to Curves ====
 When satisfied, bake the animation into curves.
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 * pop Upper: a foot will move if it exceeds this multiple of the stride length, and it was previously limited by the poplimiter; lower it to get less pops.
 * frame step: for the baker: amount of frames to set keys on. Only raise this nubmer if you intend on scaling the action down, by the amount you intend to scale (i.e. if you're going to scale down by 2, use 2, etc.)

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 You need to start from either one of the shots that has had Game Engine crowd sim in it, or from the test file '''tubeSVN/scenes/dev/autowalk_test.blend''', or from a file where you have created the following elements by hand:
-* A Ground mesh that the roaches walk on, with the custom property __floor on the object. This can be created by making a dense mesh, parallel and over the ground, Turning on face/projection snapping, and moving it slightly in the top view. Meshlab (an external program) can then be used to simplify the dense mesh. You need to create this: see the section [[Roach Walk Sim#Creating_a_Ground_Plane "Creating a Ground Plane"]] to see more details how. Note this *may not exist* in the game engine sim file.
+* A Ground mesh that the roaches walk on, with the custom property __floor on the object. This can be created by making a dense mesh, parallel and over the ground, Turning on face/projection snapping, and moving it slightly in the top view. Meshlab (an external program) can then be used to simplify the dense mesh. You need to create this: see the section [[Roach Walk Sim#Creating a Ground Plane|"Creating a Ground Plane"]] to see more details how. Note this *may not exist* in the game engine sim file.
 * Players! These are animated objects with the name Player.### (where ### represents numbers, e.g. Player.001) The capitalisation is significant. These objects should have animation representing the overall motion of the cockroach over the ground. Please note you do not need to use the Game Engine simulation: hand animated objects are also O.K. Making objects as mesh cubes roughly the same size as the cockroaches is a good idea, since they will give you an idea of scale.

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 * Players! These are animated objects with the name Player.### (where ### represents numbers, e.g. Player.001) The capitalisation is significant. These objects should have animation representing the overall motion of the cockroach over the ground. Please note you do not need to use the Game Engine simulation: hand animated objects are also O.K. Making objects as mesh cubes roughly the same size as the cockroaches is a good idea, since they will give you an idea of scale.
-* Working [[Reference_desk]] (so you need certain filepaths set up) In a scene file, you should have the property 'library' with the value '../../library.json' as a custom property on your scene. In addition, you need the reference desk addon enabled (this can be found in tubeSVN/lib/python/addons/refdesk.py) and installed. '''tubeSVN/scenes/dev/autowalk_test.blend''' already has everything setup so you can just start from the [[Roach Walk Sim#Steps steps]] below.
+* Working [[Reference_desk]] (so you need certain filepaths set up) In a scene file, you should have the property 'library' with the value '../../library.json' as a custom property on your scene. In addition, you need the reference desk addon enabled (this can be found in tubeSVN/lib/python/addons/refdesk.py) and installed. '''tubeSVN/scenes/dev/autowalk_test.blend''' already has everything setup so you can just start from the [[Roach Walk Sim#Steps|steps]] below.
 == Steps ==

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 == What you need to start a Autowalking ==
-You need to start from either one of the shots that has had Game Engine crowd sim in it, or from the test file tubeSVN/scenes/dev/autowalk_test.blend, or from a file where you have created the following elements by hand:
+You need to start from either one of the shots that has had Game Engine crowd sim in it, or from the test file '''tubeSVN/scenes/dev/autowalk_test.blend''', or from a file where you have created the following elements by hand:
 * A Ground mesh that the roaches walk on, with the custom property __floor on the object. This can be created by making a dense mesh, parallel and over the ground, Turning on face/projection snapping, and moving it slightly in the top view. Meshlab (an external program) can then be used to simplify the dense mesh. You need to create this: see the section "Creating a Ground Plane" to see more details how. Note this *may not exist* in the game engine sim file.
 * Players! These are animated objects with the name Player.### (where ### represents numbers, e.g. Player.001) The capitalisation is significant. These objects should have animation representing the overall motion of the cockroach over the ground. Please note you do not need to use the Game Engine simulation: hand animated objects are also O.K. Making objects as mesh cubes roughly the same size as the cockroaches is a good idea, since they will give you an idea of scale.
-* Working [[Reference_desk]] (so you need certain filepaths set up) In a scene file, you should have the property 'library' with the value '../../library.json' as a custom property on your scene. In addition, you need the reference desk addon enabled (this can be found in tubeSVN/lib/python/addons/refdesk.py) and installed.
+* Working [[Reference_desk]] (so you need certain filepaths set up) In a scene file, you should have the property 'library' with the value '../../library.json' as a custom property on your scene. In addition, you need the reference desk addon enabled (this can be found in tubeSVN/lib/python/addons/refdesk.py) and installed. '''tubeSVN/scenes/dev/autowalk_test.blend''' already has everything setup so you can just start from the steps below.
 == Steps ==