Remove an Idle Animation from a Character

[amanda]

Is it possible to remove an idle animation from a character? I have a sitting character who I would like to stand. I can do this by resetting the idle animation to observing or listening, but then she moves her head. When I set the idle animation to none, I get an error message.

[Neville]

Hi Amanda

Thinking Worlds characters need to have either a full or an idle animation set.
If I understand you correctly you would like a completely still idle animation?
If this is the case then a custom idle animation would be necessary.
The alternative (and one we at Caspian have used) is to create a character as an object.

Would you like a member of the Caspian Art team to talk you through the options for you?

Neville

[amanda]

Hi Neville,

Thanks for your response. I don't think I need to talk to a member of the art team at the moment.

When I first add the character to the scene, she seems relatively still. I just want her to return to that same relatively still state after I apply an idle animation for a period of time. Is that possible, or would I need to create a new character?

Thanks,

Amanda

[Neville]

Hi Amanda

To set the idle animation, are you using the 'Set animation' node, or the 'Set idle animation' node?
Which character are you applying this to?

Neville

[amanda]

I'm using the 'Set idle animation' node the Smart Modern Female 2 character.

[Neville]

Hi Amanda

Could you please mail me the scene where this happens so that I can investigate.
In your "My Documents\Caspian\Journeys\" folder will be a folder with the name of your journey. In this folder is the *.scene file.
Pop it into a zip file and mail to:

neville.rudd@caspianlearning.co.uk

Thanks

Neville