Hi guys,
I have a simple 2-legged character here that I need a rig for. I dont want to use character studio (in MAX 8) because in my opinion it is just a pain in the a$$ to animate. It seems to me like the curve editor doesn’t support all key types and it is still very buggy. Sometimes the curves dont show up in the editor etc. Does anyone have similar problems ? And the planted foot ik solution (with two consecutive keyframes necessary to keep it planted ?? like it says in the tutorials) gives me a messy keyframe layout not suitable for a simple walkcycle. I also dont like how it makes a keyframe for the whole arm when I just want to keyframe my hand but I guess this is how character studio works, right ? Or am I missing an easy way to animate in CS ?
So my question is: is there a free rigging script available that works under MAX 8 and gives my a simple 2/-legged creature to animate? I dont need anything fancy, just some controls to animate a walkcycle. I would like to hear your opinion on this which options there are and which you prefer.
I already tried the comet character rigger which would probably my best bet, but after installing it gives me an error when starting up max (attributeholder, plugin redefinition cannot change class ID) and apparently the footroll doesnt work because of this error. Does anyone have a clue on how to make it work under MAX 8 ? Or do you know free scripts or rigs that I could use ? I am still unsure about how I would skin my character with one of the free rigs available.
Anyways, I would appreciate any help of you pros that gets my character up and running fast and reliable.
Markus