Hi guys,
I have a quesion about an animation I did in maya, I wasn’t too happy with the terrain renders and I would like to redo the animation using Vue Infinite.
The main stickler right now is I don’t have Xstream to bring in the terrain from Vue.
So my question is, if I recreated the animation in Max (with plans of exporting to Vue as a VOB) , is it possible to use Maxscript for the rotation of the wheels while I am moving the train on a given axis – for example I was able to use an expression in Maya, that made the wheels rotate when I dragged the train along the X axis – the faster the train moved the faster the wheels rotated.
Here is the animation and the the expression I used.
Animation: www.sowl.com/train.htm
Here is the MEL script/ Expression
float $fRot=Train.translateX*-360;
float $fFreq= frame;
smallWheelRighta.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelRightb.rotateZ=$fRot;
largewheelRightpis.rotateZ=$fRot;
largewheelRightdriver.rotateZ=$fRot;
largeWheelRightcoal.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelLefta.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelLeftb.rotateZ=$fRot;
largewheelLeftpis.rotateZ=$fRot;
largewheelLeftdriver.rotateZ=$fRot;
largeWheelLeftcoal.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelRightb1.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelLeftb2.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelRighta1.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelLefta2.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelRightb3.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelLeftb4.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelRighta3.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelLefta4.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelRightb5.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelLeftb6.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelRighta5.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelLefta6.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelRightb7.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelLeftb8.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelRighta7.rotateZ=$fRot;
smallWheelLefta8.rotateZ=$fRot;