The Simplest Rigging Tutorial In The Universe
First, run 3Ds Studios and open Kams Scripts
Import the mesh you want to rig
note: if it is a direct conversion,
press ctrl + A,
then deselect the mesh by holding the Alt key and clicking on your mesh
finally press the delete key to remove the old boneset leaving just the desired mesh
now import a model from either Vice City or San Andreas (dependant on which game you wish to rig for)
using the rotate and move commands, move your mesh into the same position as the other mesh
as the mesh may be in the wrong shape for the bone set (especially when you are converting directly from one GTA to another), you are going to have to reshape your mesh using the vertex mode after selecting yourmesh
you must now select and delete the original mesh
reset the Xform of your mesh in the utilities panel
this tells the game that the position your model is in, is the position it is supposed to be in
convert your mesh to an ‘editable mesh’ using the right hand click on your mesh in any of your 4 views
add a skin modifier from the modify panel
now add all of the bones to this skin modifier
now edit the envelops (ensuring that the verticles box is ticked)
the task now is simple yet can be time consuming when you just begin to learn how to do this process.
here are some more examples, to help you
the jaw
the right foot
the left hand
when (AND ONLY WHEN) you have enveloped every single verticle to one bone (all verticles must be rigged, but it is not necessary for all bones to be used), will you export your model
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Special thanks to those at GTAForums.com who i learnt this process from