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Hi, Yes, we can confirm that the behavior that you are describing, however, it does work but it does not show in the CDS window. If you save the merged file and then open it again you can see that the rig is indeed in place. We are going to have a look at the issue any try to solve as soon as we can.

Yes, we are currently working on adding the support for 3ds max 2023 and Maya 2023. Are you sure? It looks like a dead product also this forum also seems lifeless. We here having some difficulties with development of the 2023 support but it is on it's way. That is why it is taking a bit of time. Us...

Everything up until impact can be handled by Craft Director Studio. We do have forensics/legal companies that use our tools for creating animations for this sort of situations.

I went back to 3ds max and double check make sure when I exported the same frame rate I use in unreal (24 fps) and the same problem still occurred… I have no problem render with lock display rate at runtime but if I do there will be no proper motion blur Another issue that can arise is if the trans...

I'm having a problem with motion blur in the unreal engine. I have to unlock the display rate at runtime to have proper motion blur in the movie render queue, but if I do. The path that was imported from 3ds Max is not smoothed. Wheels will start jiggling. I tried to bake the animation and import a...

Hello! I created a car animation and I followed the Youtube instructions about selecting the wheel and using the Constraints > Link Constraint when setting up the car and the rig in 3DS Max 2022. I opened the Scene Explorer and the wheels and body are not under the rig mesh like the conventional ri...

Yes, we are currently working on adding the support for 3ds max 2023 and Maya 2023.

To make the rig not be dependent on CDS you can just unplug the model using the unplug button. screenshot.69.png The dummy meshes are not rendered as they are set to not be render. If you would like to have the keys directly on the model you can do the following: Use Position Constraint and Orientat...

I made a try, but when I set the parameters it will get disabled as soon as I klick the record button. Sorry for the late response. You need to have a fresh rig for it to work as it takes in previous animation in to consideration. Clone it via CDS and you should be ready to go. Another problem user...

Hi Fox, Unfortunately you will not be able to use the 3DConnexion/3dx cadmouse with Craft Director Studio as we removed the support for 3DConnexion mice some time ago. We removed it as the support was with each of 3DConnexion driver update broken and was creating a bad experience for our users. Craf...

Dag wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:04 pm

Hi, great!
Could you say how did you animate this? is it autonomous mode?
I want to make a car chase in the city, but I struggle with the autonomous mode. It do not make what I expected it will do.

Hi Dag,

What is the issue you are facing? Maybe I can help you out?

Hi Dag,

On 4-Wheeler Extended you are able to set the Initial Velocity (% of max) and thus have an initial speed on record. It is slightly confusing that it placed under "read only".

Sorry just saw this now.

Here is the hierarchy:

• CrawlerExt_01_CrawlerBody
  • DirectInputLink_01_RelativeCageMesh
    • DirectInputLink_01_ActuatorMesh
      • Firepower_01_gun

Unfortunately the Helicopter does not support the autonomous funcion. So making a change to the path of animation will make you need to reanimate from the point of where the change is desired. if it's only changing some of the configuration values you are able to press Resimulate button to keep the ...

Hi a312er, A couple of things 1. Place the drive wheel in one of the corners instead of the middle. The problem is that when the tracks does not hit the drive wheel it will not drive the track. Use CogWheel to dive the drive wheel from one of the Crawler's wheels. crawler_drive_wheel.png 2. Make the...

I Dane,

I think you solved this issue?

Best Regards,
Patrik

Help, such a problem. In 3dsmax, the animation works correctly, all the wheels spin as they should. But when exporting via datasmith, the animation works the same way, the body moves as it should, but the wheels jump anywhere. How can the problem be solved? https://imgur.com/a/JXMBwS8 Using the "Li...

Se my image attachement showing the types of wheels needed. The rear middle wheel is the one that are to be a "non inner wheel". The rest are standard inner wheels.

I'm not sure what is causing this effect but it only happens when I close 3DS Max and reopen the scene that my Bicyclist are what looks like a mechanical bull ride with the cyclist and bike bucking up and down. When I first create the Bike Group, the bicycle and cyclist work appropriately and they ...

It finally worked, it was lots of remapping and program on top to make it work. It is not 100% but at less it works... Thank you Glad to hear that you found a workaround. Another thing that I suggest is the use the Autonomous mode for animation of the cars. Easier to control and adjust if needed. P...