strange modelling question from a n00b

Hi everyone,

I have a strange request to all you experts out there!

You see, I want to make a character in Unreal that only consists of two big letters! It doesn't have to be animated, just so that it can move around as a static block of letters, but still be able to be a bot in a game, for instance.

Can I import a character mesh into UnrealEngine2 that really doesn't have anything but say, two feet, and that doesn't animate, but can act like a bot?

I have made the mesh in 3Dsmax, and I have been able to import this mesh into unrealengine using ActorX. Now, the (only) thing that is left is to make this into a character, even though it is not a "character" with hands and eyes and all that.

Somehow i think that there is a reallly simple solution to this, but I fear that it might be impossible...

Perhaps the best way to do this is to use the example UDNMale.max file, and transform him into a shape that makes up the two letters?

Thanks folks, for reading about my cracy idea..

ooge said:

i'm not really into importing a character, but i thinks its possible, but u should take a look at the script and see what bones are needed (for example a bone where the wapen is attached to) and add them to your model, but skin the model to just one bone so it doesn't animate. i think you also need to create al the different animations (like jump walk) but just don't let anything move in the animation sequences

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Thanks ooge,

I'll look into it - it might be too advance for me, but i can take the starting point from one of the example models, and "tweak" the skin so it fits, perhaps.



akvik

scott_bris said:

I would do pretty much what ooge said.

Create a Biped in max and skin the entire model to the hip bone or something like that, a lower back one would work as well probably.

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So that means that even though there are bones outside of the skin, the model will still work?

Thanks ooge,

for helping me out on this, I really appreciate it! I'll give it an honest n00b-try!

akvik