CompuServe Thread

Hello Impulse. I've got a great suggestion for a future version of Imagine (assuming it hasn't been already suggested!). I;m using Imagine 2.0 and the Humanoid object. Wow is this getting fun or what! Here's my suggestion. Wouldn't it be great if you could lock one maybe two groups of your choice into position, in either the cycle editor or detail editor (with cycle transform on) and pull your object from any other group and have all the inbetween groups change together to extend out or in so that you can create a pose in a matter of moments? Example one: The Hunanoid is standing straight up with his arms down at his side. You want him to extend his arm straight out and point his index finger at something. You could lock his chest into position. Then grab his finger with the cursor and pull it until his arm reaches its limit based on the lengths of the joints in between. The effect would be like pulling a string on a puppet. The program would have to calculate the angle and position of all the in between joints on the fly. Example two: The Humanoid is in a crouching position and you want him to stand up. Normally, its pretty tough to keep his feet from sliding a little bit which ruins the effect. You would lock both his feet into position. Then grab his head and pull up until he can;t go up any higher. I think the power of a function like this would be tremendous. It would also cut down on the time spent positioning complex objects. I hope ypu at least consider the idea for a future release. Bruce Patek – via Whap!