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using the delegate’s Motion Parameters rollout
(page 2–1035)
>Bipedgroupsettings.
Youmustselectthebiped’scenterofmass
(COM) object (ty pically named Bip0#), as
indicated by t he mouse cursor turning into a
crosshairs icon when it’s over the COM in the
active viewport.
5. Tu rn on Use Biped for each delegate.
Tip: To link up any number of delegates
withbipeds,allatthesametime,selectthe
Crowd helper object and click the Setup rollout
>
Biped/Delegate Associations button (page
2–1051)
. Use the dialog to connect the pairs
andturnonUseBipedforeachdelegate.See
Linking Objects to Delegates (page 2–1020) .
6. Set the biped/delegates to use a random
startclipasthefirstclip. Youcansetthis
simultaneously for multiple delegates with the
Edit Multiple Delegates dialog (page 2–1048) .
To a pply the shar ed motion fl ow:
Next, you use the Shared Motion Flow function to
apply the saved motion flow graph to the bipeds.
1. Select any biped and open the Motion panel.
2. Click the Biped rollout > Motion
Flow Mode button.
3. Click the M otion Flow rollout > Shared
Motion Flow button.
4. In the Shared Motion Flow dialog, click the
New button.
This creates a new shared m otion flow and
assigns it a default name. You can change the
name if you like.
Next, load a motion flow file.
5. Click the Parameters group > Load .mfe button,
and use the Open dialog to load a motion flow
file. Typically, this would be the one you saved
earlier in the procedure.
Next, specif y the bipeds that will share this
motion flow.
6. In the Parameters group, click the Add button,
and use the Select dialog to specify the bipeds
that will share the motion flow.
Foryourconvenience,theSelectdialogshows
only center of mass objects for the bipeds in
the scene.
After you click the Select button, the bipeds
appear in the dialog, in the list under "Bipeds
Sharing this Motion Flow."
7. Tocorrectlyshareamotionflow,bipeds’legs
must be scaled the same. If any of the bipeds
are scaled differently than the one you started
w ith, an alert appears, and then, when you click
the OK button in t he alert box, the wrong-scale
bipeds are noted as such in the list. At this
point, you can select one of the bipeds in the
list, and then click the Set Shared Motion Flow
Scalebuttontomatchtheothers’scaletothat
biped. Or you can click one of the Reset Wrong
Scales buttons to rescale the wrong-scale bipeds
or just their legs. Be sure to take one of t hese
measures before proceeding.
OnemorestepintheSharedMotionFlow
dialog is necessary: You must act ivate Motion
Flow mode for all the bipeds sharing the motion
flow. Aspecialbuttoninthedialogletsyou
perform that action in one step.
8. Click the Put Multiple B ipeds in Motion
Flow button.
This activates Motion Flow mode for all the
bipeds sharing the motion flow.
9. Click the OK button to exit the dialog.
To of fset th e del egates a nd test the simul at ion:
Delegate-controlled bipeds can begin their
animation with their motion flow scripts’ first clip,
if it exists, or with a random motion clip. But wh en
you load a motion flow file into the Shared Motion