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Sharing Motion Flow 891
Procedure
Example: To share a random motion f low among
multiple bipeds:
1.
Create three bipeds.
2. On the Biped rollout, turn on Motion
Flow Mode .
3. On the Motion Flow rollout, click Show
Graph.
This displays the Motion Flow Graph.
4. ClickCreateMultipleClipsandaddat
least four clips to the Motion Flow Graph.
The Open dialog appears where you can choose
the location of your
.bip files.
5. After adding the clips, click Move Clips
and arrange the clips so they are not so close to
one another. This w ill make it easier to see the
transitions later.
6. Click Selec t Clip/Transition and region
select all the clips.
7. On the Motion Flow Graph, click
Synthesize Motion Flow Graph and click Yes
when asked if you want to create transitions
from each selected clip to itself.
8. On the Motion Flow Graph toolbar, click
Select Random Start Clips.
All the transitions linking clips are weighted
at 100, meaning all the transitions have a even
chance of being randomly used.
9. Region select all the clips in the Motion Flow
Graph dialog.
The clips all turn purple and are assig ned a
weighting of 100. All the clips have an even
chance of starting first.
10. On the Motion Flow rollout, click Shared
Motion Flow .
The Shared Motion Flow dialog is displayed.
11. On the Shared Motion Flows dialog, click New.
A new shared motion flow is created.