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Shared Motion Flows list—Lists shared motion
flows.
New—Creates a new shared motion flow.
Delete—Deletes the current shared motion flow.
The scripts of the bipeds sharing the deleted
motion flow will be deleted. Those bipeds will
have an empty motion flow graph and no scripts.
Load—Loads a shared motion flow ( .smf )file.
ThisfileiscreatedwiththeSavecommand(see
following).Thefilecontainsthesharedmotion
flowgraphaswellasthescriptsforallbipeds
sharing the motion flow.
Save—Saves a shared motion flow ( .smf )file.
The file contains the shared motion flow graph as
well as the scripts for all bipeds sharing the motion
flow.
Use this facility to speed biped/crowd-simulation
setup. Createandrefinethecrowdsimulation
w ith bipeds that don’ t use Physique, save the
sharedmotionflow,loadorcreateyourfinal
crowd members that use Physique, and then load
the shared motion flow. For a procedure, see
To
apply a shared motion flow to a different group
of bipeds: (page 2–892)
.
Loa d .m fe—Displays a load file dialog. Load an
.mfe file into the shared motion flow.
Note: If you load a .mfe file, via the Motion Flow
rollout, into a biped using a shared motion flow,
you will get a warning and the biped will be
removed from the shared motion flow . The biped
will get the newly loaded motion flow and all its
scripts. The shared motion flow will remain the
same.
Bipeds Shar ing this Motion Flow list—Lists the
bipeds that share this motion flow.
Add—Displays a dialog where you can choose
bipeds to add to the motion flow list.
Add bipeds to the list of bipeds that share a motion
flow. When you add a biped, its current motion
flow graph a nd motion flow scripts will be deleted.
It will now have the shared motion flow graph. A
biped can only share one motion flow g r aph. You
must remove a biped from its shared motion flow
in order to add it to a different shared motion flow.
Remove—Removes the selec ted bipeds in the list
from the current shared motion flow.
These bipeds’ scr ipts will be deleted. They will
have an empt y motion flow g raph.
Put M ultiple B ipeds in Motion Flow—Put the
bipeds in the list into Motion Flow mode.