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Arandomscriptiscreatedbasedonclipsin
the Motion Flow Graph. You can v ary clip and
transition percentages in the clip dialog or
Transition Editor to favor a clip or transition
if you like.
11. Click Play Animation or scrub the time
slider to view the transition.
Details of R a ndom Motions
When choreographing a random motion for your
biped, the default “weighting” for a l l clips and
transitions is set to 100. This ensures that all clips
and transitions have an equal chance of being
randomly chosen. You can adjust the weighting of
transitions in the Motion Flow Graph or Transition
Editor to give transitions a higher probability of
being selected. You can also set a specific start clip
foryourbipedtousewhiletheremainderofthe
clips in the script are randomly chosen from the
Motion Flow Graph.
To customize transition “weighting” and s etting a
star t clip:
1.
Oon the Biped rollout, select a biped
andturnonMotionFlowMode.
2. On the Motion Flow rollout, click Show
Graph.
This displays the Motion Flow Graph.
3. On the Motion Flow rollout, click Load
File
TheOpendialogisdisplayed.
4. Cho ose a .mfe file from the folder where your
Motion Flow Editor files are stored.
The clips and transitions appear in the Motion
Flow Graph. Each tr ansition displays its
“weighting” va lue, 100 by default.
5. Click Select Clip/Transition and
right-click a tr ansition that you want to adjust.
The Transtion Editor dialog is displayed.
6. Adjust the Probabilit y setting to give the
transitionahigherorlowerprobabilityofbeing
randomly chosen for the motion flow script.
Note: The Probability range is 0 to 100.
7. On the Motion Flow Graph toolbar, click
Select Random Star t Clips.
8. Select the clip you want used as the start clip.
The clip turns purple and is assigned a
weighting of 100. The selected clip will be used
first by any biped using the random motion
script.
9. In the Scripts section on the Motion Flow
rollout, click Create Random Motion.
10. On the Create Random Motion dialog, set a
value for Minimum Animation Length.
This should be long enough to incl ude the clips
you want in the animation.
11. Click Create.