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Motion Flow Rollout 1045
Motion Flow R ollout
Selec t a biped. > Motion panel > Biped rollout > Motion
Flow Mode > M otion Flow rollout
The Motion Flow rollout displays when Motion
Flow mode is turned on in the Biped rollout. Load,
append, and save motion flow editor files (.mfe),
display the Motion Flow Graph (page 2–1045)
and display the Shared Motion Flow dialog using
controls on this rollout.
To load, append, or save a Motion Flow Editor,
.mfe, file refer to the follow ing procedures:
• To load Motion Flow Editor files (page 2–1033)
• To append Motion Flow Editor files (page
2–1033)
• To save Motion Flow Editor files (page 2–1032)
Inter face
Load File—Load a Motion Flow Editor file
(.mfe). Motion Flow Editor files include:
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Clips—References to biped animation files.
•
Tra nsi tions —Names, attributes, and
connections between clips.
•
Scripts—Different paths through a set of
connectedclipsandtransitions.
Tip: The location of the referenced .bip files is saved
in the .mfe file. If the .bip file cannot be found,
the program looks to the Motion Flow directory
specified in plugcfg\biped.ini. By default, this
setting is:
MoFlowDir=<maxdir>\cstudio\moflow
If you load an .mfe file onto 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.
Append File— Append a Motion Flow Editor
(.mfe)filetothe.mfe that is already loaded.
Displays a load file dialog.
The appended graph will appear directly below the
bottom of the existing graph in the graph window,
so you ma y hav e to scroll down to see it.
Save File— Save a Motion Flow Editor (.mfe)
file.
Saving a .mfe filefromabipedhavingashared
motion flow will save the motion flow and its
scripts as if it were not shared. It will be a normal
.mfe fi le.
Note: To s ave a s c r i p t a s a .bip file, use Unified
motion to have the scripted motion available when
you exit Motion Flow mode.
Show Graph— Opens the Motion Flow Graph
(page 2–1045). The first step i n script creation is to
add clips to the Motion Flow Graph.
Shared Motion Flow— Displays the Shared
Motion Flows dialog (page 2–1056).Allowsyouto
create, delete, and modif y shared mot ion flows.
Shared motion flows are used to animate one or
more bipeds to simulate a crowd. If the selected
bipedisusingasharedmotionflow,thentheicon
hasawhitecirclearoundit.
Motion Flow Graph Dialog
Select a biped. > Motion panel > Biped rollout > Motion
Flow Mode > Motion Flow rollout > Motion Flow Graph >
Motion Flow Graph dialog
UsetoolsintheMotionFlowGraphtoaddclips
to the graph, calculate optimized transitions, set