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Crowd Helper Object 1187

If, when s evera l bipeds share t he same st arting clip,

you vary this sett ing per biped, they won’t walk in

lockstep formation. This is most useful when you

take advantage of the ability of the Edit Multiple

Delegates dialog (page 2–1197) to randomize the

start frame for each delegate.

Pri orit y—Sets the delegate pr iority, which

determines the order of solution in biped/delegate

simulations.

For details, see Priority Rollout (page 2–1235).

First clip choice method—Determines which

motion clip in the shared motion flow graph

Crowdinitiallyusestoanimatethebipedlinked

w ith the delegate.

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First clip of current script—Uses the first clip in

the biped’s motion flow script, if a script exists.

If this option is chosen, but there is no script,

an error message is generated.

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R andom star t clip—Uses the random start clip or

clips specified in the shared motion flow graph,

if r andom start clips have b een desig nated.

If this option is chosen, but no random sta rt

clips have been designated, an error message

is generated.

Cr owd H elper Obj ect

Create panel > Helpers > Object Type rollout > Crowd

The Crowd helper object acts as the command

center for controlling crowd simulations in

character studio. In most c ases, you won’t need

more than one Crowd object per scene.

The Crowd object pro vides the following rollouts:

Setup Rollout (page 2–1188)

Solve Rollout (page 2–1232)

Priority Rollout (page 2–1235)

Smoothing Rollout (page 2–1238)

Collisions Rollout (page 2–1240)

Geometry Rollout (page 2–1240)

Global Clip Controllers Rollout (page 2–1241)

Cr owd Be h a vi ors

The Crowd object also lets you add behaviors to

thescene,choosethecurrentbehaviorfromalist,

and provides a rollout for modifying that behavior .

Behaviors provided with character s tudio include:

Avoid Behavior (page 2–1211)

Orientation Behavior (page 2–1214)

Path Follow B ehavior (page 2–1216)

Repel Behavior (page 2–1218)

Scripted Behavior (page 2–1220)

Seek Behavior (page 2–1220)

Space Warp Behavior (page 2–1221)

Speed Vary Behavior (page 2–1222)

Surface Arrive B ehavior (page 2–1223)

Surface Follow Behavior (page 2–1226)

Wall Repel B ehavior (page 2–1227)

Wall Seek Behavior (page 2–1229)

Wander Behavior (page 2–1231)