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Speed Vary Behavior 1109
Matching specular color to the diffuse color makes the
sur face less shiny.
Speed Vary Behavior
In crowd animation (page 2–1006) , the Speed
Vary behavior is usef ul for objects whose velocity
changesastheymove,suchasstrollingtourists
who might occasionally slow do wn to do some
sightseeing.
Splice
The term splice means to cut a sequence, insert
asegmentandjointhecutendstothesegment.
Itcanalsomeanasimplejoiningofendstoa
segment.
In character studio,youcanspliceafootstep
sequence. You do this by copying a footstep
sequence, then moving it to the middle or end of
another footstep sequence and placing it t here.
The ends of the segments are joined automatically
to make a smooth footstep sequence.
Yo u c a n u s e s p l i c i n g t o e x t e n d y o u r f o o t s t e p
animationorbuildacyclicsequence.
Spline
Top: Spline
Middle: A segment of the spline
Bottom: Vertices of the spline
A type of curve that is interpolated between two
endpoints and two or more tangent vectors. The
term dates from 1756, and derives f rom a thin
wood or metal strip used for drafting curves in
architecture and ship design.
Spline Dynamics
Spline Dynamics is a biped dynamics (page
3–1010)
option located on the Dynamics &
Adaptation rollout (page 2–833)
. Cho osing Spline
Dynamics creates keys for the biped’s center
of mass without calculating gravity or balance
(Dynamics Blend=0.0 and Balance Factor=0.0).
Star tup Scr ipt
When3dsMaxfirststarts,MAXScriptsearchesfor
any star tup script files, which it then automatically
loads and runs. This feature is useful if you
have function libraries you always use and want
preloaded, or if you w ant to establish custom UI
settings, define scripted plug-ins, or load scripted
utility rollouts.