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There are a few indicators in the user interface that show if a biped is using a
shared motion flow. If it is, a white circle surrounds the Shared Motion Flow
button when you edit that biped. If you edit that biped's motion flow graph,
the title of the graph dialog will say "Shared Motion Flow Graph", followed
by the name of the shared motion flow.
NOTE All bipeds in a shared motion flow should have the same leg scale and
structure. Adaptation for differently sized bipeds does not occur in a shared motion
flow. If you want differently sized bipeds in a crowd, then create a shared motion
flow for each size.
TIP The only way to save a shared motion flow, along with the bipeds sharing it,
and keep everything hooked up correctly is to save it all in a .max file.
Procedures
Example: To share a random motion flow among multiple bipeds:
1 Create three bipeds.
2
On the Biped rollout, turn on Motion Flow Mode .
3 On the Motion Flow rollout, click Show Graph.
This displays the Motion Flow Graph.
4
Click Create Multiple Clips and add at least four clips to the Motion
Flow Graph.
The Open dialog appears where you can choose the location of your BIP
files.
5
After adding the clips, click Move Clips and arrange the clips so they
are not so close to one another. This will make it easier to see the
transitions later.
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