Ok, heres a looped version of the walk cycle so its much easier to see

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49HRDA9VESo

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Does anyone know of any good trax tutorials?
I have a clip now but dont have a clue how to use it xD

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its hard to say what the problem is... maybe it's because he has no legs
maybe he also needs to twist his body side to side when he walks too... like a hip movement

as for trax tutorials, i don't know any other than the one that comes with maya.
it didn't really seem like there was much to it... just a lot of experimentation

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that's a "Ch" pronounced as a "K"

Computer skills I should have:
Objective C, C#, Java, MEL. Python, C++, XML, JavaScript, XSLT, HTML, SQL, CSS, FXScript, Clips, SOAR, ActionScript, OpenGL, DirectX
Maya, XSI, Photoshop, AfterEffects, Motion, Illustrator, Flash, Swift3D

My main problem at the moment is that my clip just makes him walk on the spot and i need him to walk forward
I think i need to use retargeting but im not sure how (the help files didnt really help)

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Am i barking up the wrong tree?
should i be using retargeting?
or should i have animated him walking forward in the first place instead of on the spot?

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I think ive got it.
am i right in thinking that i need to merge this clip with another one that makes the body move forward?
Please tell me if im barking up the wrong tree

UPDATE: :attn: ive done it , i only have one problem. My ik handles arnt moving with the body, they are being held back. do i need to change something or should i not have put keys onto the ik handles directly in the first place?

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don't you need to parent the entire skeleton to a control curve (so that the ik handles are children of the cc) and then you move that cc and it moves everything with it including the ik handles

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Objective C, C#, Java, MEL. Python, C++, XML, JavaScript, XSLT, HTML, SQL, CSS, FXScript, Clips, SOAR, ActionScript, OpenGL, DirectX
Maya, XSI, Photoshop, AfterEffects, Motion, Illustrator, Flash, Swift3D

I have no idea XD, its quite difficult to find tutorials that cover it

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well you should

make yourself a curve and parent the root of your skeleton to it

i thought any tutorial on rigging would tell you the concept of control curves

maybe it's just the stuff i've seen

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Computer skills I should have:
Objective C, C#, Java, MEL. Python, C++, XML, JavaScript, XSLT, HTML, SQL, CSS, FXScript, Clips, SOAR, ActionScript, OpenGL, DirectX
Maya, XSI, Photoshop, AfterEffects, Motion, Illustrator, Flash, Swift3D

judging by what ive seen of other peoples rigs the books im using are pitiful.
I still cant find anything on Ik handles but i did find something on FBIK
'Set keys on the FBIK effectors or input joints you posed with Animate > Set Key or the Set Key hotkey (s key)'
Does this also apply to IK handles (probably a very noobie question but i know nothing of FBIK)? or should i do what chirone said?

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I figured it out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVHbVAUbHqI
I can now see hes not nearly moving forward fast enough so ill change that
I might make the walk a bit more cartoony like in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcRj9lQDVGY
any other suggestions?

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I think you need to make Optimus Kirby.

TBH I dont think an optimus kirby would work very well but i might give it a go!

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While i continue to experiment with animation (im going to remake the kirby walk cycle with a new rig that allows me to bend the feet and ive now got SSBB so i finally have some kirby reference ) im going to make meta knights halberd
I really want to go OTT on this one because it will probably be the last thing i model in this project (although it wont be the end of the project), so I spent a while taking refs off ssmb because there arent many decent refs out there (https://xane.gamez-interactive.de/Brawl/Decrypter/ <---if your wondering how to take screenshots off SSBB)
for anyone that doesnt know what his halberd looks like.....

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