Hey BasicMonkey,
One thing that B3d does allow for is re-using one set of animations on multiple characters (as long as the rigging stays the same). We are gonna have to re-skin our two extra characters, but other than that the animations already in the can will be ok for these chaps.
Another thing which is sooooo cool is controlling a characters bones on the fly, I have a character which now tilts as he runs around corners, inspired by the Mario RPG demo which (tu) sinu created, you should try looking for it.
Because position, scale and rotate can all be affected, you can like wise affect any mesh attached to any bone, as long as you can find the child name of the bone. (look up the Findchild command).
Also, check out www.smartscreenuk.com for the projects I've done over the years, B3d rocks for most things, sure you don't have some of the more recent fancy stuff, but what you can do is awesome.
B3D is very stable and works on a really high number of all kinds of low end and high end PCs without any fuss, it also has a very active forum community, a heap of fab stuff in the code archives, and some very clever gurus you can call on, along with extra libraries and tools available already.
IPete2.
One thing that B3d does allow for is re-using one set of animations on multiple characters (as long as the rigging stays the same). We are gonna have to re-skin our two extra characters, but other than that the animations already in the can will be ok for these chaps.
Another thing which is sooooo cool is controlling a characters bones on the fly, I have a character which now tilts as he runs around corners, inspired by the Mario RPG demo which (tu) sinu created, you should try looking for it.
Because position, scale and rotate can all be affected, you can like wise affect any mesh attached to any bone, as long as you can find the child name of the bone. (look up the Findchild command).
Also, check out www.smartscreenuk.com for the projects I've done over the years, B3d rocks for most things, sure you don't have some of the more recent fancy stuff, but what you can do is awesome.
B3D is very stable and works on a really high number of all kinds of low end and high end PCs without any fuss, it also has a very active forum community, a heap of fab stuff in the code archives, and some very clever gurus you can call on, along with extra libraries and tools available already.
IPete2.