Hi All

After thinking about this for a while and after a recent challenge about walking down stairs I have had a play around and come up with this.
Keep in mine this is a very early example and I have lots more to do but I thought I would post and hopefully get some feedback.



Chris.

Nice Chris! :)

What a wonderful start. She hits each step just right. It looks like the trailing leg starts lifting before the leading leg is fully planted on the next lower step. Maybe that could become a variable at some point.

Not sure what I am looking at...
As you say "script", does that mean it automatically fits to different Stair-"Terrains"?



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If it is what I think it is, then it's awesome!
So you scripted a step clip and then looped it. Right?
With right GUI, it can be used to generate walk upstairs, downstairs and just general walk loops I suppose.

It made me think of the bone offset amount controls in the Motion Puppet and Motion Modify that let you adjust how much the joints rotate. So you can decrease or increase the rotation to adjust stride length.

But I like it. :)

Hi

The script is another name for a plugin
If I can complete this it will allow you to walk your charater up or down stairs with ease.
This plugin dos'nt use terrains.

Chris.

Hi

Not really it creates its own full clip so no looping?
As you can see from the ealry ui I have inclided various options including up and down stairs.




Chris.

Hi

I have included a riser and step offset so you can place a foot where it needs to be.

Chris.

Here's a quick screen grab


Please keep in mind this is at a very early stage so not sure whats in or out at the moment.

Chris.

Thanks for sharing the UI. I think you may have found a solution that can apply to more than just stairs! :)

Can the rise offset be adjusted so she just walks level, like for stepping stones?