Having read the disweighted and badly emphasised contents of this link I feel bound for Grammatically oriented defence. :P:D;)

Important:
See this because here are the contents in question with my OWN corrections as an Author.

It Says...

1. Use one word for many:

a. Know definitions:
The letter was written by someone who had not signed his or her name.
The letter was anonymous.

WRONG:
a. Is incorrect because the first announcement makes reference to a single person. The second "correction" implies that it COULD have been written by an organisation or, indeed, no one at all but rather an automated device.


b. Use front modifiers:
He requested a trial by a jury of his peers.
He requested a jury trial.

WRONG:
The initial "corrected" statement clearly states that he wishes judgement by SUPERIOR people to himself.
The "corrected" statement simply misses this point and implies it could be a jury of tramps, delinquents and animals.

c. Avoid overlapping subordinate constructions:
A watch is an intricate instrument to measure time, which many people consider the gift that is the most valuable of all.
A watch measures time, which many consider the most valuable gift.

WRONG:
The "Correction" misses the point that the watch PRECISELY measures time, unlike an egg timer which is a rough approximation, and the "corrected" value reference misses that people consider it the most valuable of EVERYTHING there is, rather than potentially what it was amongst.

d. Avoid tautology:
He referred to basic and fundamental principles of physics.
He referred to basic principles of physics.

WRONG:
The "corrected" statement misses totally that, even though a physics crisis takes place at the perimeter of light speed in an orbiting state around a black hole at the event horizon, this is fundamental to light speed but by no means is it a basic principle. It relies on a whole multitude of other factors. Mass speed for one. Referential awareness for another.

e. Avoid empty subjects:
It is truth which will prevail, he argued.
Truth will prevail, he argued.

WRONG:
In this the "Corrected" statement misses completely that the arguer makes reference to "The Truth" and that by not singularly stating Truth as a whole, he makes reference to it comparatively and that the one element of many, The Truth, will prevail.

f. Don't overdo it:
At each end of the sunken garden, worn marble steps, flanked by large oak trees, lead to the burial ground.
The garden has steps at both ends.

WRONG Terribly.
The "Corrected statement kills the knowledge that, the steps are ancient; that they are well used because marble is solid but these are worn down, that, also, the steps lead in a circle because at BOTH ends of the garden the steps lead to the same place in a loop. Marble also has classd, wealth and beauty associated. Oak trees depict a beautiful avenue.
The mystery is, why is there a garden in the middle of the Burial ground at all, and that has steps that loop to the same destination?


2. Use the active voice:
The ship was overloaded by the stevedores.
Stevedores overloaded the ship.

WRONG:
Already it defies understanding in its own right.
Stevedores= A firm or individual engaged in the loading or unloading of a vessel.
Was the ship overloaded by many firms and so therefore many cargoes? Or many individuals of one Firm and so therefore a single company.

IN ANIMATION:
If you clip and cut information; "precis" the data, you'll end up with semi-muted actors and a ten minute full length feature film.
Sometimes embellishments are more depictional than you realise.
;)

This was one of the best threads I have read....ever - It clearly shows all the same dynamics of a family (a big family.) It is nice to see a great group of people with wonderful different points of view - trying to help one another - with such passion and often times extreme humor. I am honored to have witnessed it - thank-you all.

Thanks for taking the time...
:)sal :)

(English is my second language - Gibberish is my first)
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Blatant disregard of Rule #17:P

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Sw00000p. I figured you must have been down that route at some point:)

I know that Peter mentioned scriptability for iC5, but that was regarding flashing lights or such. We'll see soon enough. I always got sidetracked into walk creation and never got a huge collection of gestures into the AML. Now Its just wait and see.

This is only a hobby of mine, not something I'll ever use to make money (so far anyway), so I'm actually content with just futzing about with iClone. I'll be excited to see your cool Unity creations when you have something.

Regards. R

This posting talks about "Director Mode", but the AML can be triggered by the right-click menu, or "Director Mode".

Hopefully iClone 5 will make the process easier. You might want to build some sort of "super persona" with all your needed gestures in the "Perform" sub-menu.

From the previously linked site:

Blend Perform with Walking Motion (Priority Node)

In this section you can learn to use Priority node to blend perform motion with body movement, where you can have someone walking using WASD keys, and then press a perform hotkey to have certain parts of the body perform another motion. This is very useful when you want someone to walk and then pick up a book and then walk away again carrying the book tucked under their arm, instead of swinging wildly in their hand. Or you can have someone run, stop and wave hello to their friends on the way. Both of these cases can apply to priorities.

How does priority work? When you add an animation clip to a command you can set priority to body parts. Each of the priorities are defined by three levels: Normal, High and Ultra High. When I have punch that has ultra high and a walk motion that has normal- in this situation the punch will overwrite the walk motion's data and perform punch of the character.

From this table we can see that the character will have a Punch upper body and a Walking lower body.
   Move Command (Walk)    Perform (Punch)
Upper Body    Normal    Ultra High
Lower Body    Ultra High    Normal

Here you can learn the trick on how you can have punch animation while the actor is walking.

1. Select the animation clip you want to set the priority to. Click "Add New One".
2. Select the body part (Upper Torso) from the "Priority Node" drop down list.
3. Highlight "$.UpperTorso" in the priority list. Set this priority to "Ultra High".


Its quite possible, and quite flexible as well. Bummer the AML neds a bit of cleaning (check my post from before).;)

Actually, what would be a hoot would be to get a lively conversation going between swoop and Armstrong. That would be mind-bending! :P

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Didn't understand a word of that last Post:ermm:

English translation please;)

Hmmmm...........I wonder if sW0000p's open to being tapped for a few bob.:Whistling:

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Hmm, this is an interesting thread.

OK. My tuppence goes down the avenue of "easiest most time saving.".
Not a million miles away from us all is an exceptional modeler who perhaps could be contacted for assistance. I dont know if he can help, but in theory and by example output of his work I'd say 99% probability of a yes.

He's made some superb Centaurs and Centauresses. Half Horse and Half Human.
My logical solution would be to ask it he could create an Avatar that was a human form but that accepted animations for its relevant half.
So you could apply one animation to the upper body waving and the legs to do something else.
I seem to remember he had motions for the 4 horses legs and motions applicable to the Human upper segment on the one avatar.

My question to him would be, can you make it so that a single avatar appearing as a single avatar can accept orders for the lower and upper independently of one another and if so, make it so. It's not a desired answer and possibly not within the timescales required either but...... It's a facility otherwise non-existent in iClone.

I disagree that Swoooop should do anything but carry on as he does, I enjoy reading his words, not neccessarily because he's descriptively tutorialistic in his summarising but because his logical approach and theoretics in many ways 'improvisionaly' match my own.

Now I'm not so dozy soft and pussy-footed that a bit of heat in someones manner makes me burst out crying and sue Reallusion.
But perhaps with a superior vocabulary he'd rock boats in a superior manner. The better biter is often the intellectual. :P
It is enfuriating when you have what psychologically amounts to children demanding more pocket money, yes. But all that is is goal striving.
That's the end result of frustration, determination, mental hyperactivity and blind all-out striving to succeed and this mind-state isn't reasonable any more than it's patient.