I've not had much opportunity to look thoroughally in IC3, but I was curious... With the new actor interactions, such as walking, picking up items, etc... I was curious what it takes to import a Sketchup scene (Yes I purchased 3DXchange 2.0, although haven't tried it yet tho) that has stairs, and what it takes to have an actor walk up those stairs... As well as open doors...

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iClone 3 doesn't come with a stairs iProp but with this system it is quite possible to create stairs with built in "walk up" animations included. That is something we will see more of over time as more iProps become available.

                                                                

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ok as far as the stair are concerned  the mantelpiece has one in the living room 

but i can't get the actor to go up the stairs  can anybody help me with this issue

Hi,

The stairs in the Mantelpiece scene are not iProps so there no simple operate commands to use that will make your character just walk up the stairs.

Your options are to create the animations yourself and use the timeline to make your character walk up the stairs. Alternatively you can use some creative camera angles to obscure the legs so the leg movement is not seen. The Mantelpiece stairs prop does have solid banisters so you this will hide the legs if you wish to use the "easy" method.

I did create a walking upstairs motion some time ago. I'll try and find it and post it on the forum to download. Not perfect but helpful if seeing leg movement is important.

                                                                

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I saw this post yesterday and thought about it for a few minutes, this is what I came up with:

If you look below you'll see a sample of a prop/project which should be available tomorrow on Clones2go; or today, depending on the time you see it of course.

There is a clip below called "Mantel Steps" which shows what anyone else can create using the guidelines in the video clip. It took about an hour to create this, and it works pretty well to a degree.

The project that will be uploaded does not contain anything except the walking blocks and an invisible character. Just select the invisible character in the scene manager for the project, and then substitute in your character by double-clicking them...it's a direct replacement and the characters motions and edits are retained that the project provided includes. Don't move anything and the Living Room prop in the Mantel Pack will load in perfectly lined up to complete the scene you see in the video clip.

This is but one method, and isn't perfect, but if all goes well it will generate a few thoughts of using the same method for other projects that you and others create.

Have fun, and you don't have to have the project to accomplish this, as it is not perfect. You can just duplicate what you see, and go to town in your already made project. More lessons can be had from me on SKYPE at learn.iclone..I don't know it all, even though I have been accused of being a know-it-all....I just laugh, because I only know what I know and I like thinking outside the box....boxes are for those who want the world closed in around them...reach up and throw back the flaps...it's amazing what is outside that box!

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This is an excellent piece of work Cricky.  Very realistic 'walking up stairs'.  Great job.

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Thanks Cricky. Just what I need. I look forward to trying it out.

What I like about your 'thinking box' is that it is never square either. Thank you.

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kenny

This seemingly simple thing is so very difficult to achieve! I've put this up to see how well people think it looks. Personally I am far from satisfied. It all works fine till they try to walk up the stairs....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoceIJTu6nk.

I tried doing a simple movement and repeating it with collect clip and perform but tha avatar always reverted to the original position. This meant that I could not climb a set of stairs by repeating a loop on each pair. Has anybody managed this?

Kind regards,

Alex