Help with character setup? Online tutorials?

[pawn707]

Hi,

I'm having a hard time setting up my character. I was wondering if anyone here can recommend any tutorials or step-by-step instructions. I find that the manual isn't organized to really help learn this process start to finish.

FYI, right now I've got a character and a skelegon frame on the background layer. When I send to Layout and convert skelegons to bones I'm still not getting any bones to influence the geometry. The generic wieght maps were applied in the Numeric panel when I create the skelegons initially but obviously I'm missing a step or two (or three)...

I'm determined to get this done right but I could use a little help...

THANKS!!

[Edbittner]

In the geometry layer,( after converting skelegons to bones in layer 2), tic the bones tab on the bottom, it will say none. Tic the properties panel for the bones tab, and where it says use bones from object-self, change that to layer 2.
You should be ready to rock&roll.
Ed

[pawn707]

I could have sworn I did that, and furthermore I even tried flattening the layers on another attempt (putting skelegons and geometry on the same layer before sending to Layout)...
...but as always it sometimes takes a few tries.

Thanks.