how to do this? need help

[Jiraiyah]

Hi,

I'm developing a part for one of my mods and this part will have a mechanical iris. this iris consists of many separated geometries that are animated and keyframed in time (take a look at the picture bellow), how should i approach the animation for the part config for this to have a single button in UI to open and close all these parts with each other at once?

[Bottle Rocketeer 500]

On 1/20/2018 at 10:31 AM, Jiraiyah said:

Hi,

I'm developing a part for one of my mods and this part will have a mechanical iris. this iris consists of many separated geometries that are animated and keyframed in time (take a look at the picture bellow), how should i approach the animation for the part config for this to have a single button in UI to open and close all these parts with each other at once?

@Jiraiyah You can compile them into a single animation using the Animation Compiler tool in PartTools.

[Jiraiyah]

15 hours ago, Bottle Rocketeer 500 said:

@Jiraiyah You can compile them into a single animation using the Animation Compiler tool in PartTools.

I'll give it a try and come back if i had a problem, by the way regarding the new part tools, even if I am not doing any font related stuff, do i need to install that free package he mentioned in the op? can i use unity 2017? i just need a part to be exported, no plugins no nothing related to fonts

Edited January 24, 2018 by Jiraiyah

[Bottle Rocketeer 500]

8 hours ago, Jiraiyah said:

I'll give it a try and come back if i had a problem, by the way regarding the new part tools, even if I am not doing any font related stuff, do i need to install that free package he mentioned in the op? can i use unity 2017? i just need a part to be exported, no plugins no nothing related to fonts

@JiraiyahYou do not need TMPro, and just to be safe, use Unity 5.4.0p4. Just export the part form Unity, use @Beale's tutorial as a guide if needed, just install the newest PartTools.

[CobaltWolf]

Uhm, @Jiraiyah just export it as a single FBX, and when you import into Unity it will be a single animation clip. No need to mess around with compiling animations.

[Bottle Rocketeer 500]

9 minutes ago, CobaltWolf said:

Uhm, @Jiraiyah just export it as a single FBX, and when you import into Unity it will be a single animation clip. No need to mess around with compiling animations.

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Edited January 24, 2018 by Bottle Rocketeer 500

[CobaltWolf]

1 minute ago, Bottle Rocketeer 500 said:

@Jiraiyah Or just import the .blend into Unity, this seems to work better for me

He's using Maya.

[Bottle Rocketeer 500]

2 minutes ago, CobaltWolf said:

He's using Maya.

Oh, it looked like Blender to me. OK, I just edited the comment to fix it.

Edited January 24, 2018 by Bottle Rocketeer 500

[CobaltWolf]

2 minutes ago, Bottle Rocketeer 500 said:

Oh, it looked like Blender to me.

I'd recognize that disgustingly aliased grey, dark blue, and light green UI anywhere, I'm pretty sure that translate gizmo is burned into my retinas after staring at it 10+ hours a day for 4+ years.

Edited January 24, 2018 by CobaltWolf