Comments for Technical Art for Games http://adammechtley.com Tips, Tutorials, and Tools - by Adam Mechtley Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:36:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Biped Editor Update by Adam http://adammechtley.com/2011/08/biped-editor-update/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Adam Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:36:56 +0000 http://adammechtley.com/?p=1149#comment-1237 Hi San San. My tool will help quickly set up colliders on your characters and configure joints for ragdoll and so on. It is designed with performance in mind, and so is intended to generate a minimal set of inexpensive colliders. Your specific problem can be achieved in two ways depending upon a range of requirements (e.g., how many characters you have, what your performance constraints are, etc.). You could use my tool as-is, and when you detect a collision on the upper torso collider do some quick math to determine which side it is on (this is what I would probably always do). Otherwise, you can manually configure separate colliders for different parts of the torso. While it may superficially seem easier to do it this way since you can just detect which collider was hit, you'll pay a price for having extra colliders, and it is unlikely they will perfectly correspond to your deforming character anyway. As for your second question, the Unity Asset Store license is set up so that if you buy a tool at any time, you are automatically entitled to free updates indefinitely, just like the iOS App Store. Good luck! Hi San San.

My tool will help quickly set up colliders on your characters and configure joints for ragdoll and so on. It is designed with performance in mind, and so is intended to generate a minimal set of inexpensive colliders.

Your specific problem can be achieved in two ways depending upon a range of requirements (e.g., how many characters you have, what your performance constraints are, etc.). You could use my tool as-is, and when you detect a collision on the upper torso collider do some quick math to determine which side it is on (this is what I would probably always do). Otherwise, you can manually configure separate colliders for different parts of the torso. While it may superficially seem easier to do it this way since you can just detect which collider was hit, you’ll pay a price for having extra colliders, and it is unlikely they will perfectly correspond to your deforming character anyway.

As for your second question, the Unity Asset Store license is set up so that if you buy a tool at any time, you are automatically entitled to free updates indefinitely, just like the iOS App Store.

Good luck!

]]> Comment on Biped Editor Update by San San http://adammechtley.com/2011/08/biped-editor-update/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 San San Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:47:57 +0000 http://adammechtley.com/?p=1149#comment-1236 Hello, I am about to buy your biped editor, I want to clarify following, in my game spec, the character has to be able to detect collision in finer fashion, for example, if the body part is hit/collide, I need to be able to tell whether it is on the left ribs or right ribs, left chest or right chest or even in the middle so that will give different score. Can your tool handle this feature, if yes please explain how?, and if not please give some ideas how to do that in Unity (I am new in Unity) Regarding license, if there is any update or new feature of your biped editor, am I able to update it somehow ? if not then may be you can tell me when you will release your next version ? Thanks Hello,

I am about to buy your biped editor, I want to clarify following, in my game spec, the character has to be able to detect collision in finer fashion, for example, if the body part is hit/collide, I need to be able to tell whether it is on the left ribs or right ribs, left chest or right chest or even in the middle so that will give different score. Can your tool handle this feature, if yes please explain how?, and if not please give some ideas how to do that in Unity (I am new in Unity)

Regarding license, if there is any update or new feature of your biped editor, am I able to update it somehow ? if not then may be you can tell me when you will release your next version ?

Thanks

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]]> Comment on AM Tools 1.05 and Unity Maya Extensions! by Adam http://adammechtley.com/2011/03/am-tools-1-05-and-unity-maya-extensions/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Adam Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:35:57 +0000 http://adammechtley.com/?p=958#comment-1177 Hi there, Unity 3.5 no longer allows leading spaces in folder names (at least on Windows). I had hoped to have a fix out before release, but it has been delayed until probably after GDC. If you download with 3.4, you can rename the folders as needed. Hi there,

Unity 3.5 no longer allows leading spaces in folder names (at least on Windows). I had hoped to have a fix out before release, but it has been delayed until probably after GDC. If you download with 3.4, you can rename the folders as needed.

]]> Comment on AM Tools 1.05 and Unity Maya Extensions! by GGBLAKE http://adammechtley.com/2011/03/am-tools-1-05-and-unity-maya-extensions/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 GGBLAKE Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:12:29 +0000 http://adammechtley.com/?p=958#comment-1176 Error while importing package: Couldn't create asset Assets/Maya Extensions/ Documentation Failed to create asset directory at Assets/Maya Extensions/ Documentation can't downlaod from Asset Store Error while importing package: Couldn’t create asset Assets/Maya Extensions/ Documentation
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