Technical Art for Games » Rebolt http://adammechtley.com Tips, Tutorials, and Tools - by Adam Mechtley Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:11:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The New Tools Are Here! http://adammechtley.com/2009/01/the-new-tools-are-here/ http://adammechtley.com/2009/01/the-new-tools-are-here/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:16:31 +0000 Adam http://www.adammechtley.com/?p=302 Because making good videos takes a bit of time, I have fallen a bit behind on the next rigging ones I have lined up. However, because all of the technology I explain in the videos already exists, I decided to go ahead and put it up for download! What this means is although you cannot yet see the videos where I explain how and why I made these tools the way I did, you are free to go ahead and download them and try them out.

There are a variety of different ones up there, but in particular I would like to point you to the shoulder constraint node I made in Python. This is my first Python plugin so I would really appreciate any feedback you have while using it. Please note the MEL Scripts and the example file that I have included in the ZIP as well, as these should greatly assist in using the new plugin.

In other news, !Rebolt! finally made it through Apple’s mysterious approval process. Go ahead and buy it!

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]]> http://adammechtley.com/2008/12/the-distant-future/feed/ 0 !Rebolt! http://adammechtley.com/2008/10/rebolt/ http://adammechtley.com/2008/10/rebolt/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:03:56 +0000 Adam http://www.adammechtley.com/?p=169 Alright well we have finally settled on a title for our iPhone game, which will now be known as !Rebolt! Matt put out a new piece of footage showcasing some weapon effects. We should be mostly wrapping the game up this week and plan to release it soon after the Unite conference.

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