Greetings Universe.
I appreciate the fact that you are listening.
So far this week I have gotten a lot of work done.
In the beginning of the week Maya freaked me out yet again.
As we all know Maya tends to mess up your files when you aren't looking, one moment everything is working smoothly and then when you open up the file again everything is completely broken.
Turns out Maya was just in a bad mood that day.
Since everything works just as it should when you playback the key frames
After that minor freak out, I set my focus on the pistons and knocked out a working prototype, I really am loving aimConstaints at the moment.
So, this is basically all I have to show for the last past days, since I have been really focusing on the coding side of things.
It is just amazing yet absolutely soul crushing at the same time when you figure out that things run so much more smoothly when you just do it by typing, and there are fewer mistakes.
So, I have been deep in the nerd spectrum the past 2 days with minor to no human interactions just looking over the codes, I am quite surprised I still know how to speak human.
So far, I have semi successfully written a code that creates the entire joint structure for me. All I have to do is simply create 6 locators including: skin, fk and ik JNTs with correct orientation, creating all ik_HDLs and fk constraints and connections for four legs, as well as naming everything correctly right away.
The plan for the next few days I’m going to add in the FK/IK switch and all the SDKs to get everything running smoothly, so when Isak finishes the final model I will have no problem with all those extra tech surprises that he will definitely put in, all I will have to do is place a few locators and decide how pretty I want the CTRLs to be and done.
then all I need to do is figuring out how to get the u-joint on the ankle to work proper and then it’s back to trying to figure out how to make the script for the pistons so everything can just be done automatically.
It is absolutely amazing what one can achieve when they get the right encouragement, somehow it makes the obstacles seem so much less overwhelming.
-B
p.s. I seriously need to break the habit of taking my glasses off when I get ultra focused.
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