I am just starting to get into bones for models in MED.

I am currently using the classic Gamestudio medieval guard model with a feather on his head, to test functionality for the game, and using it as the player model.

I am sure most of you know that this model uses vertex animation, not bone animation. I manually added two bones to this model, one in the middle of the waist, and one in the middle of the shoulders. I attached the waist vertices to the waist "bone", and the upper body vertices to the shoulders "bone".

When I press the Animate button in MED, I can rotate the entire upper body of the player model by manually rotating the waist "bone", since the shoulders "bone" that is linked to the upper body vertices is connected to the waist "bone".

I am trying to figure out how to rotate the waist bone during gameplay, with the mouse. I would like to make it so that if the player moves the mouse upward, the waist "bone" rotates, causing the player model to bend forward at the waist. If the player moves the mouse downward, the waist "bone" also rotates, causing the player model to bend backward at the waist.

I found some functions relating to bone manipulation, which are ent_bonename() and ent_bonerotate().

I think I initialize the waist "bone" in the code like this:



I also assume that I would use the ent_bonerotate() function to be used when trying to make the mouse rotate the waist "bone" forward and backward. I also assume I would use the tilt and mickey functions to work with the ent_bonerotate() function to make this work.

Would it go something like:



Any help in helping me me understand how the Lite-C code works with the bone functions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

you just need something like this :

modifier skill2 with mouse



now add skill to ent_bonerotate



this code just give you a start for how to use mouse with bone

Just as a note mickey.y should be used as a read value not a write.

var this=mickey.y; // Correct
mickey.y= anything // worng

I tried doing this:



...but no such luck. The waist is not bending forward or backward when I move the mouse up or down.

I also get a pop-up error message that says:

Ruben if I follow the manual then you have an invalid arg as the string

"waist" is a constant in both lines of code, that is wrong.

If I fallow ent_bonename SETS' then name into not reads the string arg. So the actual bone-name should be saved into our string pointer. Then you should be able to use it in the ent_bonemove.
Please try ...

Malice , just note : You put Ent bone rotate outside while loop so it not able to update bone every frame.

It is important to remember your gets' and sets'.

You bone most likely doesn't have a name... So lets use a set to give it one.
ent_bonehandle -


If this did set the name, than you should now be able to use the name as a constant

Ruben , don't use ent_bonename and . You not need it , just get bone name from med and use it in ent_bonerotate.

Dico - Thanks, but actually Ruben did that, I just copied out his code. Good catch, I was to focused on the E1515.

Thanks
Mal

EDIT - Ok Ruben - Dico knows and doesn't have to guess like me. So listen to Dico!!

Oh okey , I'm just run from mobile so I'm not see his post ^^