The tutorial begins with 3D creation tips and tricks for preparing the character mesh, skinning it onto the Biped skeleton using Physique and animating the character. Both Biped and Physique are character studio features. It then discusses the 3ds max Shockwave ...

This tutoial contain in 4 section):

• Tutorial Part I: Creating 3D Assets and Animating the character, ball and camera.
• Tutorial Part II: The 3ds max Exporter to Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio .
• Tutorial Part III: Assembling the Assets in Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio.
• Tutorial Part IV: How to publish to the Web mainstream with the Shockwave 3D Player.

During the tutorial, you will

1 Import the .w3d ï¬ le and set up the scene
2 Use the Property Inspector and Director Shockwave Studio Behaviors to regulate the lights and camera
3 Use Lingo to trigger the run and kick animation
4 Use Lingo to make the arrow keys run the character around the playing ï¬ eld

In this tutorial, the geometry is dense; setting compression at 50 (down from 100) increases Multiresolution Mesh compression and thereby the agility of the character in the virtual world. On the other hand, the animation component is complex. A loss of detail here signiï¬ cantly compromises movement. The texture maps are very simple and are substantially compressed without noticeable change (i.e., 25 down from 100).
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