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Custom Props & Animation for Source Powered Games

This part of the Noesis Interactive Mod Your World training series allows you to further "Activate Your World". You'll learn the basics of 3D animation in SOFTIMAGE|XSI, build an animation library and create dynamic props that can be walked on, picked up, broken apart and brought to life within Source powered games.

DVD Contents Outline:

1) Custom Props
Overview
XSI-3D Importing
Compiling Models
Compiling Materials

2)Breakable Objects
Prop Setup
Creating Gibs
Posing the Skeleton
Breakable Skeleton
Chained Skeleton

3) 3D Animation
Animation Basics
Bones and Chains
Non Linear Animation

4) Animated Props 1
Rigging
Animation
Prop_Dynamic
Adding Sound
Re-using Gibs

5) Animated Props 2
3D Dragon Scene
Dragon Animation
Dragon Compiling

6) Dragon's Lair
Level Concept
Hammer Scene
Trigger Setup
Wrapping Up

Media:

PC-DVD ROM

Software used:

Valve's Half-Life2 - Source Games

Valve's Source SDK Hammer

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