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There are a number of different types of movement, and different ways you can make your Zook move. These are all explained in the Zook manual (that you should have downloaded) from page 17 onwards. The movement will vary a bit depending on which types of body parts you have added.
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The selected movement type is highlighted in a tan colour. Single part movement is used when you only want one part to move, without the other parts attached to it moving. eg a turtle flipper. Two part movement is used when you have a part attached to another part and you want both to move together. eg in the lower part of a leg. When the lower part of the leg is moved, the top part will move as needed to make walking happen. You usually give parts such as a foot two part movement, then you don't need to worry about movement of the upper part of the leg. |
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If you moved both your feet at the same time, you would probably fall over. Zooks are the same. By adjusting the Movement Cycle slider, you can control when each body part starts to move, and thus the walking style. It is useful to study 4, 6 and 8 legged creatures in real life as they walk and run to get an idea of the timing for movement of each leg. |
Movement can also be controlled very closely by the use of IK points, which are explained fully in the manual. It is well worth spending some time reading this section of the manual to get good control of movement.
The more IK points you put in a section, the slower the movement will be
through that path.
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