I’ve got a crab creature “rage” animation as well as a walking animation. I’d like to combine them so that the creature “rages”, then proceeds to walk forward.
The walking animation is an “in place” animation, so I needed to convert it so that the creature moves forward as it walks. I followed the steps in this video to convert the animation so that it walks forward.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVtxQeHiN8A
I basically created a motion clip of the walking animation, then created a pivot object from the walking animation, then created a keyframe pivot at the end of the frame range and moved the creature to where I wanted it to be. I adjusted where that point was so that the feet weren’t “slipping” as it moved forward. I successfully now have an animation of the creature walking forward.
Where I’m having trouble is combining the animations using motion clips in C4D. If I merge the two projects together, I’ve got three objects: the motion clip of “rage”, the motion clip of “walk”, and then the walk pivot object.
If I drag the walk motion clip after rage in my motion timeline, it successfully transitions from “rage” to “walk” and I can overlap them to make a smoother transition. However, the pivot keyframes don’t move over, so the monster just ends up walking in place.
How can I move the pivot keyframes along with the walking animation when I drag it after “rage” in the motion timeline? Basically I want to preserve the walking forward. Or do I need to re-create new pivot keyframes after combining the two motion clips?