Issue Exporting C4D Character Animation with Spline IK and Wrap
Hi,
I just finished animating a cheeseburger character dancing, using splines with IK tags and polygon objects with spline wraps like in this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pUcMUi3Kvo . Unfortunately I learned c4d from scratch to get to this point and I haven't been able to find any posts or videos addressing this issue. I've baked the animation, exported it to an .FBX, used the settings from the tutorial but the animation won't play. I could really use some help!
Thanks,
Dan
Hello Dan,
Unfortunately at this time you cannot use spline wraps to animate your character and bring it to Lens Studio. You need the actual bones instead of the spline wraps.
Spline wraps is using a system called PLA to move the mesh which is not supported at this time by Lens Studio.
Be sure to check our future updates.
Best,
A.
Hi Amir,
Thank you for your quick response! I'm bummed to have to start my animation from scratch tho... Hopefully Snapchat adds this PLA soon.
One more question. Can I still use IK tags for joints? I have a unique character shape that doesn't rig as easily as a human character.
If your character already rigged you can use IK but without a rig its not possible to bring it to Lens Studio at this time.
If you use IK on your rig, make sure to bake your animation when you're exporting to FBX.
Feel free to ask more questions :)
Best,
Amir.