Unity Character Animation with Mecanim - Couverture souple

Jamie Dean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849696365 ISBN 13 : 9781849696364

Editeur : Packt Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

A comprehensive guide, featuring step- by- step practical tutorials using sample assets, showing you how to build fully controllable characters and non-player characters/enemies.

If you are a Unity developer looking to get to grips with the character animation specific tools, a 3D software user who is new to Unity, or a beginner game developer who is interested in character animation and interaction, this book is ideal for you. Some experience with either the Unity interface or basic 3D coordinates is recommended, but not required.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

About This Book

• Create and export models and animation sequences to Unity from 3ds max and Maya
• Prepare character models and animation for games using Mecanim's rigging tools
• Retarget, adjust, and mix and match motion capture and other animation data
• Write and edit scripts compatible with Mecanim Animation Controllers

Who This Book Is For

If you are a Unity developer looking to get to grips with character animation-specific tools, a 3D software user who is new to Unity, or a beginner game developer who is interested in character animation and interaction, this book is ideal for you.

What You Will Learn

• Acquire efficient techniques to refine and optimize motion capture data
• Retarget animation sequences between different character rigs
• Discover how to rig a humanoid character and export it for use in Unity
• Create dynamic animation sequences from scratch, using keyframe techniques, in two industry standard 3D software packages
• Understand how to set up a complex facial rig for speech
• Construct a ragdoll game object and instantiate it in a game
• Devise Mecanim animation integration for player and AI-driven animation for enemy characters
• Develop command-line applications and explore the key data structures and libraries

In Detail

Game animation for independent developers has taken a giant leap forward with Unity's Mecanim toolset, which streamlines import/export, retargeting, and many other aspects of the character animation workflow.

Unity Character Animation with Mecanim is a great primer for getting to know the nuts and bolts of Mecanim and other character animation-related tools in Unity. This book explores the new set of animation tools introduced to Unity with Mecanim, to replace the older animation component-based system in Unity, which relied heavily on scripting to determine animation sequencing.

This book will provide you with a detailed exploration of the interaction between game development and character animation, and will broaden your understanding of the rich animation toolset within Unity.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jamie Dean

Jamie Dean is a game artist, developer, instructor, and freelancer, with over 7 years of teaching experience in higher education and developing 3D content for game projects.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Packt Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849696365
• ISBN 13: 9781849696364
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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