3ds Max Animation with Biped

Chapter 11. Basic Crowds

A series of objects or bipeds can be made to move as a crowd does. Members of a crowd generally do the same actions, but not at the same time, in the same order, or at the same speed.

For example, consider a crowd of people walking around at an indoor shopping mall. Most people are moving in one of two directions. Most are walking at a slow or moderate pace, while a few move quickly. For the most part, people behave politely if someone’s in the way, by either moving around them or stopping to let them pass.

You can animate any group of objects with Character Studio’s Crowd tools. Whether they walk, fly, or swim, the same principle applies—the objects move similarly but not identically.