3ds Max Animation with Biped

Creating the Transition Script

As mentioned earlier, each transition includes a test to see whether a delegate should use the transition or stay in its current state. Every delegate is tested at every frame.

Usually, the test checks whether a parameter is above or below a specific value. There are a number of parameters you can use for the test:

• Proximity of a delegate to other objects (in units)

• Speed of the delegate (in units per frame)

• Condition of another parameter in the scene (for example, the radius of an object)

• Position of the delegate (X, Y, or Z position in units)

• Duration of the current state (number of frames)

Let’s examine a short example of a transition MAXScript in order to study its required contents. The following brief MAXScript ...