Kevin - It can certainly be done, but manipulating the models within 3D worlds is not as simple and as obvious as standard sprite manipulation
I'd suggest that you read the parts of the Help system that discuss this (or the Dir 8.5 3D manual itself) & then muck around for a while. Or you can go the easier route: pay someone else to do it. -Buzz At 10:00 PM +0000 12/3/01, Kevin McCarthy wrote: >Hello, > >I would like to know, if it is possible to control the inside of a max >animation export. For instance if In Studio Max I have made three boxes all >move on a path, the path being a circle and then added a path controller to >each box, and in turn picking the path to make then spin around the circle. >Then lets says the as default max sets this to be 100 frames and i then >export this from Max as a w3D. How can I move this animation bettween frame >1 and 100 with say clicking and dragging the mouse in Director, I know >Director 7 lingo fairly well but could do with a bit of advice on this one. >Obvioulsy at the moment, i have imported the export into Director and it >loops when i hit the play button, so i addded a go to the frame on the first >frame but again it still loops. so i as i mentioned earlier i need to find >out how to by clicking and dragging the mouse move the boxes, or play and >play in reverse depending upon whether the mouse is clicked and dragged left >or right, frame 1-100 or 100-1, i know this should should be an equation >made by the loc of the m,ouse and the width of thw stage but agin i'm not >sure how to get into controlling the movie.. > >Any help would be much appreciated > >Kind regards > >-KEV- > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, >email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) >Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
