Motion Flow Rollout

Select a biped. > Motion panel > Biped rollout > Motion Flow Mode > Motion Flow rollout

The Motion Flow rollout displays when Motion Flow mode is turned on in the Biped rollout. Load, append, and save motion flow editor files (.mfe), display the Motion Flow Graph and display the Shared Motion Flow dialog using controls on this rollout.

To load, append, or save a Motion Flow Editor, .mfe, file refer to the following procedures:

Interface

Load File—Load a Motion Flow Editor file (.mfe). Motion Flow Editor files include:

Clips—References to biped animation files.
Transitions—Names, attributes, and connections between clips.
Scripts—Different paths through a set of connected clips and transitions.

Tip: The location of the referenced .bip files is saved in the .mfe file. If the .bip file cannot be found, the program looks to the Motion Flow directory specified in plugcfg\biped.ini. By default, this setting is:

MoFlowDir=<maxdir>\cstudio\moflow

If you load an .mfe file onto a biped using a shared motion flow, you will get a warning and the biped will be removed from the shared motion flow. The biped will get the newly loaded motion flow and all its scripts.

Append File— Append a Motion Flow Editor (.mfe) file to the .mfe that is already loaded. Displays a load file dialog.

The appended graph will appear directly below the bottom of the existing graph in the graph window, so you may have to scroll down to see it.

Save File— Save a Motion Flow Editor (.mfe) file.

Saving a .mfe file from a biped having a shared motion flow will save the motion flow and its scripts as if it were not shared. It will be a normal .mfe file.

Note: To save a script as a .bip file, use Unified motion to have the scripted motion available when you exit Motion Flow mode.

Show Graph— Opens the Motion Flow Graph. The first step in script creation is to add clips to the Motion Flow Graph.

Shared Motion Flow— Displays the Shared Motion Flows dialog. Allows you to create, delete, and modify shared motion flows. Shared motion flows are used to animate one or more bipeds to simulate a crowd. If the selected biped is using a shared motion flow, then the icon has a white circle around it.