TallLisa Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I have a dance animation that is 222 seconds long. What is the best way to make it a few 60 seconds animations so I can upload it to SL? Thanks. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medhue Simoni Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I'm not really a dance creator, but I have created some mocap dances. What I would likely do, is look for sections in those 222 seconds that can loop perfectly. I would have I could get a few different dance loops out of it, and then be able to mix and match them in SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bree Giffen Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 You could chop it into 4 animations each under 60 seconds using whatever animation software you have. Upload them and use a scripted hud or device to play each in sequence. E.g. play dance animation 1, wait 60 seconds, play dance animation 2, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fig Mistwood Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 I wrote a quick program that can split your animation into multiple 60-second animations. Click the link below to get it. Download BVH Splitter Unzip it, put it in the same folder as your animation, then double click it to run it. Let me know if you have any questions or if you need the program to run on a system other than Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallLisa Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Fig! That worked perfect. Thank you! Buuuut, my joints bend backwards in SL when I upload the animations. Kinda creepy looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallLisa Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 NM. Figured it out. Thanks again. :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallLisa Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 Okm new issue got me stumped. When I use the splitter, it seems to mess something up. It seems to cut some time off the begining of the first dance file.....any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallLisa Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 Actually found the root of the issue, when I load the VMD file into LiveAnimation, it messes up the motions. Is there any other way to convert VMD files to BVH? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fig Mistwood Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Sorry, this is the first time I've heard of VMD files. The MMD wiki details the file format, so maybe someone could write a conversion program for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallLisa Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 That would be great. But, I doubt it. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fig Mistwood Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 I rewrote the splitter in BASH so Linux computers can run it. It might work on OS X too but I don't have an OS X to test on. Download BVH Splitter (Linux) And here's a link to the Windows download again: Download BVH Splitter (Windows) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallLisa Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 I'm gonna try to do this again. lol Took a break from it but I REALLY want to make dances for SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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