Crouch?

Okay, Ive just started with animations, And I made a "crouching" animation. But, when I upload it, it plays for only less than a second, then stops. even though its set on 30 frams, and 1 fps. Shouldnt it go for 30 seconds?. And. When I play it in SL, its crouching "midair" not on the floor. I thought it was because, I didnt move my animation down, so I went back to avimator, and move my person down, so the feet are touching the ground, but, its still floating. Ive spent 20$ on this already, and both didnt work. So, any know what up?

If this helps, I dont know if it will work or not, just a test. Make a txt document, put in this:

HIERARCHY
ROOT hip
{
	OFFSET 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
	CHANNELS 6 Xposition Yposition Zposition Xrotation Zrotation Yrotation 
	JOINT abdomen
	{
		OFFSET 0.000000 3.422050 0.000000
		CHANNELS 3 Xrotation Zrotation Yrotation 
		JOINT chest
		{
			OFFSET 0.000000 8.486693 -0.684411
			CHANNELS 3 Xrotation Zrotation Yrotation 
			JOINT neck
			{
				OFFSET 0.000000 10.266162 -0.273764
				CHANNELS 3 Xrotation Zrotation Yrotation 
				JOINT head
				{
					OFFSET 0.000000 3.148285 0.000000
					CHANNELS 3 Xrotation Zrotation Yrotation 
					End Site
					{
						OFFSET 0.000000 3.148289 0.000000
					}
				}
			}
			JOINT lCollar
			{
				OFFSET 3.422053 6.707223 -0.821293
				CHANNELS 3 Yrotation Zrotation Xrotation 
				JOINT lShldr
				{
					OFFSET 3.285171 0.000000 0.000000
					CHANNELS 3 Zrotation Yrotation Xrotation 
					JOINT lForeArm
					{
						OFFSET 10.129278 0.000000 0.000000
						CHANNELS 3 Yrotation Zrotation Xrotation 
						JOINT lHand
						{
							OFFSET 8.486692 0.000000 0.000000
							CHANNELS 3 Zrotation Yrotation Xrotation 
							End Site
							{
								OFFSET 4.106464 0.000000 0.000000
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
			JOINT rCollar
			{
				OFFSET -3.558935 6.707223 -0.821293
				CHANNELS 3 Yrotation Zrotation Xrotation 
				JOINT rShldr
				{
					OFFSET -3.148289 0.000000 0.000000
					CHANNELS 3 Zrotation Yrotation Xrotation 
					JOINT rForeArm
					{
						OFFSET -10.266159 0.000000 0.000000
						CHANNELS 3 Yrotation Zrotation Xrotation 
						JOINT rHand
						{
							OFFSET -8.349810 0.000000 0.000000
							CHANNELS 3 Zrotation Yrotation Xrotation 
							End Site
							{
								OFFSET -4.106464 0.000000 0.000000
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	JOINT lThigh
	{
		OFFSET 5.338403 -1.642589 1.368821
		CHANNELS 3 Xrotation Zrotation Yrotation 
		JOINT lShin
		{
			OFFSET -2.053232 -20.121670 0.000000
			CHANNELS 3 Xrotation Zrotation Yrotation 
			JOINT lFoot
			{
				OFFSET 0.000000 -19.300380 -1.231939
				CHANNELS 3 Xrotation Yrotation Zrotation 
				End Site
				{
					OFFSET 0.000000 -2.463878 4.653993
				}
			}
		}
	}
	JOINT rThigh
	{
		OFFSET -5.338403 -1.642589 1.368821
		CHANNELS 3 Xrotation Zrotation Yrotation 
		JOINT rShin
		{
			OFFSET 2.053232 -20.121670 0.000000
			CHANNELS 3 Xrotation Zrotation Yrotation 
			JOINT rFoot
			{
				OFFSET 0.000000 -19.300380 -1.231939
				CHANNELS 3 Xrotation Yrotation Zrotation 
				End Site
				{
					OFFSET 0.000000 -2.463878 4.653993
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
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Frames:	1
Frame Time:	0.033333
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Then save it as anything.bvh
Thats what ive got.

Hiya AzKay.

Try this:

Make your 1st frame a "zero" frame.. meaning the figure's joints are all set to zero. It'll look like a "T" pose on frame 1.

On frame 2, pose your figure into the crouch position you want.

If you can set the time line on the animation pallet to be 2 frames long, that's ideal for this.

As far as frames per second, go ahead and set that at 12 or 15. It won't make much difference if it's just a static crouch pose.

Export your bvh file and upload it to SL.

When you see the animation upload options menu, put a checkmark in the Loop box and set the ease in and ease out to at least 0.50.

That should do the trick.

Hope this helps.

Zach

Works very well now, Thank you. ^^

Works very well now, Thank you. ^^