I don't want the head to turn.

Hi,

I built a Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Speak No Evil animation. It works great in the view. I uploaded it with Priority 4 and figured that would lock all the default head movement animations in SL, but it didn't. As I look around with my camera and come back to my avatar, the head is facing left or right not straight. How can I lock the head movement so my animation looks good?

Thanks, JulieAnne

Change the head joint in the first frame after the initial ("T" frame. Just a small change is all that is required.

Read the sticky on this forum for the explanation: learn how SL interprets animations on a joint-by-joint basis, ignoring any joints that aren't changed in the first actual animation frame (the 2nd frame in the BVH file).

kool, so all your saying is that if I move the head just a bit on the first frame... it will lock into that position?

JulieAnne

Move EVERY joint at least one degree in one direction, then upload with loop turned on and at priority 4 and nothing will move.

You need to move every joint you want to animate just a few degrees on frame 2 of your animation. To fix the head you will need to move both the head and the *neck* joint - and possibly the chest, abdomen, hip and collar joints as well - but this will depend on exactly what motion you want to animate.

A lot of animators set up their frame 2 with every joint just moved a few degrees, as this will make sure SL does not ignore any joint. Then if they actually do want a joint to be ignored, they just set it back to zero.

ok, Thanks guys.. your the best. When I get home from school I'll give it a try!

JulieAnne