how to make a rope in 3ds max 2012 with MassFX and bones

how to make a rope in 3ds max 2012 with MassFX and bones

[@GuitarLoverX]

If your bones are exploding all over the place when starting the simulation, try going into the settings for MassFX, and see if there's setting for "Steps" under the Time section. If this is set to 1, try setting it to 2, and see if that fixes it.

[@syimirasyraf]

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH MAN. Mine was set at 0. I tried to set it to 1. It does not exploding all over again. Thank you so much!

[@MrGameengineer]

Thank you for the tut. This was exactly what I was looking for since the Reactor is gone from Max 2012. One thing that could help is to mention what you are clicking so people following along can do it easier. I am fairly new to Max and found it a little difficult. I guess that's what rewind and replay is for. :)

[@recsund]

I enjoyed the evening birds sounds in the background thank you

[@ShaneKeizer]

Exactly what I needed , thank you.

[@Jez2008UK]

Fantastic tutorial - thank you so much for sharing your knowledge :)

[@jjzepeda1]

Your video was very useful. Thank you very much!

[@user-ow5ux4sk8x]

this vedio is so helpful to me. I have looked it for a long time.

[@cg_machine]

Good tutorial! Thank you!

[@EspireMike]

Thanks for the video!

[@Elchin3d]

Thanks, great tutorial.

[@88ASAM]

ok....I figured it out....I think it's a good tutorial but there are few moments where it is directed to people who have used 3d max a lot before. I am literally learning so it is kind of nerve-wracking when i can't figure something out. But still it HAS helped me a lot :)

[@AndyTanguay]

Great video, thanks for the tips.

[@JeanBonnot36]

Nice video , tuto clear , thanks !!

[@DannysGalaxyTab]

Fantastic, thank you!

[@JonS_Animation]

Thank you very helpful!

[@NzeRekoRec]

Thanks man. Awesome tutorial =)

[@m3csk4]

Thanks! I was having trouble with the MassFX mCloth modifier. The darn rope kept stretching all the time.

[@SolomonEdia]

awesome bro thanks

[@fulgins]

thank you nice work

[@beastgod5554]

I noticed the bones mostly near the end of the rope need higher springiness values to prevent from spreading out and going crazy, im using 20 for resting twist, swing, position and it seems to work now.

[@PhilCoraz]

Thanks nice tut :-)

[@lefthandedhero]

Thank you sir!

[@joakimmeier]

i hoped this was finally gonna show how to make simple rope that doesnt't freaking stretch! Is it not possible to do? =P

[@fypalex]

@88ASAM u can find change pivot settings/ options under command panel --> hierarchy

[@fypalex]

@88ASAM i recommend u add a hot-key for this option, as i my self find it using quite a lot...

[@AlexAtiq]

when u assign a universal constrain play with its damping value may be that will help u, it seems to work, also mass fx is very sensitive to real world scale, so keep that in mind when building a scene.

[@michelleman139]

need to check off use ground collision to get it to drop

[@madisonbrackley4485]

OMG THANK YOU NOW I CAN USE THIS FOR THE PAPER LAMPS I WANTED TO MAKE!!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD

[@fypalex]

@JeanBonnot36 thanks .:)

[@terrablader]

Very nice tutorial thank you. But the rope bounces allot it does not look realistic. How can it be made more smooth less jerk movement?

[@yandrako]

Hi, first of all thanks for the tutorial, but I have some issues as drzerg i think. It works with 3 bones but with 8 or ten, all bones joints break, and the bones begin to dance with not conexion. There is a green line that join their joints but the bones itselfs are completely messy. Any idea to solve this?

[@W0ND3RB0Y1]

Are you sitting on the toilet.? I can hear water... o_o

[@fypalex]

@EvilRainbowPictures ... sorry never used wings 3d but if it has any king of physics simulation system it might be possible

[@Alica734]

5:30... why isn't the process somehow automatized? Or is there any other option.. like to click on some spline a generate the bone chain automatic?

[@TheBlankface0]

Good tutorial just for some reason I have the bones stretching a lot and flailing about I set the weight of the bones to zero and it failed as mentioned.Then I when I added the ball and it still failed and the weight of the ball is .001 please help.

[@MarcusaurGaming]

Regardless of how I set up the gravity and the physical properties of the bone objects, upon running the simulation the bone chain begins to float upwards - the object mass and gravity strength only slows and doesn't stop this from happening. Also, when I move the ends of the cable during simulation, the chain swings out in a massively exaggerated fashion and the individual bones break apart before bouncing around and eventually springing back into place. It feels like there's a hidden force enabled or an additional option that I need to check on to achieve realistic behaviour - any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?

[@AudaciouslyDeluded]

For anyone who finds that the bones detach, bounce and stretch - you need to avoid creating the bones in a chain. Make them individually and continue as normal. However, I haven't figured out how to stop it from progressively going insane once you apply wind to it.

[@DannysGalaxyTab]

Stephen Duncan Mmm interesting, but this wont work for most game engines like Unreal 4, Cryengine, and many others as they only allow one root per asset. :/

[@AlexAtiq]

use the new cloth sim to get that its much easier.

[@SchmiDesign]

click off "Use Ground Plane" in the 'World'-Register in MassFX Tools to prevent grundtouching. Other way -> place all objects a bit higher (Z+)

[@arturoid776]

in MAx 2014 my bones were also exploding, I just didn't change the default settings of the Uconstraints (didn't change the parameters to free like he did) and it worked ok.

[@AlexAtiq]

try to increase ur simulation substeps .... massFX tools .. > rigid Bodies ..> Substeps

[@arturoid776]

thanks! I am sure I changed it to 1-2 and . I will try it next time again, however I noticed the scene units affect a lot, I had to put gravity down to -1000cm for it to work and it stopped exploding

[@drzerg]

Everything would be fine, but mine works only with 3 bones. With 4, small move makes them jump around the place. Tried changing different settings, nothing helps. bone mass helped a bit, but not enough. Scale is all like real world, nothing too big. What i want to make, is rigged headphones, where i can simulate theyr wire bending and folding.

[@grumpu]

How do you attach multiple ropes to one object?

[@nick103100]

can u make a tank tread out of this?

[@Draikechan]

can i use this i unity, for a game where two people pulling a rope?

[@thegroovyant]

Hi Dave, have you found a solution for the bounciness? I'm having the same problem. I've been sitting here for the last 12 hours and it's driving me insane...

[@mariakaminska1741]

Hi! What shortcut do you use to pick exactly the point you want? (1:12)

[@AlexAtiq]

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[@88ASAM]

Okay.....im pretty new at this ....minute 8... how do I snap the cylinder to the bones because in the video its basically done automatically by some command...someone help pleeease ASAP!!

[@GuitarLoverX]

Theoretically, how would you be able to suspend the rope between two spheres instead of just being attached to one? Any advice?

[@AlexAtiq]

use an unused hidden bone at the beginning of the chain.. and add a constrain to that

[@TheCodasound]

What about trying link start and end of rope to one object?

[@AlexAtiq]

use a universal constrain at the end of the bone chain as shown in the video ... for the beginning of the chain use a dummy/point and do a uni constrain .. and just link the dummy to ur object

[@fsmaestro]

The rope is very bouncy despite my changing the settings. How can I make it less bouncy?

[@linkspecialproximity]

My rope is like spazzing out, its not "rope like" at all :( any solution?

[@joakimmeier]

Actually , I got it to not stretch and all worked, except the bones twist and so the rope/skin. The stupid Uconstrain dont kill the twist =P . Anyone know how to make the bones not twist??

[@bananapepperproductions5682]

Is there any way I can control the other side of the rope? Like I am able to control one side where the sphere is located but how can I control the opposite side? I want to somehow animate it the 2 ends but also have a dynamic rope type effect in between the rope. Anyway you can help?

[@AlexAtiq]

BananaPepperProductions add 2 geometry at the 2 ends of the rope and make them "kinematic rigid body" and use a uni constrain between the geometrys and the ends of the rope ... now the links will react to any keyframe u put on the geometry ... select all the uni constrain and use damping value =>1 and disable twist

[@bananapepperproductions5682]

Alex Atiq Thank you! To disable twist do I just set values to 0?

[@AlexAtiq]

when u select any uni constrain ... there is a check box to disable twist ... in its properties panel

[@AlexAtiq]

damping and twist are 2 different properties

[@bananapepperproductions5682]

oh ok I see it now thank you

[@88ASAM]

ok...next question min 10:42 ....how idid you change pivot points? :'(

[@Suprem3GamerDamianWinchester]

wakawakawaka, the rope fell down. epic fail :p

[@saiverx]

Breathe in louder please

[@MsLarkee]

thaannkks niggaaa!

[@Alica734]

+Iqra Hoda My nigga!

[@jsv121]

Not sure what I'm doing wrong. But my bones end up floating and then exploding all over the place. I follow the tutorial pretty closely too...Any suggestion?

[@fypalex]

johnny v plz make sure your bones are not set as "stretchy"

[@jsv121]

Atiq Alex I set the stretch in the bone tools menu to none but the result was the same. they floated up and exploded. I end up doing it over and the only thing I did different was not delete the last bone in the chain like video advised. They seem connected but there floating like the don't have mass. I'm not sure if it matter but I'm using version 2014., would that be an issue? Thanks for your help : )

[@NoraBennis]

Atiq Alex Same here. Everything is floating up and down !!? What could I do wrong ?

[@jsv121]

Nora Bennis when I was tweaking the chain I also realized where I places it was a factor. Have to set where the ground is so it doesn't cause the chain to act funny.

[@NoraBennis]

Nora BennisAtiq Alex I checked none on the stretch option for the bones. Now, nothing is moving. Bones are dynamic rigid from the start, At the end of my rope, there is a mesh, set a Kinematic rigid body. But nothing's working :! Can you help me ? it's for school project. Thank you!!!

[@Uncle_Alex]

жаль что ты не ведешь уроки на русском языке((((

[@fypalex]

Дядя Саша жаль не у всех есть роскошь , чтобы узнать России , спасибо за комментарии , хотя ;)

[@88ASAM]

Okay.....im pretty new at this ....minute 8... how do I snap the cylinder to the bones because in the video its basically done automatically by some command...someone help pleeease ASAP!!