Karina
Member
In theory, my dear Watson...
it would just need a single morph.
- The base is the track in zero position (state 1)
- The morph is the track with *each* link moved *one* link fore/aft in all links (state 2)
Now if you want to move the track by one link, you just need to make a transition from state 1 to state 2.
Don't make the transition larger than just one link!
Poser morphs work linearly, so especially on the front and back drive/propulsion wheels it might become visible if you choose a too large step because the links don't actually *rotate* around the wheels, but instead *translate* to their new position...
The only problem that remains is that in order for this setup to work, you would need to set up a master parameter which:
- A. more or less slowly changes from state 1 to state 2 (track is slowly moving *one* link)
- B. then jumps back in a nanosecond to state 1 (track being reset)
Now the whole cycle has to return to A. and then be repeated, ad infinitum.
I can't think of a way to achieve this with a Poser dial for the moment, except a Python script Which constantly flips the master dial between A. and B., thus creating the illusion of a moving track.
K
P.S.:
This method of moving the tracks one link at a time would also allow for additional parameters to move the wheels up/down, and morphs for the chains, e.g. when moving over "uneven" ground, like this:
it would just need a single morph.
- The base is the track in zero position (state 1)
- The morph is the track with *each* link moved *one* link fore/aft in all links (state 2)
Now if you want to move the track by one link, you just need to make a transition from state 1 to state 2.
Don't make the transition larger than just one link!
Poser morphs work linearly, so especially on the front and back drive/propulsion wheels it might become visible if you choose a too large step because the links don't actually *rotate* around the wheels, but instead *translate* to their new position...
The only problem that remains is that in order for this setup to work, you would need to set up a master parameter which:
- A. more or less slowly changes from state 1 to state 2 (track is slowly moving *one* link)
- B. then jumps back in a nanosecond to state 1 (track being reset)
Now the whole cycle has to return to A. and then be repeated, ad infinitum.
I can't think of a way to achieve this with a Poser dial for the moment, except a Python script Which constantly flips the master dial between A. and B., thus creating the illusion of a moving track.
K
P.S.:
This method of moving the tracks one link at a time would also allow for additional parameters to move the wheels up/down, and morphs for the chains, e.g. when moving over "uneven" ground, like this:
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