Steps to creating a character model.

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Howdy folks. I’m relatively new to Unity and just registered a forum account. I have a few basic questions on creating character models.

To create a model I know that it must be created in a modeling program (I have 3ds Max) and rigged, but do I create the animations for walking/attacking/jumping/etc in 3ds Max or do I create the animations in Unity?

Thanks for any help.

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Usually in the modeling program :slight_smile:

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Sweet, thanks.

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Haha wow that’s funny, I hope you were sarcastic lol.

Well, the best bet I can think of is go to Google and Youtube and type in exactly what I say.
Just change out “NameOfModelingProgram” with the one you use (Blender, 3d max, Maya, etc)

say stuff like -

“NameOfModelingProgram Low Poly Character Tutorial”
“NameOfModelingProgram Character Tutorial”
“NameOfModelingProgram Tutorials”
usually doing so, you’re bound to find exactly what you are looking for!

Hope that helps buddy.

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Animations are made in your modelling program but Unity got a traditional animation playback system and Mecanim. I’d recommend that you read up on them both a bit :slight_smile: