Hi,
I'm trying to make an animation in which a car/bus stops at a stop sign and then resumes its path after a few seconds. Is this something you could do? I can't find anything on the internet.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
Hello ,
You wouldn't be able to do this with a vehicle path, since every vehicle on a path can only move at a specified speed. You can accomplish this with Twinmotion's animation tools (translators and rotators). Twinmotion's animator tools aren't designed for very complex animations, so it will require some clever editing and will have a fair amount of limitations.
You will want to use a translator to have the vehicle move and stop at the stop sign, and create a video clip of this.
Since only a single animator could be applied to an object, and since animators don't support start and stop functionality, you will want to create a separate scene state with an identical vehicle placed at the stop sign exactly where the first vehicle stops, with the first vehicle hidden. In a separate video part, set the scene state to the newly created scene state with the new vehicle. You can then apply a translator to the new vehicle and set this to a delay of however many seconds you need the vehicle to stay stopped, so that the vehicle only moves after waiting a bit. When played back-to-back, the two video clips can give the impression that the vehicle stops at the stop sign before driving off.
This isn't an ideal solution if you want to show the vehicle's wheels moving, since Twinmotion's native library vehicles don't have dynamic wheels and will remain motionless during the animation.
Best,
Raghib
Hello.
Exercice intéressant.
Une petite variante avec les roues qui tournent.
Malheureusement rotation et translation ne fonctionne pas ensemble.
Vidéo en 3 parties.
01_un chemin personnalisé + voiture + rotation.
02_voiture à l’arrêt.
03_un chemin personnalisé + voiture + rotation.
Évidemment, c’est du bricolage (une règle de base en modélisation (^_^)).
Cet exercice montre certaines limites du logiciel et invite à certaines améliorations avec par exemple :
-Possibilité de faire fonctionner translation et rotation ensemble (il y a une vidéo TM là-dessus sur le net (mais sans tuto)).
-Ajouter un déclencheur (type bouton dans l’interface vidéo ou celle du chemin) sur les chemins personnalisés afin de pouvoir dire « la voiture démarre à la 7 secondes du début ».
L’animation fait « la blague » de loin mais c’est quand même border line… au pire un petit passage par After Effect ou autre pour corriger certains points (^_^).
Cordialement.
K
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Hello.
Interesting exercise.
A small variation with the wheels turning.
Unfortunately rotation and translation do not work together.
Video in 3 parts.
01_a custom path + car + rotation.
02_car stationary.
03_a custom path + car + rotation.
Obviously, it's DIY (a basic rule in modeling (^_^)).
This exercise shows some limitations of the software and invites some improvements with for example:
-Possibility of making translation and rotation work together (there is a TM video on this on the net (but without tutorial)).
-Add a trigger (button type in the video interface or that of the path) on the personalized paths in order to be able to say "the car starts at 7 seconds from the start".
The animation is "joking" from afar but it's still border line... at worst a small passage by After Effect or other to correct certain points (^_^).
Cordially.
K
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TM version 2022.2
Windows 10 Professionnel (version 21H2).
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700F CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz.
Carte mère : msi Mag Z490 Tomahawk.
128 Go de mémoire Ram.
Carte graphique Nvidia Geforce RTX 3070.
Edit : Évidemment avec le bon panneau du code la route c’est mieux…Désolé pour cette négligence (^_-).
Cordialement.
K
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Edit: Obviously with the right traffic sign it's better... Sorry for this negligence (^_-).
Cordially.
K
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TM version 2022.2
Windows 10 Professionnel (version 21H2).
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700F CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz.
Carte mère : msi Mag Z490 Tomahawk.
128 Go de mémoire Ram.
Carte graphique Nvidia Geforce RTX 3070.
The custom path is not showing in the animation when I render the video now.
For advanced traffic animations, the best program on the market for this is BeyondCad which can be found at beyondware.com/beyondcad/
With intersection controllers for all traffic types and the ability to set multiple curves where a vehicle should slow down then speed up is crucial for traffic realism.