Ways to make a character's eyes blink?

Development Character & Animation
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Hi,

I’ve been wondering what would be the best way to make a game character’s eyes blink.
Would I use bones? Morphs? Some other trick?
Anyone out there with any experience?

Thanks,

Ben

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Depends on your needs. But you could try solving this Problem via a Material. Its limited but maybe it works for you.

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Phil Mickelson don’t blink.

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Using a material will be easiest way to do it, imo.

You can use morphs and bones as well, but both require a more complicated setup in your 3D modelling software.

Have a look at the Couch Knights example. They use a material to achieve different face expressions.

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Thanks for your input. I decided to go the hard way and use morphs. I think it gives the best looking results.