How to Make Models Move

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sambasti
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How do you animate your models? For example, if you wanted the rotors of a helicopter spin in game, what would you have to do?
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edit, I just saw which forum I'm in, nvm (i originally clicked the last post at the top level)
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you have to build it into the model. animation is where it will start to get complicated i guess. look at the panda documentation if i where u
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depends on what program your using (ive forgotten), but using joints is the way I would recommend. The documentation of your program would be a better place to start I think, then give it to me and ill have a go at importing it.
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