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> I really thinking about ordering this plugin to right scripts for Modeler,

Well, stop thinking!  =|^)

> do they they have any to alter the Layout, maybe this way we can help
> Stuart and  the gang.  Writing a Surface Panel envelopes.

I have started the process of developing scripting plugins for Layout (my
ImageFilter scripting plugin is now integrated into the core BML engine).

However, writing a Surface Panel envelope plugin is probably not possible
given the state of the current API, whether in script form or as a "hard"
plugin.  The plugin architecture for Layout is still in the evolutionary
process, so patience is required.

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> I am currently trying to figure all of the bmc files i downloaded at your
> site some files require a runtime BML or something. This the
> Mergelws.bmc and Sdn2seq.bmc.  Whenever u have free time, your
> assistance would be appreciated.

The BMC script files (binary-only) on my FTP site require the run-time version
of the BML scripting interpreter.  These run-time plugins are available in
the same location where you found the BMC files.  There are three:

         bml-rt.p          Run-time plugin for Windows NT and Windows 95
         bml-rt.p.WIN3     Run-time plugin for Windows 3.x (Win32s)
         bml-rt.p.ALPHA    Run-time plugin for DEC Alpha

Because the DEC Alpha Windows NT OS uses the same byte-ordering as the Intel
Windows NT, you can use the same BMC files on either platform.

BE SURE TO TRANSFER ALL THE FILES IN BINARY MODE.  If you transfer files in
ASCII mode, FTP will destroy them--it treats them like text files, arbitrarily
inserting characters into the file during transport.

> If u know the author's email address i can ask them.

[e-mail].

I frequent the LightWave mailing list (this), the plugin mailing list
([e-mail]), and the LightWave newsgroup.

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                    | drunk on violence, a condition to which they are
[e-mail]    | quickly addicted              - Frank Herbert
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From: [e-mail] (Sean Cunningham)
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> Hey Envelopes are the future but please do not forget about Character
> Animation.  More control of scripting and saving motions and movements
> like Alias Wavefront.  Envelopes to dissolve whole project movements
> and set frames to start and stop.

Envelopes (also known as "channels" or "function curves") are exactly what's
necessary for character animation.  I mean, an envelope or channel is just
an animated parameter, it could be applied to a rotation, translation or
surface property.  It just means something changes over time and, ideally,
the animator has explicit control over each frame or can choose between,
ideally, several forms of interpolation between keyframes.  In sufficiently
advanced implementations the animator can even create their own types of
interpolation or functions, through expressions, for an envelope (Prisms).

There is room to improve envelopes for keyframe animation though.  Right now
you're forced to keyframe all parameters when you might only want to
keyframe one.  This can make editing envelopes a real pain when you start
doing anything besides floaty spaceships or logos.  Each parameter needs
_exclusive_ keyframing capabilities.

Are you more interested in dynamics or tools that actually do the brunt of
complex animation?

Back with the original intent of this thread, since this is an animation
package the option of animating any and all parameters should be there.
The animator shouldn't be confronted with any either/or or multiple choice
parameters or options.  I think Allen has stated that a couple times that
envelopes for all parameters is a goal of his, and that expressions were
a possibility as well (though this could be taken care of by a 3rd party
through plug-ins).

> Can you dissolve running humanoid into forward flip.

Some might try.  Some software might attempt to take a guess at what this
action should look like (though software doesn't know what a humanoid is
much less how one should really move or what looks "right").  But an
animator would animate humanoid running and then flipping ;)

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