Need help with animating NPCs and tools

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#1

Hello there! as I don’t know where to post this, I’ll put it here

So I would like some ideas on how can I make an animation where an NPC picks up objects, and drop them.

This is what I would like to achieve:

robloxapp-20210227-1834235.wmv (888.2 KB)

Or like this:

I use “Moon Animator” and the default animator.

I tried to weld them, but it doesn’t work as expected. I saw tutorials on youtube, but none of them talk about this.

I would like some examples of how can I make it, any help is appreciated :smiley:

Not asking for entire scripts, just ideas or examples

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#2

You will need to use a Rig Editor plugin, I personally use ‘Rig Editor’ by goro7.
Once you have that, follow these steps:_

Rigging

  1. Insert two parts with Size property: (0.5, 0.5, 0.5).
  2. Name those parts LeftGrip/ RightGrip (respective to each hand).
  3. Place them right in the center of each hand.
  4. Put the Grips in the same group as the Rig
  5. Open Rig Editor >> select the rig >> click the hand >> click the Grip (repeat process for other hand).

Welding

  1. Have Explorer window open and make sure the Tool is not Anchored.
  2. Have the tool in the same group as the Rig (prefer if the ‘Tool’ is a ‘Model’)
  3. On Moon Animator, click “Easy Weld”.
  4. There will be three Tabs, click the middle tab >> turn “Animatable” off.
  5. First, click the main part of the tool that will hold the tool together.
  6. Second, select the rest of the parts of the tool to be welded.
  7. Click “Join In Place”.
  8. Click the main part again, then the Grip and Join In Place.

This was a simple demonstration of rigging and how to make parts animatable. Hope this helps!

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#3

OMG! Thank you so much, it really helped :smiley: I’ve been searching for this for months. Thank you! :slight_smile:

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