I'm trying to make a custom soldier animation but when I munge I get these errors: What do they mean and how would I fix them?

You have to use the same skeleton in youre animation as in the basepose

I imported the unit template bones, aren't they the same as the basepose?

no
IImport the basepose with andes importer then it'll work

The unit template bones work fine. It's what everyone used before Ande's tool.

I read the tutorial for the pandemic exporter which uses the unit template but the pandemic exporter doesn't work so I'm using ANDE's exporter. So your saying I should use the basepose, I'll try it.

ANDE's exporter exports normal bone chains perfectly fine; I exported (sort of) a unit a couple days ago with no issues whatsoever.

Marth8880 wrote:ANDE's exporter exports normal bone chains perfectly fine; I exported (sort of) a unit a couple days ago with no issues whatsoever.

I have as well.
Actually, today I've been exporting some anims and a basepose made from the unit template through the ZE tool, and the only issues I've had are my fault, not the software.

I didnt sayed the Unit Template wont work. if you use the unit the template than you have to use it for all animations related to this person all right?
*** ERROR: For anim <fullanimation>, joint with CRC <0x28d40609> not found in basepose.
Thats self-explanatory.

unit template beta, ZE tools template, skeleton I made from scratch... All will work interchangeably as long as the bones have the right names.

If there is an object in the animation, perhaps one of the roots or effectors, with an animation key, but the basepose doesn't have a key on that object, that object will crash.

To the OP: Check roots and effectors for keyframes, there should be none on them, but I know that was a common mistake for me when I started animating.

Sorry but what are roots, effectors, and keyframes? (I've only been doing this for two days)

the "root_l_upperarm" and "eff_l_forearm" etc, objects shouldn't be keyframed (have an animations saved on them)

the red rectangle shows on the timeline where the selected object has a keyframe.

only bones and hp_weapons, and maybe DummyRoot should have keyframes, or the stock basepose will be missing the default info for the added object in the animation.

Okay so root_bones and eff_bones got it. I'll see how it goes.

-EDIT-
Didn't work. Am I suppose to keep the geometry? Because before I wrote this topic I deleted the player geometry and realized the bones turned green instead of multiple colors. (No munge errors but I don't get a ZAT file after the munge)

It has to be enveloped. just follow the tuts please

LEO wrote:It has to be enveloped. just follow the tuts please

What tutorials? I can only find one.
Maybe I forgot something in the mungers:
munge_animation.bat: munge.bat: munge.bat: munge_subdir.bat: Any ideas?

Nedarb7 wrote: munge.bat:

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@REM munge.bat
@REM Calls %1\munge.bat for all animation subdirectories

@REM soldier animation banks
@call munge_subdir.bat SoldierAnimationBank\0pp

munge_subdir.bat:

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@REM called from $\Animations
@if not exist %1 goto error

@set PWD=%CD%
@cd %1
@call munge.bat
@cd %PWD%
@goto end

:error
@echo ERROR: Animation sub-directory %1 does not exist!
:end

^Delete those, you don't need them.

@LEO
When you export an animation you only need to export the skeleton since the keys are on the bones and not the geometry.

You don't need the clone trooper geometry. I remove it from the object hierarchy so it's not exported, but leave it in the scene so i can see the animation better.

Can you successfully munge an anim set using only stock animations?

I think so. This is what happens when I munge my own:
1. I get the animation files in my sides munged folder
2. I add the lines to tha troopers
3. I test it
4. The game uses stock animation

-EDIT-
Found the problem . I was munging the animation sets from a different "data_***" once I used the one which contained the side it worked. (note: I did move the animation files to the real side folder when it wasn't working, I'm not that bad of a beginner )

Sorry my misstake but you have to use the same skeleton for the animation that was used by the basepose

So it works now?