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where would one go to find out how to rig a model to an animation? Also, how to create an animation.
Look up tutorials on 3DSmaX my friend. It can do animations as well as make models.
Check this out brother: http://designreform.net/2008/11/3ds-max-intro-to-animation/
Hope that helps a little.
3DSMax is a bit too much for most people to just get started on as a hobby, if they want a legit copy. You can get it free or at a big discount if you're a student though.
Most people recommend http://www.blender.org/ to get started. It's free and fully featured including animation/rigging/modelling. Also since it's been free for a long time there are a billion tutorials on the internet you can find for it.
The XSI mod tool is supposed to be good as well: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?siteID=123112&id=13571257
DAZ Studio and Poser have great user communities, tons of tutorials on modeling, rigging, and animation. The important thing, though, I think, is how rigging is done in Elemental. I'm not sure it's as simple as exporting the animations from your 3D app.
When modders take off, maybe someone will post, "This is simlar to modding in ____," and we can look up tutorials in those other games' forums. I'm sure Elemental's not the only game to use Intel Havok format, or to use their illustrated art style.
Any college/university student. All you need is a valid email address ending in ".edu" and you can register for a free student lisense of 3DS Max, Maya, or Softimage (formally XSI). They're all owned by the same company now, so you can get them from the same website. Just search "Autodesk student edition" or something similar, you should find it pretty easily. As far as I can tell, the student version is exactly the same as the regular.
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