MOCAP Suite 3 - 16th February 2009

As Simon was ill, and Frances was busy, only Greg, Jack, Alex and Hel managed to come to the pre-booked MOCAP session. The original plan was to have the character finished and be tested in real time with a level, but since the character had only just been finished the night before, then no rigging could take place.
We were told on Wednesday that the size of the MOCAP room was 9 x 5 ft, and Simon had created a default level to use for the template when creating levels, but this looked extremely small. When we went into the MOCAP room, we tried measuring the MOCAP room with our feet, as a size 9 foot is roughly equal to one foot. It was then proven that the room was not 9 x 5 ft, but infact, 20 x 12 ft, which is alot better than the suggested size. We do not know why Alex Counsell told us it was 9 x 5, as this seemed extremely small, and there was no room to place the character or move about. So a new default level was created in 3D Studio Max, with the correct dimensions, and Jack and Alex rescaled the character to fit into the levels. This would be the template file to use for all the levels, and the levels could be built using this. Since Alex had now finished the character, then he said he would not mind working on some levels, as he prefers levels. This would certainly be of benefit to us, and if Jack could help as well, then the levels would be finished within a couple of weeks.
Frances had uploaded concept art to the Google Group so Helen could upload it to the website, and this would take place in the next week.
The roles for this week were:
Frances - Work on the animations (although they may not be able to be done in Flash, as Motionbuilder does not import flash files, and this will have to be thought about)
Helen - Upload the images to the XML gallery, and get it working. Upload the website to a hosting site, so the group can view it.
Jack - Rig the character, so it can be placed in Motionbuilder, and therefore next week when there is another MOCAP Suite session booked, it will work in real-time.
Alex + Simon - Work on the levels. Simon to work on the first level with the sundial, and the cave level. And Alex to work on the ropebridge level.
Greg - Work on the production process and book another MOCAP Suite session for next monday.
A MOCAP Suite session was to be booked for next monday, so the real time data can be experimented with, with the new character and new levels. This can then be shown to Alex Counsell.