[Bf-funboard] Feature Request for RVKs & Actions

[Douglas Bischoff]

Hello!

A user (Harkyman) at elYsiun.com recently commented thus:

> The sliders in the action window are quite nice. Too bad you can't set 
> slider motions into an Action Strip. Then you could easily have the 
> action constraint activate an action strip for a certain set of rvks. 
> That would rule.

I rather agree! Assuming that RVK deformation would be translated to 
operate AFTER armature deformation this would provide for some AMAZING 
controls for handling muscle bulging, skin rippling, etc.

In fact, if it worked that way, one could then script some automated 
RVK calculations which could then be used to handle things such as wind 
affecting cloth...

Is this possible? As I see it, each vertex's movement as defined by the 
RVK deformation would be altered to include the deformation already 
caused by the armature. In other words, the "baseline" to "altered" 
path that each vertex would take must be translated exactly the same as 
the movement from "baseline" that the vertex has already traveled due 
to the armature's influence.

Hope someone understand what I'm saying! :-)

-Bish