MoCap with mouse input?

[cwikdahl]

Hi!

I'd like to animate a camera as if it was an in-game FPS player. Can I somehow use the mouse as a mocap device and drive 2 rotation axis on the camera?

/Claes

[joojaa]

Yes.

[cwikdahl]

Ok... Next question would be something like "How?". Is there a dataServer written for this?

/Claes

[joojaa]

May includeds s dataserver... All you need is to querry the channels you need to use. Read the manual, i atleast had trouble in getting it use my wacom puck but the pen worked fine.

[cwikdahl]

The manual says "The mouse and keyboard are not motion capture devices.".

As far as I can see mayaClockServer is the only one provided?

/Claes

[joojaa]

You can none the less use them! I do it all the time, cant say directly how to do it since i dont have maya in fornt of me.

[cwikdahl]

Ok. But are you using a custom data server to do this? Or are you using a script, like sds_mousinCapture_BETA_0_1?

/Claes

[joojaa]

Im using record! Fot that i cna either a define a data server form a motion capture device (it allows you to define the mouse unless its a ps2 mouse).

Or then i jsut record what i do with the fly tool. Using standard view manipulators.

Note that altough it appears to be a goo dide it in reality is not. its better to key this. You get so much more controll.

edity just to add using script is tha same thing as calling the data server... Its just that the setup is scripted.

[warpcat]

For something more helpful, you may want to search the forums. This has been brought up several times, and there should be able to find the mel to do it in there.