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In this homework, we were given four tasks: parenting, animation, linking from another file, and materials. I accomplished all of these tasks and took three pictures depicting key individual milestones. This first picture shows the parenting aspect between the cone and the cube.
This second picture portrays animation, use of materials (as made apparent by the color), and even movement (for fun).
The third picture shows an odd looking device joined to the red cone. That device is my palmpilot object from a previous assignment linked and used as a proxy within this homework assignment.
Materials were easily selected and objects were named. Animation was all about key frames and the location, rotation, and scale of each key frame. The rotation of the child object around the parent object was initially stumbling, but once I dedicated the cone's origin to the cube's center, it was easy to translate rotations relative to the parent cube. Linking the palmpilot was extremely secondary. It was very simple to just link the object in and press ctrl+alt+p to make the object a proxy. From there, I just joined the palmpilot to the cone. After I was done, I decided to add some controls to the cube for proof of parenting and general fun.
Overall, how this particularly fits into the larger picture of our game is subjective at best. It, much like the other homework assignments, is just another proof of concept. If, say for instance, we wanted some sort of flying insect (or whatever) to fly around a character and move with relation to the character, this would be how to do it. Once again, the possibilities are endless when it comes to concepts.
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