Art Tools Tutorial Problem PLZ HELP!!

ok, im to the part where i animate his bite attack, i have all of the parenting right, and i have the 0 frame key set for everything, but i want to make it so my jaw stretches to close, so it will rotate just that edge, instead of the whole piece

heres some screenies to show what i mean

ok here is how it starts

and heres how i dont want it to end up, but it does anyway

i want it to be rotated up there, but still be connected to the other piece, like in the other picture

i think if u have all the vetexes between the 2 peices lined up and u can use the connect option to keep them together when u animate it

go to utilities/ user property editor and under one of those sub menues is "connect" just check that box for both of the objects

and also in there is an option for bone, check that for all your bones so they dont apear in game

problem is, i did all that, but ill try it again, how do i get all the vertices lined up? Do they have to be perfect?

yeah i think they gotta be perfect, like u never moved the peice :/ maybe just get them close as u can then attack the 2 peices together and then take them back apart and try it like that

Have you previwed it yet, or are you only looking at it in Max? Max will not give you an accurate representation of how your model will look in WC3. It will always look like that in any Max viewport. The tools will "stretch" the model for you.

wow that sucks. Do u know this from personal experience?

sweet, ur right, when i animated it came out fine, thanks a lot