I have multiple animations of a character that need to be merged together into one 3d max scene file. This character is for a game.

There are 3 animation .max files. With there own individual animation sequence. Which need to be merged together.
- Char_run 0-20
- Char_walk 0-10
- Char_attack 0-10

I want to add each sequence in a order to one .max file, like..
- Char_run 1-20
- Char_walk 25-35
- Char_attack 40-50

I saved out the .BIP files. I have tried copy and paste the TRACK animation of the biped. Also tried copy and paste of the motion flow. Each time I paste, it will overwrite the other animation keyframes. All animations must be on the same layer. When I add Char_run, it will add the file ok. When I try to paste the animations of Char_walk, it will add it ok, but delete Char_run keyframes.

What is the best method to add multiple Biped files into one file and not have them overwrite each other when I paste.

Thank you.

Max 2009 64
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Motion Mixer is a good way to bring, and mix, multiple BIP files.

Tim Wilbers [FA]

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Visual Arts
University of Dayton
http://www.udayton.edu/
3ds Max: 7.5, 8, 9, 2008, 2009, 2010

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I think i have the same question… I’ve been using the mixer to combine animations, but is there a way to collapse them all into keyframes (without making a key per frame)?  I want to concatenate two .bip files, but also do a bit of manual keyframe tweaking after that.