Maya Ragdoll

Dynamic Rigging Tutorial (Aug 2003)

This tutorial will show you how to make a rag-doll in Maya. While working on my Bumper Car Racing game using Director and 3DS Max 5, I wanted to add a little cool factor by having the characters behave like rag-dolls when they got hit, driven by the various dynamic forces of Havok. Setting the rag-dolls up was a bit of a hassle with dashpots and point objects and various settings. (Good thing 3DS Max 6 now has them pre-built!) But I want to be able to make rag-dolls in Maya too! So I came up with this...and it's a load easier to do too!

Without further ado, Let's Proceed!!