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Using the Andy Rig

Explanation of basic features

Download the Andy Zip File (available through Creative Crash / eCampus) and unzip onto your hard drive. Set your project to the unzipped directory, and all should work well. If you want to use the Andy rig in another project folder, make sure to copy and merge all the project sub-directories, especially the "source images" folder, to your project directory directory, otherwise our poor Andy will loose his / her textures and turn completely black.

The basic features of the Andy Rig are explained in this video I created:

I apologize for the occasional hiss in the background, that is just my pet dragon dreaming.

Andy crashes Maya when switching to 4 window view!

On some machines, Maya crashes when you switch to four window view with Andy. This seems to be an issue with Viewport 2.0 not liking Andy on some graphics cards. Before opening the scene, switch the
Default viewport
to
Legacy Default Viewport
under
Windows > Settings/Preferences > Preferences > Display

 


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