Tom Bailey

Principal gameplay animator @SquanchGames, formerly @CoalitionGears, @NinjaTheory. tbAnimtools person, hermit

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

Been off the pc for a few weeks, but quickly wrote up some quick notes for my animation toolset. Updates all the time! Did I mention it's free?
https://t.co/7BD4RIfbTv
#maya3d

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

@Geki_CP

[SPINA Studio | PHASE ZERO @SPINAStudio]

Finally, we can reveal our secret.

Here's our debut game - PHASE ZERO. A modern take on survival horror’s golden era, told in a chapter-based, dual-hero story. Expect prerendered backgrounds, fixed cameras, and PSX-era DNA.

Oh, and meat-covered alleys. Lots of them.

Please RT

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

@AronDurkin @Keyojimbo Lastly removing pymel meant making some convenience functions for namespacing, optionvars and callbacks

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

I've finally updated tbAnimTools to work in Maya 2025, also removed all traces of pymel, that was...fun.
Making it all work for Maya 2019+ and pyside2/6 at the same time was a total pain and I broke so much stuff.

https://t.co/7BD4RHY8Rv

Anyway, it's free, so happy animating

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

@AronDurkin @Keyojimbo Then unicode, str and int/long get changed between python versions, have to declare them as their new name so I can still check data across all Maya's. Have to remember to not use any of the nicer string formatting either.

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

@AronDurkin @Keyojimbo To tell you the truth I don't really know what I'm doing

Biggest hurdles were finding pyside methods that work in all versions, some functions get renamed or moved. Not found anything that hasn't worked out in the end tho

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

@Ben_Hindle98 It's not bundled with Maya anymore, even as an option on install. So lots of people don't have it, and are not in the mood to command line install from git. Also it seems kinda dead from what I've read, that most who worked on it at luma have left.

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

@PJaccetturo Why the hell would anyone even think of making a live action remake of Princess Mononoke.
Just threw up in my mouth a bit

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

@DMeville Yo, there's a Maya style gizmo in 5.4, search for 'new trs gizmos' in the plugin window

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

@chasescooper @Red9_Anim Can we bind custom hotkeys for python scripts yet?

[David Thatcher (Follow me Elsewhere) @Synnah]

The Sirena Expedition, a PS1-style Horror-platformer set in an abandoned facility at the bottom of the ocean is coming to Nintendo Switch on the 16th of August, two weeks from now!

Find out more!
US: https://t.co/xII2OlmJnW
EU: https://t.co/NljxrcoFZP
AU: https://t.co/Sx35uqGltF

[Maciej Drabik @NegativeVibrat1]

Another day of posting art only. No bullshit, no hate, no drama. All I care about is to make art that will make you feel something . And then do it again. ❤️

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

Does anyone know if it's possible to bind custom python commands to keyboard shortcuts in unreal yet? Specifically for sequencer

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

@BorovikMotion Because they probably don't know any better. You have to make an extra matrix using the translate pivots and multiply that in as well. Total pain

[passivestar @passivestar_]

Hi! I'm working on a FREE all-in-one node-powered Blender addon called Quick Menu. It's planned to be released in the beginning of next year for Blender 4.1 ✨

Here are all of the new tools that I've made for it so far. There's more to come! Follow me for updates! ♥️

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

@ikhandle Just played this level again with my kids, they're obsessed with this game 😁

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

The trick is there's a dummy node that aims at the toe, it shares the same parent as the heel lift control. The translates are directly connected from the heel lift to the dummy. Then the joint orients of the heel lift are connected to the rotates of the dummy node.

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

Lately I've restarted working on a rig builder, third time's the charm I guess. Working on a heel lift control that inherits the rotation of the heel, so the x rotation is always aligned with the foot.

[Tom Bailey @tbAnimator]

Added a function to tbAnimTools to change an override layer into an additive layer, whilst maintaining the current animation.

[Eugene Dyabin @EugeneDyabin]

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