Setting up bones.

[Retrocide]

Well, having completed another character model just today, I was wandering, how can I set up the bones for a character model in 3DS max? I know you have to start with the bone tool, but just how do you rig it to where when moving the bone itself will move the polygons connected to it?

 

[Mr-Fusion]

Apply the skin modifier to the model, then add the bones through the modifier.

Then it's a matter of adjusting the bone envelopes to affect the vertices you want to move.

 

[Retrocide]

Well, now that I applied the Skin modifier what else is involved with getting them to work with the model?

 

[Mr-Fusion]

Just click "add" and select your bones.

 

[Retrocide]

Ok, I need some in-depth detail about the bones. The bones are not moving the way I expected them to move, it doesn't react on their own when I select and move them, it instead takes the other bones and moves along with it. Are there specific settings I need to input for it to work?