how to make animations?

[USweapon]

i need to learn how to make my own animations for guns and eventually for vehicles. if theres a tut on how to make them, that wouls be great.

[Cryticfarm]

Use the Ghost's tutorial resource...

[USweapon]

thx. i got it all loaded in 3ds max but havent tried it yet. im trying to make a gun reload. is there an easier way to make a frames such as using the frame in front than using the assult rifle reload animation and moving everything? its taken me like 4 hours and im still only on frame 20\56.

[GKMods]

if you are using "set keys" i find it takes alot longer, so i use "auto keys" which lets you chose a starting and ending point and it makes all the frames in between for you.
You usually have to do this more than once because it moves in the most direct path from start to finish.

pm me with any questions about what i mean.

[USweapon]

thx, the auto keys thing helped ALOT. i got about 50 frames in 30 minutes. But is therr another way to move the mag like to link it with the hand? i tried lniking it to the hand but then it will be linked every frame.