Working with Character Assets
To work with character assets, first create your art assets, skeletal meshes, and animations using a third-party digital content creation (DCC) package such as Autodesk 3ds Max or Autodesk Maya. Then export your skeletal meshes and animations into Lumberyard.
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Character Asset Files
You can export the following character file types for use in Lumberyard.
Character File (*.chr)
You create the .chr file in a DCC tool. This file contains the base skeleton.
Character Definition File (*.cdf)
You create the .cdf file in Geppetto. This file
contains the base character, plus all attachments.
Character Skinned Render Mesh (*.skin)
You create the .skin file in a DCC tool. This file contains
skinned character data. This data can be any asset that is animated with bone-weighted
vertices, such as humans, aliens, ropes, lamps, heads, and parachutes. The
.skin file includes the mesh, vertex weighting, vertex colors,
and morph targets.
