Parenting Light object

Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

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# 1 28-11-2007 , 05:49 AM

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Hi, kinda got myself into this small problem. Ive been wanting to animate my spotlight, so that it will follow my character everywhere this creature go. I just cant seem to get it right. I could attach it to a motion path i guess, but i really want it follow well. so what i thought i could do is to parent the spotlight to the root skeleton of my character. But when i do so, the light stops working. there isnt any light shown, its as good as not having any light at all. How can i get my spotlight to follow my character if this doesnt do the trick?

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# 2 28-11-2007 , 09:08 AM

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select the light then your characters hips then:
constrain> parent with options, and then constrain it in the axis you want it to follow in. ( for example you may not want the light to move with the characters movement up in a walk.

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