BinaryCats
Maybe, not any time soon though, sorry
6.5 years ago
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levallee
cool, thanks.
I'll ask a work colleague to use it on his PC.
I'll ask a work colleague to use it on his PC.
6.5 years ago
- levallee
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mogbot
Thanks for this tool. I just ran it to merge a set of legs from one skeleton with a body from another. The merge in your tool worked fine. But I get "Error Importing Skeleton" in Spine (v3.1.01). Any suggestions?
The merged file is here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4001u9xc97vwe7x/Merged.json?dl=0
The merged file is here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4001u9xc97vwe7x/Merged.json?dl=0
6 years ago
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mogbot - Posts: 20
BinaryCats
umm, sorry. I cant see what is wrong, but I can imagine v3+ wouldn't work with it. ill look into it. Maybe try reverting spine to a previous version, export merge, import, save, upgrade and open (inspine)
6 years ago
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PaulV
Do you have an Mac version for this? Sounds really cool what oyu have done.
6 years ago
- PaulV
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BinaryCats
nope sorry
6 years ago
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nimbling
This is a lifesaver!
Do you have plans to allow (path) constraints to be merged, too?
Regardless, thank you so much. You've saved me hours of work as-is
Esoteric, I know you have other stuff to do before addressing these things in the editor itself, but I do run into this same thing from time to time, where I import another skeleton and try to reparent a bone from one skeleton to another.
I actually try this once every few months, forgetting it's not possible, because it seems like such a natural thing to do
Do you have plans to allow (path) constraints to be merged, too?
Regardless, thank you so much. You've saved me hours of work as-is

Esoteric, I know you have other stuff to do before addressing these things in the editor itself, but I do run into this same thing from time to time, where I import another skeleton and try to reparent a bone from one skeleton to another.
I actually try this once every few months, forgetting it's not possible, because it seems like such a natural thing to do

5.5 years ago
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nimbling - Posts: 177
BinaryCats
I'm not even sure this supports v3 and onwards to be honest. Spine keep promising to add this functionality, but it never arrives 

5.5 years ago
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nimbling
Well, it worked for me in 3.4 
I had to redo the path constraint, but the mesh-to bone binding made it over intact!
(So visually, it was a mess, until I redid that path constraint, and then my setup magically pieced itself back together)

I had to redo the path constraint, but the mesh-to bone binding made it over intact!
(So visually, it was a mess, until I redid that path constraint, and then my setup magically pieced itself back together)
5.5 years ago
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nimbling - Posts: 177
BinaryCats
hmm, interesting, I may have another look at it then 

5.5 years ago
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nimbling
Showoff 

5.5 years ago
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nimbling - Posts: 177
Nate
For what it's worth, we have this tentatively slated for 3.6:
Allow copy/paste of all objects between skeletons · Issue #36 · EsotericSoftware/spine-editor · GitHub
Allow copy/paste of all objects between skeletons · Issue #36 · EsotericSoftware/spine-editor · GitHub
5.5 years ago
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BinaryCats
yay
5.5 years ago
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nimbling
Sweet!
5.5 years ago
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Rod
Awesome BinaryCats. Thanks U !
3 years ago
- Rod
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veganyum
its been some years - sadly not working for me - failed to write JSON 

1.5 years ago
- veganyum
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Erika
Hello veganyum, this thread is now quite old and it's possible to merge skeletons directly in Spine, with some parts that need to be recreated like constraints, and animations reimported. What did you want to do precisely?
1.5 years ago
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Erika - Posts: 3051
veganyum
Hey Erika, thx for your reply.
I made an animation of a guy fishing (with a house) in 1 skeleton, him walking back is skeleton nr 2, and his wife taking a rest on a lay/having a drink is the 3rd skeleton.
my programer friend needs the different walk directions as seperate files, thats why i didnt put it in one file from the start.
The animation i talk about is gonna be a decorative item (holiday house) for the user to place on the map.
so i have skeleton 1 + 2 for the fishing guy, and skeleton nr 3 for the wife.
if you can tell me how to combine that it would be sweet. the thing is theres more animations to come for the fisher and the wife. is it possible to combine the skeletons and still have indepent animations? my programer friend should be able to trigger different animations..
im sorry, im quite an amateur
I made an animation of a guy fishing (with a house) in 1 skeleton, him walking back is skeleton nr 2, and his wife taking a rest on a lay/having a drink is the 3rd skeleton.
my programer friend needs the different walk directions as seperate files, thats why i didnt put it in one file from the start.
The animation i talk about is gonna be a decorative item (holiday house) for the user to place on the map.
so i have skeleton 1 + 2 for the fishing guy, and skeleton nr 3 for the wife.
if you can tell me how to combine that it would be sweet. the thing is theres more animations to come for the fisher and the wife. is it possible to combine the skeletons and still have indepent animations? my programer friend should be able to trigger different animations..
im sorry, im quite an amateur

1.5 years ago
- veganyum
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Erika
Hello veganyum,
so you have 3 skeletons in 3 separate files, and you want to add a 4th skeleton of a house? Why do you want to combine it with the others? To place them standing on the house patio?
You then mention that you want to combine skeletons, which skeletons need to become one? Do you simply want to have one giant messy skeleton with the house and the 3 human skeletons as a bunch of additional bones?
Or do you want to be more sophisticated and combine the guy fishing with the walk and with the wife?
The first case is possible, but honestly I'd probably just import them in the same Spine project so that the skeletons are still separate but it's easier to animate them interacting with each other.
The second case is a bit more complicated. I think it would be better to keep them separate, especially if the number of bones, their placement, the structure or their names don't match.
In case you still want to go down the merging route, you will need to import the Spine skeletons all inside the same Spine project, then you can drag the bones and release them all under just one of the skeletons.
Import - Spine User Guide
As I mentioned, this will remove the constraints that you will need to recreate. After this you can import the animations from each skeleton into the designated skeleton.
In any case, wheter they are combined or separate, sure! you can animate just one part at a time and have its own special animation that your programmer friend can trigger!
so you have 3 skeletons in 3 separate files, and you want to add a 4th skeleton of a house? Why do you want to combine it with the others? To place them standing on the house patio?
You then mention that you want to combine skeletons, which skeletons need to become one? Do you simply want to have one giant messy skeleton with the house and the 3 human skeletons as a bunch of additional bones?
Or do you want to be more sophisticated and combine the guy fishing with the walk and with the wife?
The first case is possible, but honestly I'd probably just import them in the same Spine project so that the skeletons are still separate but it's easier to animate them interacting with each other.
The second case is a bit more complicated. I think it would be better to keep them separate, especially if the number of bones, their placement, the structure or their names don't match.
In case you still want to go down the merging route, you will need to import the Spine skeletons all inside the same Spine project, then you can drag the bones and release them all under just one of the skeletons.
Import - Spine User Guide
As I mentioned, this will remove the constraints that you will need to recreate. After this you can import the animations from each skeleton into the designated skeleton.
In any case, wheter they are combined or separate, sure! you can animate just one part at a time and have its own special animation that your programmer friend can trigger!
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