LW player animation ?

I am using a educational version of LW 7.0

Basically i'm trying the LW .dts exporter out before I decide to go for the full commercial version of LW. I really wanted to get down the basics of animating my player model.

I'm using version 17-05-02 of the exporter.


My problem.

Segmented model:

Head
Body
leftbicep
leftforearm
lefthand
leftthigh
leftshin
leftfoot
rightbicep
rightforearm
righthand
rightthigh
rightshin
rightfoot

Parent
BaseNull --> Body
Body --> Head
Body --> leftbicep --> leftforearm --> lefthand
Body --> rightbicep --> rightforearm --> righthand
Body --> leftthigh --> leftshin --> leftfoot
Body --> rightthigh --> rightshin --> rightfoot

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BaseNull
Mount0
SequenceNull
eye
cam


The setup "I think" is exactly like the TinMan example provided with the LW exporter doc's.

When I rotate the thighs for my run animations everything is ok other than the player runs stiff like a robot.

If I then bend the shins and/or feet to give some flexibility to the players run animation the shins and legs get detatched and are about an inch & 1/2 behind the player during the run animation.

home.nycap.rr.com/gruntsmod/LW_animation.jpg

Note **** This does not happen when I run the animation thru LW.

**** Also when adding similar animations to the TinMan example things work as they should.


So I guess my question is what am I doing wrong?