Hi all. I need help with animating a spell. I dont know with programs to use or how to attach it to the spell. Any help is appreciated.

okay....what do you mean?

1. The movements the player makes when they cast a spell
2. The particle effects that happen when spells are cast
3. The stuff that the spell will cause to happen (eg, not the visual stuff).

ok so i would like to make a character animation

okay, i dont know up to date this tutorial is but:
http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Blender/Creating_a_Character_Animation


Really, you'll need to know how ot use blender though.

ok can i use the animation thing in 3d max

ahhh yes you can!

Follow SaidanStorm's tutorial on his site:
http://sites.google.com/site/saidenstorm/oblivion3dsmaxcustomcreaturestutorial

that talks about creature animations....but the difference between player and creature animations is minimal.

thnks n good luck with ur project

also if i wanted to make an animation for an object how would i add it to the object. do i use a script with Onactivate thnks