how do i load animations in ms so i can edit them do i even use milshape lol??

Load up your reference smd file, then just import the anim smd file you wish to edit, click on the Anim button bottom right corner and your away.

ic...how would i edit lets say garands butting action on and enfield
forsince im trying to make a bayoless enfield cause i dont like bayo that much?

i could always do it for you...

it would be good to know this kind of thing so i wont bother u...
so u think u can teach me this>?

I could, but it wont be easy to explain in text.
Ill think up the text and prolly have a lesson up 2mara.

thanks man

bump

this is the one and only animation tutorial i used. a breating animation for gorden freeman.

in fact in my experiance sometimes its harder to edit an existing animation than makeing a new one

go get em tiger (http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/resources/halflife/tutorials.shtml)

Well, to tell you the truth, the only tutorial i got was this:

Go into animation mode.
Select a bone.
Position it.
Set Keyframe.
Move slider to next desired keyframe.

I experimented and experimented with it for nearly 2 years. Now im doing pretty good according to some people.

how do i Position it?

Press move and move it.
or
Press rotate and rotate it.

Im serious, this is all i used.

generally speaking, moving isn't something you should do with character animation, always rotate, since that's how bones work. Of course with non-organic objects this doesn't apply.