Thanks Nems,

I've tried that just now, but that doesn't seem to work either.
I end up with either 2 separate models, or if I import the
keyframes from the 2nd model to the 1st, the keyframes will be
appended and not merged with the 1st animation.

What do you use to animate your characters?

MED
Bummer it didnt help though but I cant see there not being a way to do it.
I dont have any time to actually attempt a solution as I am way in over my head in my own project and life but if you keep bumping after a couple days each you might strike it lucky with some one who has actually done it or is looking into the prob.

Cheers...

Woops, forgot, try to 'merge' the two differnet files, that should do the job Im thinking.

Another "Woopsie" here, it doesnt matter about the order of the frames as you can move them about to suit or call them directly in the engine as is commonly done.

gonzo, you're taking the words out of my mouth...

I have to assume that the algorithyms for various tool options and uses in MED may be mostly taken up and so limiting, via license prices, for incorporation as I dont see why MED is still the primitive modeller that it is. Even old Amapi is fantastic compared to MED!
But its got everything anyone needs to make assetts directly for the engine to use without the laborious process of importing/exporting.
In short its perfect for new starters in GStudio but a drag for advanced modellers.

My personal favourite is MAYA (..cant afford it but started learning on MAX) but Dan talks good about MODO ( the demo wouldnt load up for me on my system so Im not buying it)and Silo gets good reviews too.

For an animation pipeline when I can be bothered loading it up is my old Poser 4 (cant afford to upgrade that one either..) where poses are saved out (exported via obj, 3ds etc) as key frames then set up in MED, good trick .

I made this monster model when I try to figure out how the entire cicle works.
I put some bones in its face: during the frames it move the face and mounth.
With patience and trials and error you should rig and adjust an human face and make some credible expression even without a costly software.
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=8XNbf8vkm8o

You could make the body entirely with bones animation (without a head) and then make a new model of the head with vertex animation of expressions and attach it. The only problem would be finding a point where the head(or face) can be attached so that there is no seam between the two models.

That still would be a model with mixed bone/vertex animation, wouldn't it?
Why GS doesn't support this important feature is beyond me.

Am I the only one here who would like to have realistically animated
characters in his game? I can't believe it!

well, i used to convert my models fully to vertex animations...