Need help keeping objects together during hard body animation

Support Animation and Rigging
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Hi, I’ve attached the problem blend. It’s a simple animation of a retractable bridge. If you play the animation you’ll spot the problem right away - the objects at the end of the bridge rotate faster than the rest of the bridge. I’m using constraints to try and control it but it’s not playing nice. I can’t join the objects together because that causes headaches with the game engine I’m exporting to. Any advice appreciated. Thanks.

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bridgeanim.blend (750 KB)

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Why use constraints ?
Why not just parent the ramp objects to the bridge so they rotate with the bridge

Is the bridge not supposed to rotate around the cylinder object

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bridgeanim.blend (162 KB)

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Just when you think you’re getting it all there’s more to learn round the corner :smiley:

Thanks a bunch