Solution To: Bone Animation Fails to Export in 3DSmax

Scenario:
1. You have a bone linked to a dummy.
2. You animate the dummy.
3. You export the bone animation.

Problem:
The bone animation does not seem to be in your FBX file when you test it
in your engine.

Why:
Linking moves the bone, but does not change the position controller value.

Solution:
This script to switch out your regular linking with this controller.

Function ConvertLinkedChildrenToPuppets
LOBA --Linked [Child] Objects array.
     --Array of objects to have their link
  --Constraint converted to script controller.
SGEO --Script Controller geometry object.
  --The geometry object that will house the
  --SINGLE script controller responsible for
  --Controlling the position of all LOBA objects.
  --
  --*****************************************************
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 SCON = Scale_Script(); --Create Empty Scale Script.
 
 --Go through geometry objects and add them to lists of exposed nodes.
 --Also, add constants to the script controller that are matrices
 --Of the original offset position between parent and child.
 for g = 1 to LOBA.count do(
  gstring = g as string;
  
  --Add Constant
  matrixName = "offsetMatrix" + gstring;
  parentMatrix = LOBA[g].Parent.Transform;
  childMatrix = LOBA[g].Transform;
  offsetMatrix = childMatrix*Inverse(parentMatrix);
  matrixValue = offsetMatrix;
  SCON.AddConstant matrixName matrixValue
  
  --Add Parent
  NodeName = "ParentNo" + gstring;
  theNodeObj = LOBA[g].Parent;
  SCON.AddNode NodeName theNodeObj;
  
  --Add Child
  NodeName = "ChildNo" + gstring;
  theNodeObj = LOBA[g];
  SCON.AddNode NodeName theNodeObj;
  
  --Un-Parent the arrangement:
  LOBA[g].Parent = Undefined;
 )--[Next g]
 
 
 --Must add controller LAST or script code will be erased.
 SGEO.Scale.Controller = SCON; --Add script controller to object.
 
 --Create The Script:
 script_code = "";
 for g = 1 to LOBA.count do(
  gg = g as string;
  --cs = "childNo" + gg + ".Transform = offsetMatrix" + gg + "*ParentNo" + gg +".Transform;" + "\n";
  cs = "childNo" + gg + ".Transform = offsetMatrix" + gg + "*ParentNo" + gg +".Transform;" + "\n";
  script_code = script_code +cs;
 )--[x]
 script_code = script_code + "[1,1,1]" + "\n";
 SCON.Script = script_code;
 
)--[FN:ConvertLinkedChildrenToPuppets]

LOBA = #();
LOBA[1] = $Circle01;
LOBA[2] = $Circle02;
LOBA[3] = $Circle03;
LOBA[4] = $Circle04;

SGEO = $SGEO;

ConvertLinkedChildrenToPuppets LOBA SGEO;