stackyFACTSManually animating every single footstep on a rocky mountain is impossible. Instead, inverse kinematics dynamically calculate how joints should bend in real time. The engine shoots a mathematical ray from the digital foot to find the uneven ground, abruptly snapping the knee angle to ensure the character isn't just floating in mid-air.
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