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Dark GDK / Small model problem..

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blargmob
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Howdy,

For my game models, I'm using the ones that came with the GDK, in the media folder. Anyway, I load a file such as "H-Zombie-Move.x", or just any walking animation to use. Then, I loop the animation in my program. However it doesn't loop smoothly. When the animation reaches its end and it starts up again, there is a stutter with the model because the last frame and the first frame don't match. How do achieve a normal, smooth animation?

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Cellbloc Studios
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Posted: 14th Feb 2008 14:51 Edited at: 14th Feb 2008 14:51
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Look into:
dbSetObjectInterpolation : void dbSetObjectInterpolation ( int iObject, int iInterpolation )

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blargmob
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That doesn't work, I've tried. Unless I'm not setting the iInterpolation correctly.

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blargmob
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Could it be possible that the animation should be made so that it loops correctly? In which case these anims are faulty?

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blargmob
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Posted: 15th Feb 2008 22:40 Edited at: 15th Feb 2008 22:41
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Anybody? I've tried dbSetObjectInterpolation(object, 1) and that does nothing...

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jason p sage
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Posted: 17th Feb 2008 14:57
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Ok - Make a model viewer - REMEMBER animations are not "Fixed" they are transitional.

You can set a start frame of 2.5 for example.

Make a model viewer that loads/displays model, and allows you to step thorugh animations by various increments/decrements (forward back...

Like a PRO Video machine that can play movies forward and backwards at any speed.

You may find that looping from 1.8 to 5.6 gives much smoother results then say from 1 thru 6.

Also - Use timer based animation - not the loopy thing.

Expriment with how much of the animation should happen per second.. divide by 1000, then multiply result * timeelapsed

(TimeElapsed = NewTimer - OldTimer)

Note - if time elapsed = 0 I do nothing nor store this because eventually I'll get at least a milli second. Other people use a OS time function to get finer resolution of the clock - I'm not that anal about it.


Good Luck! (respond for more detail if your still stuck - so I get email - but I won't write the model viewer for you - but I may have some old one kicking around I use - but its home brew and not elegant - but explains things a little)

Shoot - here - Attached is a zip of mine - you'll need to look at the code - I have hardcoded "Models" - I never bothered with a loader dialog window - just get the dir right, and learn the key presses.

Hope this helps - NO it's not DarkGDK - but same principles apply.


http://www.jasonpetersage.com/?PAGE=ironinfantry&SECTION=ironinfantry

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blargmob
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Ahh, thank you so much. I got it to work by simply setting the starting and ending frames!

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jason p sage
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Posted: 18th Feb 2008 14:11
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Excellent! Glad to have helped you get the wiggle and stuttering out of the animation!


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