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Newcomers DBPro Corner / animation in db!

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kfoong
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Posted: 12th Feb 2003 23:31
Is it possible to make an animation in db my loading still .3ds files?
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Kentaree
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Posted: 13th Feb 2003 18:10
Yea, you can using the "set keyframe" and "rotate limb" commands. I posted a snippet or two about that in the Darkbasic Classic forum somewhere, although to find it you'll probably have to scroll back a few pages.

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kfoong
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Posted: 13th Feb 2003 22:52
im still new to db. how so i know what limb is which?

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Kentaree
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Posted: 13th Feb 2003 23:48
Any easy way is to load the model untextured, paint it totally white, set a variable SelectedLimb, and paint the limb you want to animate a different colour, then change it back to white when you switch to another limb.

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Kentaree
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Posted: 13th Feb 2003 23:50


This is an animator I made. It is made in DB Classic, but maybe it will help you.

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kfoong
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Posted: 15th Feb 2003 06:37
dont worry i only got dbc.

anyway how do i select the limbs?

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Kentaree
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Posted: 15th Feb 2003 17:30
Well, to rotate a limb you use
rotate limb LimbNumber, x, y, z
LimbNumber being the limb you want to rotate.
To select limbs you just change the value of LimbNumber, for example incrementing it using the + and - buttons.

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kfoong
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Posted: 15th Feb 2003 22:20
ok thanks

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kfoong
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Posted: 15th Feb 2003 22:37
how do use the keyframer thingy?

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Kentaree
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Posted: 16th Feb 2003 22:44
I'm actually working on an improved version now, a few bug fixes and actually documented .
For now anyway, the keyframer works as follows. To enter the keyframer, you press F3, to return to the limb animator, press F2. In the keyframer, you can adjust the keyframe number with the + and - keys, and you can set a keyframe with the return key. Then, when you have all to the keyframes you want to set set, you press space and enter the name of the file you want to save the animation to, the extension .nm8 is automatically added. The problem here is, due to a programming error you cant see your own input , so you have to trust your typing skills, and look for the anim file after you're finished, to see its named correctly. Then, in the prog you want to use the animated model in, you just assign the animation to use it.
If there's any part of this you dont understand, feel free to ask

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kfoong
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Posted: 18th Feb 2003 23:33
please let me know when you finished the newer version

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Kentaree
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Posted: 21st Feb 2003 23:49
Ok, an updated and better documented version is now up in http://www.darkbasicpro.com/apollo/view.php?t=6296&b=6

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