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Since I now have my 3ds object loader ready I was thinking if it would be possible to use not only the geometry data but the animation data as well.So how do animated models work.Let''s assume I have a walking man in a 3ds file cosisting of 30 frames.Do I create 30 displaylists containing each frame and then load them one after the other or is there a more efficient way to do it?
-=Jimmy=-
I''m not really sure, but I think Q3 uses compiled vertex arrays for its animations...
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The best way I guess is to cut your man into different models
Like you would cut an arm into 3 segments
- Back arm
- Front arm
- Hand
Then animate model by model
Like you would cut an arm into 3 segments
- Back arm
- Front arm
- Hand
Then animate model by model
theres 2 main ways
either u can store in your model "bones" which u can update and move (much better the model can do any animation but much more compluicated as well)
or u can do what most programs do as well and use key frames quake3 does this as well .
sorry just realised im answering the wrong question duhh!
yeah tcs is right q3 uses cvas. but if u wanna have the animation going smoothly when he walks youve gottta lerp betwwen keyframes (which means differnet vertices each time).
display lists are better for data that does not change
either u can store in your model "bones" which u can update and move (much better the model can do any animation but much more compluicated as well)
or u can do what most programs do as well and use key frames quake3 does this as well .
sorry just realised im answering the wrong question duhh!
yeah tcs is right q3 uses cvas. but if u wanna have the animation going smoothly when he walks youve gottta lerp betwwen keyframes (which means differnet vertices each time).
display lists are better for data that does not change
Or you could do it the way NeHe does his Dolphin Demo, create keyframes... ie. if its 30 frames per step make 3 models, 1 at the beginning, one at the middle, one at the end. then have a temp storage place where you take the average of two keyframes times a timer.... lol if that makes any sense at all =P
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