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Loading animation from 3ds

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Started by BlackRyder May 04, 2006 08:57 AM

5 comments, last by BlackRyder 18 years, 2 months ago

BlackRyder

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May 04, 2006 08:57 AM

Some one here knows where i can learn about loading a key frame based animation from a 3ds file? i hvae know how to load the mesh information and material information... 10x in advance

jpetrie

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May 04, 2006 09:26 AM

Lib3DS. If you must use such an antiquated and crufty format, at least get somebody else to do the legwork for you. :P

llvllatrix

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May 04, 2006 09:36 AM

I'm not sure but I don't think 3ds stores animation information.

Anonymous

May 04, 2006 09:39 AM

it doesnt store the keyframes????

llvllatrix

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May 04, 2006 10:46 AM

I was wrong, it seems to store some sort of keyframe information:
http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/mxr/gfx/3d/3DS.spec

Hope that helps,
- llvllatrix

Thorgrim

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May 04, 2006 10:49 AM

It doesn't store vertex or skeletal animation as far as I remember. There is something like object location animation in there IIRC, but that is pretty useless. Stick to MD3 (vertex animation) or SMD (skeletal animation) IMO. Or use OBJ for static meshes.

BlackRyder

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May 04, 2006 11:22 AM

Quote: Original post by llvllatrix
I was wrong, it seems to store some sort of keyframe information:
http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/mxr/gfx/3d/3DS.spec

Hope that helps,
- llvllatrix

thanks it was very helpful but , it lacks something there it describes the bone animation and i dont know it i should use some of the code that was written in lib3ds and figure it out...