Originally Posted by Anvart (Post 1644111)

... yes, with my english ... to write a tutorial ... it would be absolute madness... :haha:
... In my case, the Flag is called through equipment (*.eqp file of sub)... node cfg#F01 ... and all others things through StateMachine (control) mechanism ...
IIRC, files with animations are placed in Animations folder...
File with models and file with StateMachineClasses are placed in Library folder.
Do not understand why you asked. :o
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If you speak about your flooding and if you can use simple animations for water, you must place them in "effect-object" in interior... i think...

Originally Posted by DivingDuck (Post 1644234)

Moin Hans,

I'll post a tut when back at home. Don't have access to any computer atm.
I have made a tut for SMC called animations only recently. It shows the dependencies of all related files and nodes. Doesn't deal with S3D though, as it was just created to understand the way the they are interlinked. I'll add a S3D part.

DD

Originally Posted by Hans Witteman (Post 1644383)

Hi Anvart,

If i can understand your english then it is good enough:up:

But for placing animated water plane in effect object you mean effect launcher controller? Does this have to be link via statemachines?

Best regards hans

Originally Posted by Hans Witteman (Post 1643785)

Hi shipmates,

Something is still puzzle me in animation import process, i know there many way it is implemented in game like meshanimationdata, keyframe etc.

But i want to clarify a few points that would help the community to achieve stuff based on crystal clear video tutorial.

Here are the main obscure points :

If you look at Anvart FLG_GE in data\animations folder you have AnimationObject controller on it but no 3d nodes is in only AnimationObject controller that represent 3 different flag states.

My question is how do i put my animation in there so i can make my statemachines controller call it with array item playAnim?

Also no one anywhere in all the forum have clearly explain how to import animation even basic stuff in game?

Skwasjer have made a small video with a coil but he never show or tell how to put it in game.

So far the only way i was able to make animation work in game is by re using stock animation from different animation in game and then i change the keyframe parameters timing or rotational value.

This point really need to be explain to the user, why making the wonderful tool that is S3D if no one can use it power?

Best regards Hans

Originally Posted by skwasjer (Post 1644557)

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=154550

Also see last post, with link to kickinbak, that page has the video where I imported the coil...

Originally Posted by skwasjer (Post 1644589)

It's not needed, I didn't need to... but then again, I was testing in SH4. It's been so long ago that I've worked on this that I can't remember all exactly, but this definately worked for me.

http://s3d.skwas.com/media/S3D_Anims.wmv

This vid shows the coil running without any specific controller attached. Although this was recorded in S3D it worked in game. The rods where made with keyframe anims. I wasn't up to the point of implementing the state machine here yet, all ran without it.

Originally Posted by Hans Witteman (Post 1644571)

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So i think that for animation to work also in game i have to used the statemachines controller technique devellop by Anvart and also used by DD on his periscope.
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Originally Posted by Philipp_Thomsen (Post 1532466)

Maybe now the crew will react to tense depth charging in a more realistic way, other then bend their knees and look around slowly.

Is it possible to make the crews run from one end to the other of the uboat? Would be cool to simulate crew running to the bow when crash diving.

Originally Posted by DivingDuck (Post 1645161)

Moin Hans,

if your animation shows in S3D but not ingame, you probably have not set the 3d_model identifier (see pic) correctly or you´ve got an ID conflict.

Skwasjer is, of course, right saying that you do not need a SMC to make an animation show up ingame. But there are several hooks that might prevent your solution from working.


First thing to do is to create a new node featuring a 3d model.

1. You can do it by cloning (copy&paste) an existing 3d_model within S3D. BUT, this will not work without hex editing as the 3d model´s ID will be linked to it´s properties node via an ID entry that is not accessible via S3D. (see pic below) Therefore you´ll end up with an ID conflict. ID conflict will result in animation not showing ingame, not even the base mesh.

Regards,
DD