[TEC] Need help with animation of the flags

Hello all,

I'm trying to create a big war ensign for the battleships of SH3.

Like that:



I have resized the flag, but the animation of the flag is now broken. Could someone help me in this matter ?

Thx

[Tycho]

Probably, you need to export the animation frames and to resize all ones.

Originally Posted by Tycho

Probably, you need to export the animation frames and to resize all ones.

How can I do that ?? I'm completly lost ...

[Tycho]

Originally Posted by Kendras

How can I do that ?? I'm completly lost ...

If you did this:

Originally Posted by Kendras

I have resized the flag, but the animation of the flag is now broken.

Most likely, you first export the 3d model with S3D. Now do it again, but look closely and you will see the possibility to export all anim frames.

Originally Posted by Tycho

Most likely, you first export the 3d model with S3D. Now do it again, but look closely and you will see the possibility to export all anim frames.

So, I have resized all the 25 frames of the flag, and imported them in the file of the battleship. In S3D, the animation of the new flag is now played with the proper size. Vry nice. But in my game, the flag just stays ... static ! The animation is not played !

What's wrong here ?

Don't know precisely what I did, but the animation is now working fine !

Just have to resize again the falg by 150 % instead of 200% (which is a bit too big)



Thank for the help!

Ah ! Another thing : i use wings 3D. Do you know how to move automatically a 3D object by setting the position of one of its vertex ? I would like to move the corner to the origin (i mean where X=0, Y=0, Z=0) for each resized frame of the flag. It's very boring to do that manually for 25 models ...

[gap]

Originally Posted by Kendras

Ah ! Another thing : i use wings 3D. Do you know how to move automatically a 3D object by setting the position of one of its vertex ? I would like to move the corner to the origin (i mean where X=0, Y=0, Z=0) for each resized frame of the flag. It's very boring to do that manually for 25 models ...

The easiest way to do it is:
- import all the animation frames in a single Wings 3D project;
- switch to "body selection mode" (red cube on the top of the screen) and select all the meshes by dragging the mouse with the left button pressed;
- right click and choose "scale uniform" from the contextual menu, by using either the middle ore the right mouse button;
- switch to "vertex selection mode" and choose the vertex you want your meshes to be scaled from;
- once done, right click to confirm;
- press the Tab button on your keyboard to switch to "numeric entry" mode, enter your desired scaling factor (as percent: 100 = equal size), and press the "Ok" button or Enter to confirm;
- select the animation frames one by one (if needed, you can hide/show any frame individually by using the "Geometry Graph"), and save each of them with their original name, using the "export selected" command from the "file" menu.

Originally Posted by gap

- switch to "body selection mode" (red cube on the top of the screen) and select all the meshes by dragging the mouse with the left button pressed;
- right click and choose "scale uniform" from the contextual menu, by using either the middle ore the right mouse button;
- switch to "vertex selection mode" and choose the vertex you want your meshes to be scaled from

When i click on "scale uniform", my mouse disappears and i can only press tab to select the scale. So I can't switch to "vertex selection mode" ...

[gap]

Originally Posted by Kendras

When i click on "scale uniform", my mouse disappears and i can only press tab to select the scale. So I can't switch to "vertex selection mode" ...

You must be clicking with the wrong mouse button. Do it with the middle or right one ;-)

Originally Posted by gap

You must be clicking with the wrong mouse button. Do it with the middle or right one ;-)

It works !



Problem solved !

Thank you so much guys !

[gap]

Glad you managed doing it

Well, I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I don't manage to make a new flag with animation. It works in S3D, but not in-game .... !



Else, in the Yamato .dat file, there isn't any node for the flag, but there is one in game ! I don't understand at all.

Still no success.

So here what i've done :

- exported all the objects of the animated model of the flag, found in Flag.dat (in Library folder), I get 26 files : one named FLG.obj, and the others are FLG_00.obj to FLG_24.obj.

 

- imported them in Wings3D, resized and exported them.

- opened the .dat file of a battleship, added a node with a 3D model, imported the animated flag by choosing FLG_00.obj

 

- added an animation controller

 

In S3D, the flag is animated when I click on "play". But not in the game !

So what's wrong, guys ?

[Jeff-Groves]

Did you set the timing on all 25 frames of the animation?

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

Did you set the timing on all 25 frames of the animation?

Yes, I chose a longer time to have a slower movment for a bigger flag :

 

The original value is :

 

But I wonder why this should not work with a different fps ?