[TEC] Need help with animation of the flags

08-30-16, 11:59 AM

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 · 08-30-16, 12:16 PM

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

08-30-16, 12:30 PM

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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 · 08-30-16, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Kendras

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

If you did this:

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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.

08-30-16, 09:54 PM

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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 ?

08-31-16, 08:05 AM

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 · 09-01-16, 11:42 AM

Glad you managed doing it

01-16-17, 05:32 AM

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.

01-20-17, 10:51 AM

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 · 01-20-17, 11:02 AM

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

01-20-17, 11:20 AM

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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 ?

08-30-16, 11:59 AM	#1
Kendras Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	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

08-30-16, 12:16 PM	#2
Tycho Sonar Guy Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sofia, Bg Posts: 384 Downloads: 264 Uploads: 1	Probably, you need to export the animation frames and to resize all ones. __________________ If you ride like lightning, you're gonna crash like thunder.

08-31-16, 08:05 AM	#6
Kendras Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	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 ...

09-01-16, 11:42 AM	#7
gap Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: CJ8937 Posts: 8,215 Downloads: 793 Uploads: 10	Glad you managed doing it __________________ _____________________ \|May the Force be with you!\| ...\/

01-16-17, 05:32 AM	#8
Kendras Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	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.

01-20-17, 10:51 AM	#9
Kendras Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	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 ?

01-20-17, 11:02 AM	#10
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,652 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Did you set the timing on all 25 frames of the animation?