Author Topic: Playing a custom projectile animation (Read 1774 times)

Demian · June 12, 2011, 02:19:58 PM

I'm making a spear type weapon and I have properly animated and exported the projectile so it spins. How do I actually play that animation?

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YoshiDude · June 12, 2011, 02:20:44 PM

I think the animation should be named "root", if I'm not wrong.

Demian · June 12, 2011, 02:24:03 PM

Nope, didn't help.

YoshiDude · June 12, 2011, 02:24:34 PM

Quote from: Demian on June 12, 2011, 02:24:03 PM

Nope, didn't help.

Sorry.
EDIT: Got it. It should be called "maintain".
EDIT2: You can make another animation called "activate" and that'll trigger as soon as the projectile is made.

Demian · June 12, 2011, 02:31:10 PM

Still not working. I'm exporting the animation as cyclic, is that correct?

YoshiDude · June 12, 2011, 02:36:51 PM

Quote from: Demian on June 12, 2011, 02:31:10 PM

Still not working. I'm exporting the animation as cyclic, is that correct?

Yeah. At least, I'm pretty sure. Sounds like you're using MS3D. I use Blender, so...

http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=65821.0
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=19054.0

Demian · June 12, 2011, 02:51:39 PM

I'm using Blender 2.49 with DTS Exporter 0.97.

Ephialtes · June 12, 2011, 02:53:29 PM

It should be named either ambient or some other synonym for constant beginning with a. Decompile the rocket missile dts and look for the animation name - or just open it in a text file and look at the strings at the end of it.

Demian · June 12, 2011, 03:00:41 PM

Quote from: Ephialtes on June 12, 2011, 02:53:29 PM

It should be named either ambient or some other synonym for constant beginning with a. Decompile the rocket missile dts and look for the animation name - or just open it in a text file and look at the strings at the end of it.

Ambient didn't work and it says "maintain" for me in the rocket's dts.

Ephialtes · June 12, 2011, 03:23:55 PM

Try maintain or activate then. Make sure your animation is set to loop.

Demian · June 12, 2011, 04:53:00 PM

How do you set it to loop? There is no such option in the exporter.

Edit: Wait wait wait. Setting the name to activate makes it play the spin animation once. How to loop it?

Ephialtes · June 12, 2011, 09:40:00 PM

Read the documentation for your modelling program/exporter.

Demian · June 13, 2011, 12:00:39 PM

http://jsgreenawalt.com/Blender-DTS-Exporter/documentation/dts-animations/node-animations.html

The only option in the exporter that is a synonym for "loop" is "cyclic" and checking it does nothing.

The Corporation · June 13, 2011, 12:35:05 PM

Wait, there has to be a specific name for an animation?
Like any kind?

Demian · June 13, 2011, 12:38:59 PM

Quote from: The Corporation on June 13, 2011, 12:35:05 PM

Wait, there has to be a specific name for an animation?
Like any kind?

Quote from: Demian on June 12, 2011, 04:53:00 PM

Edit: Wait wait wait. Setting the name to activate makes it play the spin animation once. How to loop it?