Animation track for model loader

[ronin]

I will have time to have another go tonight but I tried to get the animation track working with the Model Loader with no success.

Is there a) a particular format it works with and b) any guidelines to creating a suitable model from Cinema 4D (particularly how to make the separate tracks with different IDs)

Thanks muchly for any assistance,
Ronin

[vade]

Collada has worked well for me. We used it for the Aphex Twin tour with the model loader. Give that a shot.

As for separate track ID’s, this is really dependent on how the exporter and model format work. Collada is, again, the best choice for the format.

[emervark]

Just can’t understand animation.
Tried with everything I can imagine. Cinema R12, Cinema R13 – Collada 1.4 & 1.5.
With and without baked keyframes. Blender collada export. Autodesk FBXconverter,

prr.

Vade can you explain how you prepare model for animation? What tools?

At the moment I gave up and exported separate planes and animated them in QC. But still.

[emervark]

Noup 😉 ?

[vade]

Thats honestly out of scope for me. Look at info for loading models with animation for Open Asset Import Library (Assimp) – they have a mailing list and info on their site. If it works with Assimp it will work for our model loader.

Good luck.

[emervark]

Ok, for the information.
You just have to break objects to polygonal object, and keyframe animation works.

baboom 😉

[emervark]

And for controlling animation track I used external timebase.
Still dont undrestand for what this Animation ID is?

[emervark]

Test ref: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9bt26gWZClFVnR1TWM5d185b28

[emervark]

vade can you explain little bit absolute and relative path thing in model importer?
I can only load models from the external drive (qc has to be on external too)

Cant find a way to link and show model on desktop. (QC file is on desktop to)
Tried with absolute and relative path.

Some bug?

[vade]

./model.extension

if the QTZ and model.extension are in the same folder.

./relative/path/to/model.extension

with the QTZ being in the folder above “relative”

[emervark]

Mhm, strange. It works when I’m doing new qc comp, with new model importer patch. If i change old one then nothing.

ok, good to know.
tnx.

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