How to animate a .x model

The BasheR · Post by **The BasheR** » Mon May 28, 2007 7:04 pm

Hi for, i've just converted a .3ds model to a .x model, but when i launch my program i see just under the model something like a skeleton, and also i don't know how to anime this model .x .

Is someone can help me and tell me why there is a skeleton, and how to animate this model?

Thanks a lot.

In the console i have this message: Unknown data object in x file: Header.

GuerillaSoftworks · Post by **GuerillaSoftworks** » Mon May 28, 2007 10:30 pm

I'm not too sure about your perticular problem but i've run into many problems when converting from .3ds to .x. I decied a long time ago that it's not a good idea.

As for animating your model. What software are you using to create your model? Does it not have any functionalilty for animating (e.g. with 'bones'). There are many free programs you could use to animate your models, however what you use depends on what rigging system you want use. It's worth searching for such software using a search engine. Also Im sure there's plenty of stuff about this kind of thing in the 'everything 2D/3D' forum if you were to do a search.

The BasheR · Post by **The BasheR** » Tue May 29, 2007 10:53 am

mmmh i think you didn't understand my problem, or maybe i didn't understand your answer, but my problem is i have a model, this one is animated by 3DS Max, but Irrlicht can't use the animations with this format, so i've just converted it to .x file, but i know Irrlicht can use the animations with it, but my problem is that i don't know how to use Irrlicht to use the animations of my model. Is someone can help me about it?

Thanks a lot.

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Tue May 29, 2007 10:58 am

There are tutorials covering all this and the API documentation also helps in case you don't find the correct parameters.

The BasheR · Post by **The BasheR** » Tue May 29, 2007 11:17 am

Ok thanks for your answer i'm going to have a look in these tutorials.