Animating a mesh with a physics ragdoll

[OSasuke]

Hi,

I would animated the skeletal of a mesh, by passing the position and orientation for every part of the ragdoll ( arms, legs, foots, head, body ...)

So, how to animate the mesh, using 3D position and orientation.

Thanks.

[yamashi]

You mean procedural animation ?
If that's what you want, you might want to read a lot about walk cycles and the algorithms to do it.
It's not that hard to do if you know very well your physic engine and you can see in 3D.

[OSasuke]

But how to animate the 3D mesh with irrlicht.

For example, I loaded an AnimatedMesh, and I wish do some animations ( animation are not translation ), for example I would like move the hand of the mesh. But the animation musn't be in the 3D mesh file. I would create animations, not to load it.

[yamashi]

Yea, you are looking for procedural animations...
So as far as I can tell you don't know what bones and joints are... You will have to learn how to use it and how to set constraints on your joints but I think that Irrlicht won't be enough to do this kind of things, you need a physic engine, such as PhysX or Bullet...
I will be honest with you, the fact that you are asking that shows that you are not ready to go for this kind of things, it's for advanced/expert users, or if you make it, it will take you a long time and you might not be satisfied :/

Good luck to you !

[OSasuke]

Ok,

But how to animate a 3D mesh in irrlicht, without physics.

How to animate it, which functions shall i use.

[hybrid]

Try the Wiki page about the new animation system. It has the necessary mode setup and tells you how to access and position the joints.

[OSasuke]

Thanks, I'll have a see.

[OSasuke]

I found just one. He is very interesting, it is exactely xhat i need.

Are there other tutorial. Can you give me some direct link ?

Thanks again.