Multiple animation file over a single mesh?

christianclavet · Post by **christianclavet** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:00 pm

Is there a way that I could load multiple animation file to apply to single mesh that is having a skeleton (rigged) inside Irrlicht?

From what I see right now, the mesh will have the animation directly inside, so for a walk, run or anything else, we have to create all the animation inside the single file and play from ranges.

Is there a way, I could have a rigged character, then load a walk cycle to apply to it for a specific set? This would be easier when we want to rework the animation again (expanding the frames, etc.)

Source SDK allow this by using a feature called "bonemerge" that merge the bone info from the 2 meshes and keep only the animation for the animation file.

B@z · Post by **B@z** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 6:10 pm

here: http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/docu/cl ... 361bf142be

christianclavet · Post by **christianclavet** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:17 pm

wow! I did not know that we already had that feature!! Great!

virtual bool irr::scene::ISkinnedMesh::useAnimationFrom ( const ISkinnedMesh * mesh ) [pure virtual]

Use animation from another mesh.

The animation is linked (not copied) based on joint names so make sure they are unique.

So with this I should be able to create a reference mesh and create animations sets for it.(walk, run, jump, etc.) (A set of animation could then be applied to a lot of characters using the same bone set)