Animations

hellbound · Post by **hellbound** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:40 pm

How can i export animations from 3dstudio max and load them in irrlicht and they play?

i have tried with the my3d exporter, but it still doesn't work... :-\

bitplane · Post by **bitplane** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:10 pm

use the panda x exporter, if you have problems you might want to-
export to fbx first, then export to x
open the x file in microsoft's mview.exe and save again

step by step instructions here, but i didnt try them-
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=16998

kohaar · Post by **kohaar** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:38 pm

b3d seems to work very well also. See the b3d thread for more info. It's a long thread, but it will explain what you need to know.

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=14388

hellbound · Post by **hellbound** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:49 am

ok... but then again i have another question...

is it possible to use realtime phisics driven animations?

i mean something like this:

Use let's say Newton to manipulate a skeleton , according to the physics principles, and still get pretty realistic animations?

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:13 pm

Haha, my turn !!!

No, you can't manipulate the bones/joints of a mesh, with the standard Irrlicht engine !!!

But you can use my IrrExtensions !!!
I added this feature for .x meshes !!!

Have a look at my Ragdoll demo !!!!

Luke · Post by **Luke** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 7:05 am

Yeah same with b3d using the joint control patch, I should try and get it to work with the other mesh formats too sometime…

hellbound · Post by **hellbound** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:39 pm

@Luke

I've just found out that blitz 3d is not freeware... and i need to use this in a commercial application, with a budget of 0...

@Acki

Dood... i've downloaded your IrrExtensions, and I was expecting something that was more like a patch for irrlicht, not an already compiled application...

And eventually, if I still could use it, how does it work?

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:40 pm

It's a patch program...
maybe read the help ????

(and I'm not your dood nor dude)

Luke · Post by **Luke** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:42 pm

Blitz3D is a game engine that uses b3d, you don't need Blitz3D. Try the b3d exporter for 3dstudio. The b3d file format is public domain.

hellbound · Post by **hellbound** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:20 pm

@ acki

sorry about the dood thingie... it's gone kinda wild in my vocabulary

and yeah... read the help... it was just a rough night and i didn't even see the hlp file

@ luke

heh... i've found a b3d exporter for max...
http://www.brilliantdigital.com/product ... .asp?ID=24

but.. it's the price that makes me wonder... what's wrong with this world...

is it that by chance you were talking about another b3d exporter for max?

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:25 pm

Luke · Post by **Luke** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:01 am

heh... i've found a b3d exporter for max...
http://www.brilliantdigital.com/product ... .asp?ID=24

No that's not a blitz3d exporter.

Be careful the brilliant digital format is not the same as the Blitz3d format

The (real

) B3d exporter for max is free,

I think here is the best:
http://www.onigirl.com/pipeline/

hellbound · Post by **hellbound** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 9:14 am

@ luke

lol...

thanks for the link