.3ds file format support keyframe vertex animation?

Bartek · Post by **Bartek** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:02 am

Hey everyone,

I have a character model that I have animated using bones and skin. I then used a plugin to convert my skin/bones keyframes and bake them right into the mesh. So now my character is just a mesh with animated keyframes.

If i export as a .3ds file for irrlicht will the 3ds file store the animation?

So far Ive had no luck. If I animate the horse just bouncing up and down as a mesh, that animation does export. But the run cycle I baked into the mesh does not export - all i get is a static mesh in the game engine.

Any ideas?

-Bartek

a_haouchar · Post by **a_haouchar** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:16 pm

we still have the same problem. Did u take a look at my lara model on my thread?

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:31 pm

.3ds does not support animations in Irrlicht, though it will contain keyframe based animations in the file. You have to export to .x, .ms3d, or .b3d.

a_haouchar · Post by **a_haouchar** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:46 pm

thanks for the heads up:) but my lara wont animate in x. if you download my lara.max in my other thread and look at the settings,thatt be nice. i tried the b3d exporter and it just crashed in meshviewer.

Luke · Post by **Luke** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:21 pm

really, in the irrlicht mesh viewer? could you post the b3d mesh?