.3ds Animation

monkeycracks · Post by **monkeycracks** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:28 pm

Ok, I don't know if anyone else is working on this but it's really annoying me that there are only 2-3 formats with bone animation support, what exactly do I need to learn in order to code it into the 3ds loader to load and play the animations?

Yes, I might actually just try it myself if no one else does.

So, once again, what exactly do I need to know in order to do this, it's to the point of desperation that I need this.

belfegor · Post by **belfegor** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 4:57 pm

You could try this for starter:

http://www.directtutorial.com/DX9/Direct3D/dx9-B4.php

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:22 pm

You need some knowledge of transformation matrices and hierarchical objects made up from several such matrices. And then comes the hard part. Understanding the 3ds hierarchy system, recoding the current mesh model using this system and finally adding the animation interpolation. Not really that easy, you might want to start with the ogre mesh file format. It has a somewhat cleaner file layout and easier to start with.

monkeycracks · Post by **monkeycracks** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:26 am

Then I'd have to find an exporter for that for 3dsm8 and probably run into more errors