Irrlicht Engine

I want to place a mesh on the scene, and then play separate animations of the same mesh by pressing various keys. I have modeled and animated an object in 3ds Max, and I have placed it on the scene. But (and this is really a question for someone knowledgeable in 3ds Max) is there a way to create and export multiple animations of the same mesh? And how do you suggest I go on about triggering those animations with keyboard during runtime of Irrlicht program? Maybe do something with EventReciever, similar to what was done in the tutorial about movement?

You will have to create only one animation as a combination of all your different animations. You then specify the start and end frame when you want to play one of the animations.

If you detect a key-stroke for a different animation you just reset the start and end. You may need a bit of own code to handle the transition, if you want it to look realistic.

Ah, that makes sense, creating a single animation track and then cutting at various frames. Thanks a lot, I will try that.