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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / DBPro, Animation, Jumpy, Loop Object,, DarkMatter 1... Confused

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jason p sage
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Posted: 7th Aug 2007 05:09
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I have the USA model in DarkMatter 1 and I find it jumpy when I loop the object but in the DarkMatter "viewer" its smooth. My dude jumps somewhere in the animation - I can't tell how real frames it has - the direct x file itself has 18 keys - but I don't know if these are frames, or "chunks" of info for each limb's behavior during play.....

Should I write a program that somehow show each frame? Assuming you can show one frame at a time.

Any suggestions?
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Thanx in advance.

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dark coder
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Posted: 7th Aug 2007 08:30
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Keys most likely means keyframes which are essentially snapshots of your model in a certain pose, I'd advise you use Set Object Frame rather than play/loop object as you get much more control over it and remember that the Set Object Frame command takes a float so you can tween between each snapshot.

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jason p sage
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Posted: 7th Aug 2007 14:42
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Thank You DarkCoder. Looks Like I'll have to write timer based code to manually switch to the appropriate frame - to get smooth animation eh? Further more - perhaps an App that can load a model, count the direct.x "key frames" and allow "switching to them and allow making little "trial animation sequences" so I know what to put in the game.

Thanx for the advice!

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Posted: 8th Aug 2007 17:44
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@Dark Coder - BTW - This was a VERY useful bit of information I did not know about. Thank You.

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