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Uh-huh... it turns out that you MUST NOT put parenthesis ( ) in the names of your objects when converting to .X if the model is animated, because it won't export the animation (because the .X format uses parenthesis in its file format for dividing the objects... take a look at the 3DS or X ASCII format and you'll see why)

Just thought on saying this... for those who didn't knew, and I posted this because it happened to me and discovered why

By the way... this post is because I could solve the problem in my thread that said that DB didn't wanted to animate my model, and it was because the objects had parenthesis in the names .

Well just that... hope it's useful

Thanks for sharing that tip.
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TAZ

The current DBP animation system relying on DirectX Model Animation is a waste of bloody time in itself though.. i mean unless you like HUGE file sizes.

Personally I use DirectX Models for Base Mesh -> Skeleton -> Texture -> Shaders

Then export the animations as seperate DirectX Ascii models; Maya's DirectX Exporter supports the bone animation as opposed to the Mesh the Max ones do. Then convert the animations of the skeleton, onto thier own; next you want to sort out your own data system for saving this as binary data to be read in... then simple setup a routine for moving the limb that correspond to the correct Skeleton Bone.

Requires some timer and interpol value knowlage, but trust me you get MUCH smaller file sizes; not to mention you can edit the animation and include in rag-doll stuff from newton at the same time. Without the headaches!