Animations in GMF

[Clackdor]

Are animations embedded in GMF files? The answer appears to be yes.

 

How would I extract the animations from one GMF to use in another? I bought 1 character from DexSoft and I want to apply the animations to the free peasant model they offer as part of an exercise where I'm playing with attaching armor, weapons, hair, etc. Hoping to create several unique characters out of two, something Dexsoft seems to encourage, reading their FAQ.

 

I suspect that I'll get told that what I want to do is made a lot easier with Ultimate Unwrap3D, which is totally fine. It's on my shopping list.

[Josh]

LoadAnimation() can be used to load animations from a GMF file into another mesh, but the hierarchy needs to match.

[Clackdor]

OK, next question. I'm trying to add attach models to bones, and the animation tutorial gives this piece of code:

 

TEntity head=FindChild(mesh,"Bip01 Head");

 

However, that code fails to load anything into "head". Tried count children on the body mesh and it came back with 1. Guess its not counting all the bones as children.

 

Please help. FWIW, this is a mesh bought from Dexsoft. It had gmf files in the download so I haven't converted anything.

[Josh]

Check in the model viewer to make sure the file contains a limb with that name. It is case-sensitive. If it's there, FindChild() will find it.

[Clackdor]

Ok, I didn't double check with model viewer. I was just using Dexsoft's documentation.

 

But wouldn't CountChildren() count all the limbs regardless of name? Getting 1 as a result is the confusing thing for me.

[paramecij]

But wouldn't CountChildren() count all the limbs regardless of name? Getting 1 as a result is the confusing thing for me.

 

I thought so too, but it turns out CountChildren() returns just the number of immediate children of the bone (not the whole hierarchy) ..

   my models hierarchy is:
	 Bip01 
	    |
	Bip01_Pelvis
	    |
	Bip01_Spine
	    |
Bip01_Spine1 | Bip01_L_Thigh | Bip01_R_Thigh
...
CountChildren( FindChild( model,"Bip01" )); // returns 1
CountChildren( FindChild( model,"Bip01_Spine" )); // returns 3
CountChildren( GetChild( GetChild( FindChild( model,"Bip01" ), 1), 1)); // returns 3 (same as above)

[Clackdor]

Ok thanks!! Makes sense.

 

Fixed. Thanks. Space, not underscore.