Question on animations

[NineLine]

Should I animate all movements to their full extent in 3D Studio, for example turret rotation? Those will then be picked up when I export for the game and I assume set up the lua file for the object?

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Blaze]

What is the model first of all? Second, if it is a full 360 degree rotation, make sure you set a keyframe at every 90 degrees of rotation, to separate the animation into 4 parts, otherwise it won't work in-game.

[NineLine]

Its an 88 Flak gun.

 

So how long should the animation be, or does that matter and should the rotation and the raising and lowering of the gun be done at the same time and same length?

[Blaze]

Check out this animation tutorial, should help you set up your timeline properly. Also, check some of the artillery models in the DCS modelviewer, and see how their turret rotations are animated length-wise. They usually go from 0 to 100 keyframes.

[NineLine]

Excellent, thanks for the tips!

[nick10]

Pics?

[NineLine]

The model is still pretty early on, when I get some texturing done I'll post something :)

[Alfa]

Also if you watch a "stock" tank or artillery piece in the model viewer, you will notice that the barrel elevation is animated from straight down to straight up(+-90 degrees) - the actual operating limits for a unit "in-game" are controlled by the code, so you should not emulate these limits via your animation.

[NineLine]

Also if you watch a "stock" tank or artillery piece in the model viewer, you will notice that the barrel elevation is animated from straight down to straight up(+-90 degrees) - the actual operating limits for a unit "in-game" are controlled by the code, so you should not emulate these limits via your animation.

 

Ok, excellent tip! :)

[Silver_Dragon]

I not found the argument file and others? They come on the EMD plugin instalation directory?