Import Animation

Shanik · Post by **Shanik** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:57 pm

I've done a very simple walk animation to my model on Milkshape3D and now I'm a bit stuck; how do I import the animation to Reality Factory?

I opened up the ActorDecompile program in the tools folder and looked at the other models, and they have a folder called "Motions", where all their animations are stored. Do I need to do this to my character model? If so, what would I need to do? Thanks in advance.

Post by **QuestOfDreams** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:39 am

.bdy (body geometry) and .mot (motion info) can be compiled into an .act via the astudio tool

Shanik · Post by **Shanik** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:38 pm

Thanks, but the animation I added to my model doesn't work when I try to preview it on ActorDecompile, even though it works perfectly when I preview it on Milkshape. Am I doing something wrong?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:59 pm

You would'nt preview it using ActorDecompile. You would want to preview in it actviewer. or viewer.

Shanik · Post by **Shanik** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:43 pm

Even when I opened it up with ActViewer, my walk animation still wasn't running.

I still don't get what I'm doing wrong.

1. I have 2 sonic .ms3d files, one of him standing still, the other of him walking.
2. I exported the standing sonic file as a .bdy file.
3. I then exported the walking animation as a .mot file.
4. I opened up AStudio, added the body and motion file and compiled it to a .act file.
5. Copied the new file into the Actors folder.

Post by **bernie** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:32 pm

Maybe I am misunderstanding what you are saying here but you need to export the walking model as .bdy and .mot. The animation is specific to the walking model skeleton and mesh. Then compile using astudio to an act file.

Shanik · Post by **Shanik** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:13 pm

Thanks! I did what you said and also altered some settings in AStudio and got it animated.

I then copied PlayerSetup.ini, renamed and altered it so the animation to walk was equal to the name of my animation and was able to make the animation run in the game.

Jaguar_jwg · Post by **Jaguar_jwg** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:06 am

Um. Wait a minute. I am interested in this topic, but I am a bit confused. Bernie - did I understand you correctly?
You said, 'you need to export the walking model as .bdy and .mot.', and Shanik, you got yours working?
Well guys please, help me out here. I want my model animated too, and right now its not doing that, so please tell me where I have gone wrong, step by step.

I bones my mesh in Milkshape.
Export it as a .bdy.
Animate it, and export it as a .mot.
Use AStudio, add ny .bdy and my .mot, and build the actor. (the .mot file is named Idle)
Copy it to the actors folder.
Use the character .ini to create a new name with my .act file, and run the game.
My actor is there, but it isn't animating.

Where have I gone wrong?
Please, I'd appreciate if you give me a detailed step by step, if need be, because this has me totally stumped. Thanks

Post by **bernie** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:38 am

Does your act file animate in actor viewer?

Jaguar_jwg · Post by **Jaguar_jwg** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:47 pm

Yes. Exactly the way it does in MilkShape.

Post by **bernie** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:04 pm

Then the problem is likely to be in the character.ini file
check spelling etc for typo's.

Minimum requirement:-

[Your character name]
image =Your actor image.bmp
actorname = Your actor.act
actorrotation = x y z
actorscale = Scale of your actor
animationspeed = 1
attributefile = player.ini
startlevel = Your level.bsp

[Daniel]
etc....

Jaguar_jwg · Post by **Jaguar_jwg** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:40 am

I got my Idle animation working. I had to export the animation with the animation name, for example "Idle.mot", in order for it to work. Sorry to have wasted your time on that. I have a problem though. I can't get rid of the Idle animation from the keyframes. I hit 'delete keyframe' and 'remove all keyframes'. I restarted the program numerous times, and they are still there. Shanik, did you get this problem? How do I get rid of used keyframes?

Post by **bernie** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:54 am

In Menu bar select -> Animate and untick "operate on selected joints only" then if you still have difficulty with remove all keyframes try
File -> preferences -> reset defaults that should clear things up.

Jaguar_jwg · Post by **Jaguar_jwg** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:07 am

The 'File -> preferences -> reset defaults' worked. Thanks

I was asking though. How do you get those little quotes at the bottom of your post?

Post by **bernie** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:47 am

I was asking though. How do you get those little quotes at the bottom of your post?

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