sub motion

[deanUK]

hi,
i have a prob. im new 2 lingo, thats the 1st prob. the 2nd is i cant
understand how to use sub motions properly.
im basically trying to create a simple walk cycle. i have a character animated
in 3ds max, with 3 main states (start, walk loop, end). I simply want the user
to press a key down and make the character walk until the button is up, so now
the character should stop.
i know in principle how this shud work, but every tutorial or example ive
looked at is always full on nonesence and just confuses me!

i have a rough idea what i think the code should look like, dont know how
close i am...


on exitframe

if keypressed(123) then
scene.model[1].keyframeplayer.queue("motion1", 0, 667, 1292)
end if

if key still pressed
scene.model[1].keyframeplayer.queue("motion2", 0, 667, 1292)
end if

if keyreleased(123) then
scene.model[1].keyframeplayer.queue("motion3", 0, 667, 1292)
end if

end

any sugestion?

much appreciated, dean

[Charles Parcell]

I am no authority on this by a long shot but here are some things perhaps.

You could use:


global walkFlag

on keyDown
if keypressed(123) then
walkflag = TRUE
scene.model[1].keyframeplayer.queue("motion1", 0, 667, 1292)
scene.model[1].keyframeplayer.play()
end if
end

on exitFrame
if walkFlag then
scene.model[1].keyframeplayer.queue("motion2", 0, 667, 1292)
scene.model[1].keyframeplayer.playNext()
end if
end

on keyUp
if walkFlag then
walkFlag = FALSE
scene.model[1].keyframeplayer.queue("motion3", 0, 667, 1292)
scene.model[1].keyframeplayer.playNext()
end if
end


And not to forget to use:

member("scene").model[1].addModifier(#keyframePlayer)


Disclaimer - I have never used keyFramePlayer and by the looks of the
documents it seems as if it applies motions exported from 3DMax (or
other). It seems to not really be a means to queue up position transforms.

You might have to build your own animation queue of sorts if you want to
apply simple transforms.

Charles P.


deanUK wrote:

> hi,
> i have a prob. im new 2 lingo, thats the 1st prob. the 2nd is i cant
> understand how to use sub motions properly.
> im basically trying to create a simple walk cycle. i have a character animated
> in 3ds max, with 3 main states (start, walk loop, end). I simply want the user
> to press a key down and make the character walk until the button is up, so now
> the character should stop.
> i know in principle how this shud work, but every tutorial or example ive
> looked at is always full on nonesence and just confuses me!
>
> i have a rough idea what i think the code should look like, dont know how
> close i am...
>
>
> on exitframe
>
> if keypressed(123) then
> scene.model[1].keyframeplayer.queue("motion1", 0, 667, 1292)
> end if
>
> if key still pressed
> scene.model[1].keyframeplayer.queue("motion2", 0, 667, 1292)
> end if
>
> if keyreleased(123) then
> scene.model[1].keyframeplayer.queue("motion3", 0, 667, 1292)
> end if
>
> end
>
> any sugestion?
>
> much appreciated, dean
>