[Gondolin]

I just learned how to animate and have partially animated a new unit I created. The model works well in the game, but does not animate. The skeleton and animations don't seem to work ingame. This is how I set it up in RenX.

The _SKL w3d contains my new bone structure, and was exported as a skeleton.

In the _SKN w3d I have the model and the skeleton, the model was bound to the skeleton before exporting by using a WWSkin. I exported the model as a Hierachical Model and checked the box "export with existing skeleton" (and selected my _SKL w3d).

The animations contain the exact same bones as my SKL file and were exported as Pure Animations "with existing skeleton" (the new _SKL file).

All bones were exported with the "Export Trasform (Bone)" box checked in the W3D export settings and the model was exported with the "Export Geometry" box checked.

Is all this correct? (btw, I did add them the to asset file). I wasn't expecting it to work really, since this was my first try, but I thought I had everything correct. Could it be the ini coding I put in? Whats the most probable problem?

[Sy]

Have you tried re-importing your object and animation back into renx to see if they play ok?

Also post some small snippets of the INI code.

[Gondolin]

I have checked nearly everything and spent hours trying to get it to work, but I must be missing something. Right now I am starting very very basic. So I only am testing one animation at a time. I used the code from the obsolete unit GUCaptain as he has a very basic animation set. First I gave my new unit only his moving animation, using the original GUCaptain_RUN animation. Then I switched it to the new animation and it does not work. Here is the code, but as it worked with the other animation I know it has to be something about the w3d files.

	DefaultModelConditionState
			Model						=	EUGilgalad_SKN
		End

		; ===================================================== ;
		; ================== ANIMATIONS ======================= ;
		; ===================================================== ;
		
	
		AnimationState        = MOVING
			Animation           = Run
				AnimationName       = EUGilgalad_SKL.EUGilgalad_RUN 
				AnimationMode       = LOOP
			End
			Flags               = RANDOMSTART
			;ParticleSysBone     = None InfantryDustTrails
		End
	End

Any ideas would be appreciated.

[Halbarad]

did u put the w3d scritped draw thing in above that?

[Kelso]

You don't need W3DScriptDraw for the animations to play. They are just to fine tune everything. The model should at least do something without it.

[Gondolin]

Nope, but as I said the model works with every single other animation I put into that same code (despite the fact that it is the wrong animation being that he looks like he has undergone some very serious torture). I researched all across the web through forums and tutorials but I can find nothing that can tell me what I'm doing wrong. Can an advanced modder give me a very brief step by step account of how to get a new animation and skeleton from RenX into the game and working?

[key0p]

Have you tried opening it in W3dviewer? THis is the quickest and easiest way to check if there is something wrong with the w3d file.

[Gondolin]

But does the W3dviewer play animations? I'll go test that out.

[Edit] Ok, so I figured out out it how to do that, but my animations and model play perfectly in w3dview!!! The model shows up ingame but does not animate, so what does that mean? If its not the model, skeleton, or animation files it has to be the code or the asset.dat, both of which I think I've done correctly.

[Edit 2] Is the "AnimationState" and "Animation" in the ini code relevant to the "AnimationName". When I plug an existing animation into the code for a completely different character it still works, when I plug my new animations it doesn't, but I'm thinking it has to be the code. Is there anything I have to add or to the game for a new animation besides the w3d file for the animation, the skeleton w3d, the ini animation code, and the asset.dat ammendment? I must be missing something.