Re: [Algorithms] Skeletal Character Animation with Mesh Interplation?

[Jim O. <j.o...@in...>]

Hi,

> Anyway, I thought this idea may help reduce CPU usage when
> simulating environments with large numbers of skeletal system characters.
> As usual the price of reduced CPU usage is more memory usage.  Any
comments
> on this?  Is anyone already doing this?

The memory footprint of such a solution can be huge; If, for instance, you
have several hundreds of characters walking around, you'll need at least two
keyframe meshes for each of them (unless they all have the same pose); which
will certainly burn your memory.

I would rather look into varying the amount of animation that is required
based on the hardware levels. I.e. do full facial animations with high-res
models on a high-end system with hardware T&L and have a low-res model with
only basic movement animations on a low-end system.

Jim Offerman
Innovade