#18 Open Flight Animated Groups Not Handled

[Anonymous]

Animated group records in OpenFlight .FLT files do not appear to be handled by the ssgLoadFLT.cxx
code. Apparently some model files use an animated group (a group record with the flag variable set to
either forward animation or swing animation) for showing rotating rotors on helicopters instead of using a
switch record. If this could be fixed it really be a big help in encouraging the use of PLIB in applications
where commercial openflight models are used that have this kind of animation. Also the PLIB timed
switch doen't seem to work correctly either, in that it does not correctly animate OpenFlight switch
records. You can download some free demo models to test your code that have both groups and switch
records for OpenFlight animation from the C2 free models page at http://www.facets3dmodels.com .
You can download the Multigen OpenFlight file specs in pdf format from
http://www.multigen.com/support/dc_standards.shtml .

[Sebastian Ude]

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- Sebastian