RE: [Plib-users] loading animation from ASE files

[SkyFlash <sky...@ch...>]

You got to use the ASE exporter within 3d studio and export the
animation too,
then you can load it into PLIB.

SkyFlash


> I've been studying PLIB/SSG for about a week now and
> intend on using it for a game I'm working on.  I was 
> able to get some models from 3DStudio to load in the
> ascii export format (.ASE) and display a scene created
> from some models.
> 
> That part is all good.  I'd like to use animations 
> created from 3DStudio and the file loader description 
> page said that animation is supported in the ASE format,
> but when I used the print() method (detail of 4), I was
> not able to find any animation info (several objects
> rotating in different directions in my test file).
> 
> Can anyone give me any pointers on how to access
> animation data from an ASE file?  Is that data ignored
> or does it have to be formatted some special way from
> within 3DStudio before it is exported?
> 
> Many thanks for any help!
> 
> -Chris