>That's quite suprising - once the OpenGL rendering context is created,
>it shouldn't matter who/what created it.
>Probably SDL is opening the window in a different graphics mode
>(eg 24 bits per pixel instead of 16 - or vice-versa) and your graphics
>card runs less efficiently in that mode.
>Another possibility is that SDL created an "indirect" rendering
>context instead of a "direct" one.
I didnt find out yet. Its doing something wrong, but I didnt find it
yet. I spent hours in the #sdl chatroom... but didnt help yet.
>The problem is that not many file formats have really good support for
>animations that PLIB can latch onto.
>I generally use AC3D (because it's cheap and runs under Linux) - so
AC3D
>is pretty well supported.
Ok so I will try that.. what exactly is the problem with 3ds animation
loading? Is it hard? Or just not feasible?
>That's not a good sign. Can you post one of the models that crashed it
>to a website somewhere so someone here could download it and try to
find
>out what went wrong?
Yes, its an orc model. It loads into my testapp fine, but on exposer
loading it crashes. But maybe I just dont get exposer.. hehe. Anyway,
here is the link:
http://www.arianne.info/files/orc.zip
What happens is that exposer just quits. No error message, just the app
stops silently.
>The term "animation" is a little vague.
>Are you talking about Skin & Bones deformation, model-switched
animation,
>moving joint animation? All are possible under SSG.
I just mean, can I have a model with a walk and a attack animation in
one file, and then decide which one to show? If yes, with which format
would that be possible? Or do I need different model files with
different animations, like orcwalk.ase orcattack.ase? I understand
model-switch animation is like having 2D pictures shown fast after one
another, like an animation movie? The skin and bones animation from
exposer looks a little bit unreal, and moving joint animation, I dont
even know how that works. :) Did I say yet, I am not a 3D programmer...
lol.... But I am ready for a small lection in different animations.
Ok, basicly I need to know, what looks the best, and what can be used to
create good looking game characters, and how do I get my 3D artists to
create models that are animated and can be loaded into PLIB?
For example, can they create an animation inside 3d studio and then
export it via ASE and load it into PLIB? Or are there other limitations
they need to know? Other than that huge ass table I found on the
website...And what do I need to do in PLIB to play the animation?
> And, can I load all 3d models into my app and later attach a single
> object to more than one node?
Ok, that was a stupid question... :P
I got it the second time I read the website docs... lol. I got carried
away with ref counting and had multiple crashes until I finally
understood it. :P
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