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Exporting animation with SODE

Davide Ferrara

Davide Ferrara

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Hi , i'm trying to export animation with SODE so i've made a box with a simple test animation.
Then i have attached the animation with the SDK using the new string added in the modeldef.
the problem is that i don't see my animation working in p3d with sode menù i see only thr object.Anyone can help me please? thanks

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in mcx the animation work fine!
 
Hello Davide,

Let's start with the modeldef.xml:
  • I think the SODE_Trigger_2_4SEC has misleaded you...Trigger_2 means that it would trigger a second animation in the same model. This is not yet supported by SODE (wrote it in the documentation). Only 1 trigger per model works, so need SODE_Trigger_1_4SEC. However, if you want your animation to last longer than 4 seconds, you need to copy-paste the SODE_Trigger_1_4SEC entry and name it for example SODE_Trigger_1_10SEC. Other duration means to tweak the Lag parameter -> to get 10 seconds, you need to divide those 100 Keyframes by 10 -> this is your lag parameter, 10. For 20 seconds it would be 100KF/5=20sec, etc...
SODE_Samples.xml:
  • The duration parameter in the TriggerableAnimation node should match the time in seconds of your animation that you have defined as described above. So far a 10 second animation, the duration is obviously 10.
3dsMax FileProperties GUID:
  • This GUID has nothing to do with the animation guid! The file properties guid set with the export tool is usually its own random guid. But it is anyway not used by SODE, but I would still generate something else there.

With these 3 steps, you should be able to trigger the animation in the sim.
 
Davide Ferrara said:
And if i have more than one animation to attach?
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As I said, that is not supported yet. To be precise, what I mean are multiple SODE-triggered animations within the same model. Combining one SODE-triggered animation and a standard animation (Ambient) is no problem.
A workaround would be to create multiple models and place it at the same coordinates, e.g. only export the door into model and the other animation into another model...didn't try this but that should work.
 
I am away from home, but you can attach your mdl file here. I can check it sometime next week.

Greetings from Singapore
 
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