Hard Coded Player Look and Head Rotation Limits

Why is this stuff hardcoded?:

// look     Used to contol the upper body arm motion.  Must animate
//          vertically +-80 deg.
Player::Range Player::mArmRange(mDegToRad(-80.0f),mDegToRad(+80.0f));

// head     Used to control the direction the head is looking.  Must
//          animated vertically +-80 deg .
Player::Range Player::mHeadVRange(mDegToRad(-80.0f),mDegToRad(+80.0f));

This to me seemed silly so I did this:

void Player::updateLookAnimation()
{
   // Adjust look pos.  This assumes that the animations match
   // the min and max look angles provided in the datablock.
//    if (mArmAnimation.thread) {
//       // TG: Adjust arm position to avoid collision.
//       F32 tp = mControlObject? 0.5:
//          (mHead.x - mArmRange.min) / mArmRange.delta;
//       mShapeInstance->setPos(mArmAnimation.thread,mClampF(tp,0,1));
//    }
//    if (mHeadVThread) {
//       F32 tp = (mHead.x - mHeadVRange.min) / mHeadVRange.delta;
//       mShapeInstance->setPos(mHeadVThread,mClampF(tp,0,1));
//    }
//    if (mHeadHThread) {
//       F32 dt = 2 * mDataBlock->maxLookAngle;
//       F32 tp = (mHead.z + mDataBlock->maxLookAngle) / dt;
//       mShapeInstance->setPos(mHeadHThread,mClampF(tp,0,1));
//    }

   if (mArmAnimation.thread) {
      // TG: Adjust arm position to avoid collision.
      F32 tp = mControlObject? 0.5:
         (mHead.x - mDataBlock->armPMin) / (mDataBlock->armPMax - mDataBlock->armPMin);
      mShapeInstance->setPos(mArmAnimation.thread,mClampF(tp,0,1));
   }
   if (mHeadVThread) {
      F32 tp = (mHead.x - mDataBlock->headPMin) / (mDataBlock->headPMax - mDataBlock->headPMin);
      mShapeInstance->setPos(mHeadVThread,mClampF(tp,0,1));
   }
   if (mHeadHThread) {      
      F32 tp = (mHead.z - mDataBlock->headYMin) / (mDataBlock->headYMax - mDataBlock->headYMin);
      mShapeInstance->setPos(mHeadHThread,mClampF(tp,0,1));
   }
}

Of course you would need to add all the variables and the like to the datablock and have the datablock transfer it over the network, but I think you get the basic idea. Now I can control the limts through the datablock. Of course you would need to modify the animations to fit the angles you choose as well.