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by Sean T. Boyette · in Torque X 2D · 10/26/2008 (11:49 pm) · 4 replies

I typically load animations from a Single DTS with multiple sequence nodes in

What would be a way to load a DSQ for playing as an animation
something like this -however I know that a dsq is not a rendercomponent..


//Render Component - DSQ Idle Animation
            T3DTSRenderComponent componentIdleAnimation = new T3DTSRenderComponent();
            componentIdleAnimation.ShapeName = @"data\shapes\Robot_Animations\Robot_Idle.dsq";
            componentIdleAnimation.SceneGroupName = "PlayerObject";
            objPlayer.Components.AddComponent(componentIdleAnimation);

also
what would be the best way to play an animatin (sword attack) complelye when the button is pressed and then return to whatever you are doing..right now it plays while it button 0 is pressed...
I want it to completely play the animation (not allowing user input) and then return to the update.

if (move.Buttons[0].Pushed)
                {
                    if (_currentAnimationPlaying != CurrentAnimationPlaying.Idle_Attack_1)
                    {
                        _currentAnimationPlaying = CurrentAnimationPlaying.Idle_Attack_1;
                        _currentAnimation = (TSAnimation)componentAnimation.GetAnimation("Idle_Attack_1");
                        _currentAnimation.Play();

                    }
                    return;
                }
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Torque Owner Sean T. Boyette
#1
10/26/2008 (11:57 pm)
Ok- I am going to stop answering my own questions -
anyways -
DSQ's are handled via TSAnimations via the SequenceFilename - Easy!! and works like a champ!!!

//Idle Animation
            TSAnimation animationIdle = new TSAnimation();
            animationIdle.ThreadName = "ActionThread";
            animationIdle.SequenceName = "Idle";
            animationIdle.SequenceFilename = @"data\shapes\Robot_Animations\Robot_Idle.dsq";
            animationIdle.Name = "Idle";
            componentAnimation.AddAnimation(animationIdle);

Torque Owner Jeff C. Huff
#2
10/30/2008 (9:19 am)
Sean,

Any suggestions for playing a looping animation already embedded in the dts file? If a person were coding the object placement via code in the game.cs file could the animation coding be set and played there?


Thanks,
Jeff

Torque Owner Sean T. Boyette
#3
10/31/2008 (11:01 am)
Jeff
Yup - you certainly can play the anims embedded int he DTS -

- its the same as above - excet you dont identify the SequenceFilename.
I would caution doing this - because having seperate DSQ's allows for quicking changing of the anims.
but you can do it- its how boombot is implemented.

//Idle Animation
            TSAnimation animationIdle = new TSAnimation();
            animationIdle.ThreadName = "ActionThread";
            animationIdle.SequenceName = "Idle";
            animationIdle.Name = "Idle";
            componentAnimation.AddAnimation(animationIdle);

Torque Owner Jeff C. Huff
#4
10/31/2008 (11:12 am)
Sean,

I should have stated the question better....

My problem is figuring out how to actually play the animation from code. I have a simple dts file with an embedded animation that I want to call and have play continuously.

Thanks,
Jeff