Animation marks

zkam83 · Post by **zkam83** » Wed May 30, 2007 1:34 pm

Is there a way to add some custom data at specific time in the animation track?

I need to insert some sort of marks in the animation so that the application can perform specific tasks based on the animation.

For example, when making a fighting game (e.g. Tekken), you'll need to mark the time when the punch is effective and where it's no longer effective.

I believe at least XSI does allow to mark times in the animation mixer. Wouldn't it be useful if this feature has room in the skeleton file format and Ogre itself?

P · Post by P » Wed May 30, 2007 1:59 pm

In my opinion, no. That is looking a feature for your game engine, a class wrapping at the same time an Ogre::Animation or Track and your MarkTrack.

ahmedismaiel · Post by **ahmedismaiel** » Thu May 31, 2007 2:55 am

i saw that is GameBryo Engine ( which is a rendering engine basicly) ,
i liked the part where the designer can place an events on a specific frame ( like a character leg hit the ground) so you can receive the event on time and produce an accurate sound

Post by **sinbad** » Thu May 31, 2007 10:09 am

Yeah, this has been requested before. The suggestion was the creation of a new track type which could be attached to the animation purely for raising events. It hasn't been implemented yet, patches are welcome.