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This is a script that allows you to create dynamic animations using only Lua. Two example stances are included. It is obviously for coders. There is no use for the average gmod user.
Use Entity(1):SetLuaAnimation("staffholdspell") or Entity(1):SetLuaAnimation("stancetest") and then turn third person mode on to see the examples. staffholdspell will only work correctly if you have a weapon out that uses the ACT_HL2MP_IDLE_MELEE2 group.
Download API + editor:
CURRENT (SVN): svn://noxiousnet.com/trunk/public/gmod13/animationsapi
CURRENT (DDL): http://heavy.noxiousnet.com/boneanimlibv5.rar
Hooking up with your addon/gamemode/whatever
include("boneanimlib.lua") in the server code. include("cl_boneanimlib.lua") in the client code. You are now ready to make calls to the API.
It's suggested you put this stuff in its own folder.
Editor
An editor is included. Type animate in the console to open it. I did not make the editor.
FrameData table structure
float RU, float RR, float RF - Rotate up, rotate right, rotate forward. What you'll most likely be using for all animations.
float MU, float MR, float MF - Move up, move right, move forward. Usually not used unless you really know what you're doing or want to make some wacky looking animations.
Animation table structure
integer Type - The type of animation it is. Can be one of these: TYPE_GESTURE, TYPE_STANCE, TYPE_SEQUENCE, TYPE_POSTURE. See the script for more info on each.
integer Interpolation - Can be one of these: INTERP_LINEAR, INTERP_COSINE, INTERP_CUBIC, INTERP_DEFAULT. Determines how the animation is smoothed between frames. Linear is no smoothing. Cosine is the best quality/compatibility balance. Cubic will smooth the best but your animation frames may overflow in to each other.
table FrameData - See above and the examples inside the code.
function PreCallback(pl, sGestureName, tGestureTable, iCurFrame, tFrameData, fFrameDelta) - Allows you to do work on the animation before being processed. Perform actions on tGestureTable.
function ShouldPlay(pl, sGestureName, tGestureTable, iCurFrame, tFrameData, fFrameDelta, fPower) - If this exists and doesn't return true then the animation stops early.
Awesome Strike: Source uses a few animations made with this system.
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awesome.
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Nice work.
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By the way, stancetest is only testing the ability to move bones. In a normal custom animation you would only want to ROTATE the bones since the engine automatically handles offsetting from the parent bone and moving child bones.
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Shit, that's cool.
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Didn't the documentation explicitely say that BuildBonePositions wasn't meant for animations?
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That is why it had to be tried.
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This is going to be great.
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Do you think this could be used to make npcs climb over a wall?
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It could be used for anything you want, even having it so the animation can interact with the environment. Example, you could get the closest wall next to the npc and have their arm extend to it. It's really tedious without an editor.
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Wait wait.. How does this thing work.. Do you need to know how to code?
boxes are accepted :sigh:
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Very nice Jetboom!
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That is really cool, nice one.
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That's pretty damn cool, well done. :D
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Hey! You telepathically stole my idea! That's okay. One of my concept designs is an in-game equivalent of the SDK Faceposer.
But no one's going to work on it, so I'm safe.
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This is for animations, not face posing.
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Faceposer entails more than face posing.
Edited:
This: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Faceposer
And if you think I wouldn't spend time doing it. You're wrong. Besides, everything looks better in Derma with my VGUI2 skin.
Fantastic work on the animation API, by the way.
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Now I can masturbate in game too!
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Yes :d
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Euphoria HERE I COME!
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Could you please Explain a bit what everything means please? :3
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Pretty cool, but for a lot of custom animations I'd think an actual editor would be better. But this could be very useful for small details in a game.
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do it. do it.
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http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/7681/gmconstruct0005.jpgGive me that before you hurt someone with it.
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The position Kleiner's right arm is in looks painful.
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"Pick up that can!"
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I may get some use out of this. :biggrin:
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Win. I would imagine the noxiousnet developers might use this, for the ZS.
I suppose an editor would save text files that can be called by this script?
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me?
No, it would output plain text which you put in to a shared script.
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As far as i know jetboom already using this in some noxiousnet gamemodes
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I absolutely love you for this.
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Babies, let me have them
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Could you tell what MU, MR , MF, RU, RF, RR are i know MU is up/down but i don't really know what the others are without testing them all.
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MU is up. Negative MU is down.
MR is right. Negative MR is left.
MF is forward. Negative MF is backwards.
RU is rotate up. Negative RU is rotate down.
RF is rotate forward. Negative RF is rotate backwards.
RR is rotate right. Negative RR is rotate left.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what I believe to be correct.
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Thanks
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Now, i might throw this phrase around occasionally,but often i dont mean it. Now however, i really really really want to say that this is made of so much win that you deserve a cake that is both delicious and moist!
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30th September 2009 Last edited by TehPeeMast3r; 30th September 2009 at 08:41PM. (cause I'm dumb)
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To lexi: No.
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Are you a developer working on a project that needs players to make gestures that they are not programmed to do?
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Usefull and fun reguardless of whether it needs it, I know that users on my server would like something like this, with an editor. (Not for IN the server, unless the supposed editor could support live making it, and then being able to use it, admin or not.) . I know that I'd want to add animations into sweps that I download. (Ex: The hax swep, simply pointing.) .
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I am SOOO making a middle finger animation with this xD
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