The simulation of an in-game entity's motion, such as running or sitting or striking.
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Correct way/How to think to plan out “control/animation flow”?
So basically, a problem I've had in past attempt at making games (little playing around with stuff): how to do a correct, non-sloppy way of planning the flow of animations/control?
Let's take an ...
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animating roulette ball
I'm trying to achieve something like netent's roulette (which is a great product in my opinion). It's going to be implemented in html5.
I wonder which path should I take to have such a great ...
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Android cocos2d getting collision detection to work only on some frames of animation
I have an animated bomb sprite in my game and use CGRect for collision detection:
for (CCSprite bomb : _bombs) {
CGRect bombRect = CGRect.make(bomb.getPosition().x - (scaleFactor * ...
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How would you program sprite movement in a 2-D ariel view rpg game?
I'm relatively new to programming and I have recently programmed an RPG game in java.
Any tips on character movement with animations? I would like it to be similar to those of other rpg games such as ...
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Skeletal Animation in DirectX
A few weeks back I asked the following question: Are there alternatives to Vertex Tweening?
I was pointed towards Skeletal Animation, or more specifically: Hardware Skinning. While I found quite some ...
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1answer
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How to animate a destruction of a model?
I have a model (see image) and I am trying to animate a destruction.
But it doesn't seem possible, since XNA is using only bones to animate.
So my question is:
Which workflow should I use, to ...
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OpenSceneGraph, multiple instances of a model
Im working on my first project using OpenSceneGraph. The project is a model flight simulator for one of my university courses,
I want to be able to load airplanes (consisting of multiple models) and ...
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Android cocos2d removing a sprite after animation
I have an object going across the screen with an animation using the following code:
CCSpriteFrameCache.sharedSpriteFrameCache().addSpriteFrames("ninjastar.plist");
CCSpriteSheet projectileSheet = ...
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How do I animate images with OpenGL? [closed]
I've been thinking about using set of PNG images (representing frames) and continuously change between them to look like an animation.
Is there a simpler/better way? (maybe using GIF?)
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Moving sprites based on Delta time - consistent movement across all devices with different resolutions
This is the formula I am currently using to move my sprites across the screen:
Examples below only deal with X coordinates to keeps things as short as possible.
Initial variable declarations:
float ...
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How to render alpha channeled animated 2D sprites in OpenGL ES 2.0
I searched, but I can't find specifically how to render animated 2D sprites with an alpha channel onto a 3D polygon, z=0, in OpenGL ES 2.0.
This is just a basic 2D concept, but since I'm using, ...
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Are there alternatives to Vertex Tweening?
Now that I'm getting into animating 3D entities in my game, I was wondering what the best approach for this would be. I did some research and came across something called "Vertex Tweening". However, ...
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Detect when two keys are pressed at the same time [closed]
I'm doing a game with XNA and I need an animation when two keys are pressed.. I tried this but it doesn't function.
if (Keyboard.GetState().IsKeyDown(Keys.D) && ...
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Pac-man animation
So for my intro to java class we need to re create this. http://people.highline.edu/tostrander/142/demo/pacman.htm
We need to use only the Java.awt package so I figure to make the pacman I need to ...
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1answer
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How are the following 3D effects mocked in Myst 4? (link)
Superficially, I thought 'all' that would be required to make a myst style game would be to place the camera inside a 3D sphere, with the sphere's inner surface textured with an ...
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1answer
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texture won't move OpenGL ES 2.0
I want be able to move my texture in GLSL I have set my texture to wrap S and wrap T but not sure why it wont move
my fragment shader looks like this at the moment
uniform sampler2D n_mapTex;
...
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How do I make an arrow line up with a bow when rotating them?
I am trying to create a bow and arrow animation in which the player can drag downwards to increase the bow strength (see the image) and release it to hit a target. I can't get the arrow to align ...
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Bullet not return when player shoot to any object [closed]
package com.example.game4;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10;
import ...
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How do I loop my animations seamlessly?
I am trying a complete my method, which crops Maya-Animations (from Maya-Models) to specific ones using the SkinnedModelProcessor.
My only problem is, that after one animation-loop completes, the ...
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1answer
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Animation from bones?
I have a model loaded into my XNA project, it has bones that were created in 3DS Max and I am wondering can I animate my model using code?
All I will be doing is basic movements such as an arm swing.
...
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0answers
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CAT RIG to FBX XNA problems
Im trying to export my 3ds max cat rig to fbx for use in XNA. in that file i have 1 animation playing and i want to be able to use it within xna.
So the problem is, once ive exported the file out, ...
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how is orthografic created in 2.5d? [closed]
"Hi and welcome to the site. You shouldn't use the "Answer" to ask a new question. If you have a question, use the "ASK QUESTION" button. Regarding your question about Sonic 4: They most likely use a ...
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Why does exporting to FBX in 3dmax loses simulated animation
I made a cloth simulation (wind blowing a cloth). When I export it to FXB and the animation box is ticked on export menu it seems ok (no error in longs). When I reload it to Unity. or 3DMAX again. The ...
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Flash CS6 Spritesheets and XNA
So new with Adobe Flash CS6 comes the new Feature to export Movie Clips as a Spritesheet which seems very nice!
I have a few questions to CS6:
http://imgur.com/enllkyL
Its nifty but it lost its "up ...
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Creating the Animations in C++ from 3DS Max
I'm reading from the FBX format and I'm using Bones to animate an object, and I'm at the point where I have to decide on the code that actually moves the vertexes.
So far I thought on two methods:
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2answers
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Animating a background 'pulse' with easing equation
I'm trying to find a suitable easing equation (or other method) to animate an object so that it 'pulses' (imagine a 'spike' on a music visualiser, or see the image I drew badly below)
'v' is the ...
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2answers
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generating animations in runtime
i am creating my 3d game engine using Opengl.
this question might sound stupid to you but i am still in the process of learning, i have a 3d animated girl that slaps guys of different talls on the ...
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1answer
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How to Animate a Mechanical Model to work with Unity's Mechanim?
I made a relatively simple model in 3D Studio Max to be used in a game. It's a simple stationary laser turret with an openable maintenance hatch. I want to use Mechanim to handle the animation states. ...
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Syncing texture animations which can be created at any given time
I have a texture animator that will advance animation frames based on the time that has elapsed since it was instantiated.
timeElapsed += (float)gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.TotalSeconds;
...
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0answers
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How to change/modify or animate an existing OpenGL object on Android?
I maybe know understand it all a little bit better so i thoug i make a new shorter question to eventually get an answer.
Get back or delete an existing OpenGL object, then change it and draw at new. ...
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2answers
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Efficient types of 2D animation
I currently am doing art for a game being made (by me...) and started to think of multiple different ways of animating.
The two I am currently debating, with myself, is single layered animation and ...
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1answer
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Game Designer or Game Programmer, please help me choose! [closed]
I know this question is asked a lot but I am still so confused and overwhelmed by the different opinion and comments everybody has on the internet, that I wanted to ask my questions in a single thread ...
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1answer
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Adjusting a skeleton to a Specific Stance
Imagine having a climbing wall and you take 4 adjacent handholds and footholds where together they create a stance. Is there any algorithm or technique with which it would give you a realistic human ...
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2answers
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How can I control the frame update rate of a thread?
I'm building a small game for a college project. It's quite a simple game. There are a number of dots on the screen and the player has to select them in a specific order. It's kind of a "join the ...
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Time animation in update method
I have 3 animations.
The first has 4 frames with a total duration of 0.4s: ccanimation::createwithspriteFrames(animframes,0.1f);
The second has 2 frames with a total duration of 0.2s: ...
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UDK: Animating characters with weapons
I imported a custom character and a pistol model to UDK and both work, but the pistol doesn't appear with the animation of the pistol when I shoot or reload... Also, the character doesn't change its ...
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Why (SDL) animated filled-circle leaves trail of movement?
I'm trying to achieve proper animation using SDL. Used flags are SDL_HWSURFACE and SDL_DOUBLEBUF.
That what I'm getting is technically smooth (I think), but I can figure out what should I do to ...
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1answer
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Drawing multiple sprites with clear screen for every frame
I googled with best of my skills, but I cannot find any relevant answer to my problem. I'm making a game with an isometric view. I need to draw multiple sprites on the screen and before switching to ...
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2answers
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Is there a 3d animation software that prioritizes working with code rather than GUI? [closed]
All of the 3D animating softwares I've faced are centered around using GUI to work: windows, menus, mouse clicks, mouse adjustments, keyboard shortcuts. As a programmer, I find that limiting. In order ...
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2answers
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Software to create anime-looking animation? [closed]
I'm looking for a software for the creation of anime-like sprites. Look at those:
Those are hand-drawn. I want to generate sprites with that look, but in several (thousands) positions, in order to ...
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1answer
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2D animation: Animated 3D models or sprites with animation frames?
Starting out with new project, I am stuck choosing between:
3D textured model animated directly through the renderer
2D sprites and drawing each animation frame
The game will be 2D platform, I ...
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Mixing animations
I'm working on a swing animation and mixing it with a turn animation in a motorcycle game.
The issue is that for the swing animation to work while turning only the swinging arm has to animation, ...
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XNA skinned model animation snapping and sped up
I'm exporting .fbx files from Blender 2.6, and followed the skinned model sample to get them to work in game. They do render and animate, but wrongly; they're sped up, and animations seem to reset ...
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2answers
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Game library for 2D animation JS browsergame [closed]
I am developing a 2D multiplayer online browsergame.
On the backend I have set up a Node.js server. Everything works perfectly.
On the frontend I will use jQuery and several libs for collision etc. ...
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1answer
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java app goes too slow in android os [closed]
The problem is that my java app contains too many animated sprites and it runs very slowly on android system.
Does the usage of .gif animation instead of sprite animation will improve the speed?
I ...
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Converting Animation data from Maya to DirectX in C++
I am currently trying to export an animation from Maya and import to a program I am working on. One of the problems I currently have is that when imported, the mesh and animation data looks reversed ...
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2answers
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Why does my sprite animation sometimes runs faster? [closed]
I don't know why each time I call the Update_Animation function, my sprite animation runs faster. Is it caused by gameTime? How to fix it?
Here's the relevant code:
class Character
{
// ...
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1answer
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how to make animation for a 2d game [duplicate]
I've started working on a 2d game. I wanted to know how animation usually works in 2d games - I know one way is to make a sprite sheet with frames of the animation, but you wouldn't see big sprite ...
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1answer
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Two characters controlled by one set of controls? [closed]
I am using Unity 3D to make a multiplayer game using the Photon Network package in the asset store.
I have initiated two characters controlled by a Mecanim script, and they both have animations. ...
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1answer
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Sprite Animations in XAML for Windows Phone 8
I'm developing a 2D game for windows phone. It will feature rather simple 2D graphics and animations. I can get most things done using XAML an storyboards for animations. The performance is fine as ...
