Bone Animation and 3dsMax

[Mast10]

Good day again..

I have created a model with bones in 3dsMax and I was wondering if Brume supports bone animation. And if it does can you please explain me how to do it?

btw

Thanks for your quick responses on my previous posts.

regards.
Matthijs

[Silmaryls]

Hi,

Yes Brume supports software bone animation (skinning). In release 1.6 it can only play .x files so you will have to convert your mesh with a 3DS exporter (like panda exporter or deep exploration).
In next release software skinning will be replaced by hardware skinning and there will be a 3DS exporter for bones/skeletons.

[Mast10]

Hi thanx for your reply,

I downloaded panda exporter for 3ds max and exported my animation

however at this point the game refuses to run,
All i get is:

{"Index was outside the bounds of the array."}

at Brume.Brume.Play()\r\n at AnimationTest.Program.Main() in C:\\Documents and Settings\\Psycho Robotico\\Bureaublad\\BoardIt\\AnimationTest\\AnimationTest\\Program.cs:line 25\r\n at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String[] args)\r\n at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)\r\n at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()\r\n at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)\r\n at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)\r\n at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()"

As when i dont export bones and animations with the mesh it works smooth.

Should i only export the animations or the bones as well or are one of my settings wrong?


regards ..

Matthijs

[Silmaryls]

Hi Matthijs,

Well it's possible that panda is wrong with animation exporting (depending on your model).
I always test my meshes with old DirectX Mesh Viewer (you can get it with old SDKs or here)
If it works there it should work in Brume. If not, the export is buggy.
In the latter case you should try other .X exporters (DeepExploration is a good choice but it's not free). You can also try to fix the file yourself if you have some .X format knowledge (export in text format and compare with Brume's demo meshes like dragon or tiny that also have bone animations).

Silmaryls

[Mast10]

Oke by using deep exploration i have been able to export the mesh quite good but now another problem occured.
When I watch the animation in deep exploration it works fine but when i export it I can see the bones move and the skin does nothing.
Any idea?

[Silmaryls]

Well sounds strange, how does it play in mesh viewer ?
Have you tried to tweak deep exploration export options ?

[Mast10]

I havent tried to tweak export options of deep exploration yet.
I will try to mess witch that a little.
In the mesh viewer it shows a frozen skin( in the startposition of the 1st animationframe) and the bones do the animation(you only see the biped move)