| Long Animations=lag? [message #55717] |
Sat, 22 November 2003 08:11  |
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maytridy
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Would a really long animation (Like 50,000 frames) make a map lag badly?
What do you think about a 20,000 frame animation?
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| Long Animations=lag? [message #55724] |
Sat, 22 November 2003 11:08  |
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NeoSaber
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I've never done an animation so long before so I'm just guessing here.
First, I think it would depend largely on what it was for. A 20,000 frame animation of a helicopter flying around in the sky probably wouldn't cause much of a problem. A 20,000 frame rockslide that buried players alive probably would cause problems.
Also, you would have to take into account the size of the .w3d. If it got really big it could take a moment to load, which would cause the framerate to drop.
Basically, I don't think the animation itself would cause a problem. It's how it was implemented that would cause issues. I can't be sure though. The largest animation I ever worked on was around 300 frames running at 30fps.
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| Long Animations=lag? [message #55733] |
Sat, 22 November 2003 15:54 |
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maytridy
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Well, it's of a plane (about 1,000 polys i think) that is non-collidable, only one texture, and it just moves up very, very slowly.
So, I think you're right...the animation won't cause lag as long as it doesn't interact much with the palyers, doesn't have multiple or blended textures, and is a relatively small .w3d.
Any other comments?
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| Long Animations=lag? [message #56014] |
Wed, 26 November 2003 22:27 |
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YSLMuffins
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I thought w3ds only supposed animations with 100 frames...my mistake then...
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| Long Animations=lag? [message #56032] |
Thu, 27 November 2003 02:53 |
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npsmith82
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There's a massive W3D animation used in C&C Generals, that i'm sure is 2000 frames or more... The one with the bridge being detonated as chinas forces are moving over it (from mission 2/3 i believe).
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| Long Animations=lag? [message #56074] |
Thu, 27 November 2003 12:09 |
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Cpo64
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The only lag I can forsee, would be when it is loading the w3d. But if your animation is just a bone, it should remain reltivly small, and it shouldn't be a problem
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| Long Animations=lag? [message #56104] |
Thu, 27 November 2003 14:31 |
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General Havoc
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You should only be tracking an OBBOX (maybe not even that) in game so there is no problems with the lag. The only lag you could possible get is video (fps) lag if you used lots of polygons and materials. Genrally you can only cause network lag by tracking collisions.
If you was to render a collision map of a WW map you would see that it is fairly basic. You would get the main shape of the terrain then boxes around things like trees and vehicles to reduce what the game has to track. This goes for using collisions that don't need to be used (e.g. vehicle collision inside buildings) although WW did enable this for some reason.
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| Long Animations=lag? [message #56534] |
Mon, 01 December 2003 23:35 |
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Cpo64
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If you set it up in LE so that it repeats it will
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