Anim in Code and XML

#1 I would be curious to see this as well. I finally got my animation working correctly in showtool. I went the xml route (since that seems to be the way they want you to do it, still not sure why). Here is my xml snippet:

<AnimationComponent type="GarageGames.Torque.T3D.T3DAnimationComponent">
          <SceneGroupName>PlayerMesh</SceneGroupName>
          <Animations>
            <Animation type="GarageGames.Torque.T3D.AnimationFSM">
              <StartState>Rotate</StartState>
              <Name>test</Name>
              <AnimationStates>
                <AnimationState>
                  <StateType>StarterGame3D.RotateAnimationState</StateType>
                  <Animation type="GarageGames.Torque.T3D.TSAnimation">
                    <ThreadName>ActionThread</ThreadName>
                    <SequenceFilename>data\Skeleton\testanim.dsq</SequenceFilename>
                    <SequenceName>test</SequenceName>
                    <Name>Rotate</Name>
                  </Animation>
                </AnimationState>
              </AnimationStates>
            </Animation>
          </Animations>
        </AnimationComponent>

I then tried this in begin run:

T3DAnimationComponent test = player.Components.FindComponent<T3DAnimationComponent>();
            Animation animation = test.GetAnimation("test");
            animation.Play();

No go so far. :(

#2 I saw a thread in the torque private forums, where Patrick Chambers said the below xml structure will work, without a FSM :

<AnimationComponent type="GarageGames.Torque.T3D.T3DAnimationComponent">
          <SceneGroupName>PlayerMesh</SceneGroupName>
          <Animations>
            <Animation type="GarageGames.Torque.T3D.TSAnimation">
              <ThreadName>ActionThread</ThreadName>
              <SequenceFilename>data\Skeleton\testanim.dsq</SequenceFilename>
              <Name>Rotate</Name>
              <TimeScale>1.0</TimeScale>
            </Animation>
          </Animations>
        </AnimationComponent>

I have not gotten it to work yet though. Here is his whole post:

Jeff,

Yes. I've thoroughly tested all the skinned DTS models that comes with the TGE demo and they all display fine. If you are planning on using actual skinned meshes and not just separate meshes linked directly to a bones or biped hierarchy then you will need to edit the code I've listed above and add that one line to check for the NodeIndex being -1. Also, getting the model to display isn't a problem, but getting the animation stuff to play has caused me some consternation.

I have been unable to load up the animation in direct code and get it to play (despite the code compiling and tracing through fine). Currently it seems that loading models with animation only work via entering xml into your txscene, as the deserializer seems to have some mystery init code that I have been unable to locate to perform manually in code. For sanity sake, just go to the FPS demo's level's and grab the player object section. To display the model and have a test animation work, you can use the following xml (I put mine in the objects section right after the terrain object that the 3d startergame puts in by default:

<Player type="GarageGames.Torque.Core.TorqueObject" name="Player">
   <Components>
      <AnimationComponent type="GarageGames.Torque.T3D.T3DAnimationComponent">              
            <SceneGroupName>PlayerMesh</SceneGroupName>
            <Animations>
               <Animation type="GarageGames.Torque.T3D.TSAnimation">
                  <ThreadName>ActionThread</ThreadName>
                  <SequenceName>test</SequenceName>
                  <Name>TestAnimation</Name>
               </Animation>
            </Animations>
      </AnimationComponent>
      <RenderComponent type="GarageGames.Torque.T3D.T3DTSRenderComponent">
         <SceneGroupName>PlayerMesh</SceneGroupName>
         <ShapeName>data\shapes\TestModel.dts</ShapeName>
      </RenderComponent>
      <SceneComponent type="GarageGames.Torque.T3D.T3DSceneComponent">
         <SceneGroup>PlayerMesh</SceneGroup>
         <Position>
            <X>1024</X>
            <Y>1024</Y>
            <Z>300</Z>
         </Position>
      </SceneComponent>
   </Components>
</Player>

Obviously you will want to change the dts model name to you model name, and put the proper sequence name of your test animation in the SequenceName section (if you like me embedded the the sequence into the DTS model). If you exported your sequence into a separate DSQ file, you will omit the SequenceName section and instead use the SequenceFilename section to point to your DSQ, (it needs to be in the same directory as your DTS and you'll need to use the standard Torque file stuff to point to it: @"data\shapes\TestModel.dsq")

Hope that helps you.

#3 Ok, I figured it out. I had to add this to my player component:

public void ProcessTick(Move move, float dt)
        {
             if (move != null)
            {
                _renderComponent.UpdateAnimation(dt);
            }
        }

This seems to advance the animation. Originally, it was just showing the first frame, and that was it. I found this out when I tested the boombot dts, and was testing the run animation. So it would appear that the T3DTSRenderComponent has to have an updateanimation call in order for the animation to play through fully. I had this in my xml to load the animation:

<AnimationComponent type="GarageGames.Torque.T3D.T3DAnimationComponent">
          <SceneGroupName>PlayerMesh</SceneGroupName>
          <Animations>
            <Animation type="GarageGames.Torque.T3D.TSAnimation">
              <ThreadName>ActionThread</ThreadName>
              <SequenceFilename>data\Skeleton\test1.dsq</SequenceFilename>
              <Name>Rotate</Name>
            </Animation>
          </Animations>
        </AnimationComponent>

#4 David - working like a charm!!!

Thank you!

#5 David -

Would it be possible for you to post your player component?
I am trying to get an animation to play, and am getting lost:

for simplistic sake, I currently have the following being called from StartGame - and it does appear as though it just plays the first frame.

//find the physics resolver
            RigidCollisionManager rigidManager = TorqueObjectDatabase.
            Instance.FindObject<RigidCollisionManager>("RigidManager");

            //get the Player object type
            TorqueObject DTSPlayer = new TorqueObject();
            DTSPlayer.Name = "newDTS";

            //add the scene component
            T3DSceneComponent componentScene = new T3DSceneComponent();
            componentScene.SceneGroup = "newDTS";
            componentScene.Position = new Vector3(1034, 1036, 257);
            DTSPlayer.Components.AddComponent(componentScene);

            //AddDTS the RenderComponent
            T3DTSRenderComponent componentRender = new T3DTSRenderComponent();
            componentRender.ShapeName = @"data\shapes\Robot_Black\Robot_black.dts";
            componentRender.SceneGroupName = "newDTS";
            DTSPlayer.Components.AddComponent(componentRender);

            //add the animation component
            T3DAnimationComponent componentAnimation = new T3DAnimationComponent();
            componentAnimation.SceneGroupName = "newDTS";
            DTSPlayer.Components.AddComponent(componentAnimation);

            TorqueObjectDatabase.Instance.Register(DTSPlayer);

            //add the animations
            DTSPlayer = TorqueObjectDatabase.Instance.FindObject<TorqueObject>("newDTS");
            componentAnimation = DTSPlayer.Components.FindComponent<T3DAnimationComponent>();

            TSAnimation animationIdle = new TSAnimation();
            animationIdle.ThreadName = "ActionThread";
            animationIdle.SequenceName = "idle";
            animationIdle.SequenceFilename = @"data\shapes\Animations\Robot_Idle.dsq";
            animationIdle.Name = "Idle";
            componentAnimation.AddAnimation(animationIdle);

            animationIdle.Play();

#6 Hi Sean,

I used an actual class, defined as such, some parts are left out:

namespace StarterGame3D
{
    public class PlayerComponent : TorqueObject, ITickObject
    {
        private T3DTSRenderComponent _renderComponent;

 public override bool OnRegister()
        {
            if (!base.OnRegister())
                return false;

                        _renderComponent = this.Components.FindComponent<T3DTSRenderComponent>();
            _rigidComponent.CollidesWith = TorqueObjectDatabase.Instance.GetObjectType("Terrain");
            ProcessList.Instance.AddTickCallback(this);


            return true;
        }
 public void ProcessTick(Move move, float dt)
        {
            _isometricCameraComponent.Update();
            if (move != null)
            {
                Vector3 velocity = _rigidComponent.Velocity;
                // set our test object's Velocity based on stick/keyboard input
                velocity.X = move.Sticks[0].X * 40.0f;
                velocity.Y = move.Sticks[0].Y * 40.0f;
                _rigidComponent.Velocity = velocity;
                _renderComponent.UpdateAnimation(dt);
            }
        }
.....

If you are creating your player on the fly without a defined class (it looks like you are), I am thinking you could add in the draw function in the game.cs an update to the players rendercomponents UpdateAnimation call. I just created a player class that inherits from TorqueObject and implements IprocessTick. That way I can manage my player object, but still hook into the process tick peice.

#7 David - thanks! iTickObject!

Sean

#8 Hehe, yah, your right, ITickObject :P Darn those tangents of thought :)

#9 Does anyone have a working project of how to get an animation to render? Please i've been trying to get this to work now for some time.

Email me or post back with a link if you could james@teamelitetopeka.org