how to access the anim exported in a single file? [SOLVED]

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i exported a crate to .egg from 3dmax with both model and animation in one single file.
in pview i can see everything is fine and neat, if i press ‘a’ i can see an animation called ‘character’ is playing.
looking at the egg i can see ‘character’ is a ‘group’ tag.

wich is the way to get/refer/play this animation that is already merged with the model (?)

I know how to load and play a separate animation, but no how to get the merged ones.

thanks for any reply!
c

2

it looks that even if i export model and anim separate something is wrong.
the chest doesn’t play the animation at all with the classic code:

node= Actor.Actor("data/models/chest/chest_anim.egg")
node.reparentTo(parent)
node.loadAnims({'anim':"data/models/chest/chest_anim.egg"})
node.setPlayRate(3.0,'anim')
node.play('anim')

here is the zip file with both model and animation files:
http://www.handeozerden.com/snaptothegrid/panda/minirogue/chest.zip

and this is the animation file:

<CoordinateSystem> { Z-Up }
<Table> {
  <Bundle> character {
    <Table> "<skeleton>" {
      <Table> Bone01 {
        <Xfm$Anim_S$> xform {
          <Scalar> fps { 30 }
          <Char*> order { srpht }
          <S$Anim> p { <V> { -44.5692 } }
          <S$Anim> r { <V> { -90 } }
          <S$Anim> y { <V> { -4.10478 } }
          <S$Anim> z { <V> { 1.87421 } }
        }
        <Table> Bone02 {
          <Xfm$Anim_S$> xform {
            <Scalar> fps { 30 }
            <Char*> order { srpht }
            <S$Anim> h {
              <V> {
                -133.259 -132.462 -130.179 -126.577 -121.819 -116.072
                -109.499 -102.267 -94.5393 -86.4818 -78.2593 -70.0368
                -61.9793 -54.2518 -47.0193 -40.4468 -34.6993 -29.9418
                -26.3393 -24.0568 -23.2593 -23.2593 -23.2593 -23.2593
                -23.2593 -23.2593 -23.2593 -23.2593 -23.2593 -23.2593
                -23.2593 -23.2593 -23.2593 -23.2593 -23.2593 -23.2593
                -23.2593 -23.2593 -23.2593 -23.2593 -23.2593 -24.0568
                -26.3393 -29.9418 -34.6993 -40.4468 -47.0193 -54.2518
                -61.9793 -70.0368 -78.2593 -86.4818 -94.5393 -102.267
                -109.499 -116.072 -121.819 -126.577 -130.179 -132.462
                -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259
                -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259
                -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259
                -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259
                -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259 -133.259
                -133.259
              }
            }
            <S$Anim> x { <V> { 50.6996 } }
          }
          <Table> Bone03 {
            <Xfm$Anim_S$> xform {
              <Scalar> fps { 30 }
              <Char*> order { srpht }
              <S$Anim> x { <V> { 61.8479 } }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

if anyone could have a quick look at it and tell me what’s wrong on this export would be so appreciated
tks.

3

I don’t see any problem, maybe you’re playing its animation too early to see.
Try out this snippet:

import direct.directbase.DirectStart
from pandac.PandaModules import *
from direct.actor.Actor import Actor

chest=Actor("chest.egg", {"open":"chest_anim.egg"})
chest.reparentTo(render)
chest.setScale(.3)
chest.setPos(0, 80, -15)
base.accept("o", chest.play, ["open"])

run()

It runs without fault to me.

4

wow, true, it works perfect with the snippet!
i must have had wrong some little something on my app code,
thanks a lot for your reply, now i feel more easy cause i see the exporter is working fine.
:slight_smile:

5

yes, i was applying a flatten to the parent node of the animation, that’s why it wasn’t working :exclamation: