I have many animations files for one model !!
attak.x
walk.x
run.x
.................
and many others .
Now how to mix them into one file so that I can use them in my XNA 3D animation game engine which accepts .X file only ?? ( Pls I can't find an importer for 3d max so skip this solution 
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The easy way is the old DX utility mview (in attachment).
Note that it doesn't support meshes with tanget/binormals, and some other cases.
First you open your mesh, then choose "Add Animation" (load X file with same mesh but different animation) and repeat process for all.
Under "Animations" you should see the list of all animations that you have added.
belfegor :) , thaaaaaanks brother you are always doing great help :) I will not forget that thank you I will try it right now.
Ok , now My Animations are ready to being used ??
1 : If I want to it be for the enemy I don't need update methode called every user key input ??
if ( mouseButton.Right)
{
enemy.walk; // example
}
but instead :
if(player.ray.intersects(enemy.boundingbox))
{
enemy.walk;
}
i.e , I should used the animations for the enemy based on Machine state AI not based on user Input !! as the last one used for the player not the enemy ??!! right !!! sorry I am not strong in the animations :/
Ok , May be my question was not clear , again :
Q : Now I have model.x with multiple animations clips ( walk , run , attak , jump ....etc ) , Now I must make a machine state so that the enemy will run according to sum conditions and also attack if I am close enough ?? do you have pseudo code on how to do that , or do you have any information about this :) ?
private void UpdateEnemyState(GameTime gameTime, KeyboardState keyState, KeyboardState prebiousKeyState,
MouseState mouseState)
{
BonePoseCollection poses = dwarfAnimator.BonePoses;
if (stateModel == "idle")
{
currentSpeed = 0;
// Add this to the beginning of the if (state=="idle") block in the UpdateState method
// Remove the old if (keyState.IsKeyDown(Keys.W)) block
if (keyState.IsKeyDown(Keys.W))
{
blendFactor = 0;
stateModel = "idleToWalk";
}
// Add this in the if (state=="idle") block of the UpdateState method
if (keyState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Space))
{
crouch.ElapsedTime = 0;
crouch.IsLooping = false;
stateModel = "crouchDown";
}
if (mouseState.LeftButton == ButtonState.Pressed)
{
stateModel = "attack0";
}
RunController(dwarfAnimator, idle);
}
else if (stateModel == "walk")
{
currentSpeed = WALK_SPEED;
// Add this to the beginning of the if (state=="walk") block in the UpdateState method
// Remove the old if (keyState.IsKeyUp(Keys.W)) block
if (keyState.IsKeyUp(Keys.W))
{
blendFactor = 0;
stateModel = "walkToIdle";
}
if (keyState.IsKeyDown(Keys.LeftShift) && keyState.IsKeyDown(Keys.W))
{
blendFactor = 0;
stateModel = "walkToRun";
run.SpeedFactor = 0;
}
RunController(dwarfAnimator, crouch );
}
// Add this to the UpdateState method
else if (stateModel == "idleToWalk")
{
blendFactor += .1f;
currentSpeed = blendFactor * WALK_SPEED;
if (blendFactor >= 1)
{
blendFactor = 1;
stateModel = "walk";
}
foreach (BonePose p in poses)
{
p.CurrentController = idle;
p.CurrentBlendController = walk;
p.BlendFactor = blendFactor;
}
}
// Add this to the UpdateState method
else if (stateModel == "walkToIdle")
{
blendFactor += .1f;
currentSpeed = (1f - blendFactor) * WALK_SPEED;
if (blendFactor >= 1)
{
blendFactor = 1;
stateModel = "idle";
}
foreach (BonePose p in poses)
{
p.CurrentController = walk;
p.CurrentBlendController = idle;
p.BlendFactor = blendFactor;
}
}
// Add this in the UpdateState method
else if (stateModel == "crouchDown")
{
crouch.AnimationEnded += crouch_AnimationEnded;
RunController(dwarfAnimator, crouch);
}
else if (stateModel == "stayCrouched")
{
// Add this to the if (state == "stayCrouched") block in the UpdateState method
if (keyState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Space) && prebiousKeyState.IsKeyUp(Keys.Space))
{
crouch.ElapsedTime = crouch.AnimationSource.Duration;
crouch.SpeedFactor = 0;
stateModel = "standUp";
}
RunController(dwarfAnimator, stayCrouched);
}
// Add this to the UpdateState method
else if (stateModel == "standUp")
{
if (crouch.ElapsedTime - gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.Ticks <= 0)
{
crouch.SpeedFactor = 1;
crouch.ElapsedTime = 0;
idle.ElapsedTime = 0;
stateModel = "idle";
}
else
crouch.ElapsedTime -= gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.Ticks;
RunController(dwarfAnimator, crouch);
}
// Add this to the UpdateState method
else if (stateModel == "walkToRun")
{
blendFactor += .05f;
if (blendFactor >= 1)
{
blendFactor = 1;
run.SpeedFactor = 1;
stateModel = "run";
}
double factor = (double)walk.ElapsedTime / walk.AnimationSource.Duration;
run.ElapsedTime = (long)(factor * run.AnimationSource.Duration);
currentSpeed = WALK_SPEED + blendFactor * (RUN_SPEED - WALK_SPEED);
foreach (BonePose p in poses)
{
p.CurrentController = walk;
p.CurrentBlendController = run;
p.BlendFactor = blendFactor;
}
}
else if (stateModel == "run")
{
currentSpeed = RUN_SPEED;
if (keyState.IsKeyUp(Keys.LeftShift))
{
blendFactor = 0;
stateModel = "runToWalk";
walk.SpeedFactor = 0;
}
foreach (BonePose p in poses)
{
p.CurrentController = run;
p.CurrentBlendController = null;
}
}
else if (stateModel == "runToWalk")
{
blendFactor += .05f;
if (blendFactor >= 1)
{
blendFactor = 1;
walk.SpeedFactor = 1;
stateModel = "walk";
}
double factor = (double)run.ElapsedTime / run.AnimationSource.Duration;
walk.ElapsedTime = (long)(factor * walk.AnimationSource.Duration);
currentSpeed = WALK_SPEED + (1f - blendFactor) * (RUN_SPEED - WALK_SPEED);
foreach (BonePose p in poses)
{
p.CurrentController = run;
p.CurrentBlendController = walk;
p.BlendFactor = blendFactor;
}
}
else if (stateModel == "attack0")
{
attak.SpeedFactor = 2;
blendFactor += .5f;
if (mouseState.LeftButton == ButtonState.Released)
stateModel = "idle";
RunController(dwarfAnimator, attak);
}
}
but say what you want
How to change making my enemy animate based on key Input to become animate based on some AI behaviours ( for example if Hero close enough then attack not it key.w then attack !! )
in addition to is being said :
the animations ( walk , run , couch , idle , attack ) are not runs well , but instead two of them are loaded correctly (walk , idle ) ?? what do you think about this problem ?
