Data embedded in PRO files

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Started by Dr Pain October 14, 2001 07:15 AM

3 comments, last by Dr Pain 22 years, 6 months ago

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October 14, 2001 07:15 AM

I need to embed waypoint information into some of my PRO files. There will be a variable number of waypoints in each file, anywhere from 1 to 1000(?). Each waypoint would be the equivalent of a PR_POINT. Is this possible? What''s the best way? Ideally the artist would put in some kind of marker in 3DSMax, and those markers would be read out at runtime (but not visible). Dave

ChrisE

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October 14, 2001 05:04 PM

Maybe an animated dummy object with a position keyframe at each waypoint?

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Dr Pain

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October 14, 2001 05:21 PM

How would I read that into my app?

ChrisE

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October 14, 2001 05:38 PM

First find the dummy segment in the entity (PR_FindSegment), then access the position keyframes list
using seg->pos_keys[keynum]

seg->num_pos_keys tells how long the key frame list is.

Chris

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Dr Pain

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October 14, 2001 08:24 PM

That worked perfectly.
Thanks Chris!