[DiscordArchive] Has anyone ever done research on how the WoW Engine does "animation smoothing"
[DiscordArchive] Has anyone ever done research on how the WoW Engine does "animation smoothing"
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Has anyone ever done research on how the WoW Engine does "animation smoothing"
I've never noticed it before until working with this model, it seems that WoW will automatically smooth and clean animations as best as it can. Does anyone have any extra info on this system?
rektbyfaith
08-23-2022, 05:56 PM #1Archived author: Cyn • Posted: 2022-08-23T17:56:38.381000+00:00
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Has anyone ever done research on how the WoW Engine does "animation smoothing"
I've never noticed it before until working with this model, it seems that WoW will automatically smooth and clean animations as best as it can. Does anyone have any extra info on this system?
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For instance, i have a animation here where (while its corrupted) the sword (in WMV and Blender) will do a full 360 rotation on the wrist bone.
In-game, this is only shown as a small movement upwards and back down, rather than the full rotation. Im sure we can take advantage of this phenomenon and create some very cool things without too much of the stress
This explains to me why animations with only 4-5 timestamps still look quite good
rektbyfaith
08-23-2022, 05:58 PM #2Archived author: Cyn • Posted: 2022-08-23T17:58:33.289000+00:00
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For instance, i have a animation here where (while its corrupted) the sword (in WMV and Blender) will do a full 360 rotation on the wrist bone.
In-game, this is only shown as a small movement upwards and back down, rather than the full rotation. Im sure we can take advantage of this phenomenon and create some very cool things without too much of the stress
This explains to me why animations with only 4-5 timestamps still look quite good
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that is called "interpolation", it's fundamental to almost all forms of animation
rektbyfaith
08-23-2022, 06:03 PM #3Archived author: <o> • Posted: 2022-08-23T18:03:26.680000+00:00
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that is called "interpolation", it's fundamental to almost all forms of animation
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essentially just some maths to transition a value (like a rotation number) from one value to another with some ratio between them. There are a few common types of interpolation, "linear" interpolation is the simplest
rektbyfaith
08-23-2022, 06:04 PM #4Archived author: <o> • Posted: 2022-08-23T18:04:17.652000+00:00
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essentially just some maths to transition a value (like a rotation number) from one value to another with some ratio between them. There are a few common types of interpolation, "linear" interpolation is the simplest
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it just interpolates the keyframes using the algorithm selected in the model
rektbyfaith
08-23-2022, 06:08 PM #5Archived author: Skarn • Posted: 2022-08-23T18:08:00.960000+00:00
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it just interpolates the keyframes using the algorithm selected in the model
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afaik either linear, bezier or hermite curve
rektbyfaith
08-23-2022, 06:08 PM #6Archived author: Skarn • Posted: 2022-08-23T18:08:09.208000+00:00
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afaik either linear, bezier or hermite curve
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not to forget stochastic interpolation, where you fuck up the model so the player can draw their own animations with the camera ingame
rektbyfaith
08-23-2022, 06:12 PM #7Archived author: <o> • Posted: 2022-08-23T18:12:26.974000+00:00
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not to forget stochastic interpolation, where you fuck up the model so the player can draw their own animations with the camera ingame
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Interesting, ill keep this in better mind going forward.
rektbyfaith
08-23-2022, 06:22 PM #8Archived author: Cyn • Posted: 2022-08-23T18:22:15.454000+00:00
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Interesting, ill keep this in better mind going forward.
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I bet its a pain in the ass, but undoubtedly possible to write animations by hand via hex
rektbyfaith
08-23-2022, 06:22 PM #9Archived author: Cyn • Posted: 2022-08-23T18:22:40.591000+00:00
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I bet its a pain in the ass, but undoubtedly possible to write animations by hand via hex
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