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Question  3DS Max Question (Experienced users preferably)
05.08.08, 16:35:02
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Hello everyone,
first post but straight to the point
im working on 3DS Max 2008

and im wondering how to re-enact the animation files from final fantasy games. such as things like it moving the animation depending on the enemy positition and the scale of it depending on the size of the enemy.

can this be done in 3DS max or is it programming that is needed?

if this does not explain it in enough detail i will be more detailed in my next post

hope someone can help and sorry if this is an annoying, noobish first post
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Default  05.09.08, 10:52:30
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Basically you're speaking of general animations from games (animations based on a given action). These are constant throughout the game. Think of it this way, each individual battle portrays the same animations for each given option. The programming you speak of is called "case-based" scenarios.

E.g.
Player selects melee attack. Once selected, the engine knows to select animation "melee" and initiates the object at a given time. Once the animation time is complete, the next turn begins. Animation resumes to "standing" and renders as such. etc.

These are common characteristics in game development. For every action there is a reaction. Think of the same thing when developing.

That's that in a nutshell. Please feel free to ask more questions. I'll be more than happy to answer them.

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Default  05.11.08, 03:19:11
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thank you greatly, that helped incredibly.
just one more small question.
if you select melee attack we will take FFVIII for instance, how does it know to run all the way up to the enemy and where the enemy is?
are the enemies set on coordinates and it is programmed to go to a specific co-ordinate per step or is it just animated in such a skill that they tell it just to go to the monster and it looks like it runs step by step when really it is just told to go to the co-ordinate just infront of the monster?
i know im being a nusance with my questions but im really curious.

oh and just as another small question. does the scale of it matter, if you built one character say for a game and built another one of a bigger scale would that mean it would appear larger in game or is that all down to programming again. i imagine it would be down to your moddeling scale but im just seeking confirmation of the method.

thank you all. especially you crater seraph.

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