Hey!

Recently, I began to get into animations and started to convert some models to SWBF.
I wanted to adjust one of my plane models so that the wing flaps would turn based on the direction the plane is going like the snowspeeder flaps on Hoth.

The closest thing I could find in the forums was this post from giftheck, which seems to have been solved, yet the follow-up is missing  : https://www.swbfgamers.com/index.php?topic=11906.msg113268#msg113268

Here is a post that describes animations in general, but it does not explain how the animations are loaded: https://sites.google.com/site/swbf2modtoolsdocumentation/animated-flyer-setup-in-xsi
To me, it is not clear how the takeoff animation is loaded.
Is it based on the naming conventions like "basepose", that the game loads the animation just if one is present?

In some of the ODFs I found a "FinAnimation" property, but I don't know, how the animation is supposed to look like.
Is it bound to the value of the "TurnRate"?

Any posts or resources that you can point me to for takeoff/turn animations?
Any hints on track animations for textures (like tanks) would also be helpful.

Cheers 

Quote from: Giftheck on March 31, 2025, 09:14:19 AMI regret to announce that this mod, along with all other mod projects, are on an indefinite hiatus due to my own lack of interest. I don't want to hit burnout, so I'm going to set them aside for a while.

I'm really sorry to hear this It's important to take a break before hitting a full burnout, and when you do return, I hope you can feel proud of all the great work you've accomplished over the years. Thank you for everything you've contributed!

Thanks for all your efforts.  Burn out is real.  We will be here should you get back to it.   

I regret to announce that this mod, along with all other mod projects, are on an indefinite hiatus due to my own lack of interest. I don't want to hit burnout, so I'm going to set them aside for a while.

Quote from: Giftheck on December 11, 2024, 05:50:50 AMI'm working on the next patch and update. I'd like to get some opinions on what I should include:

A) Selection of classic mod maps (I have permission from Rends to modify his Coruscant City and Streets)
B) Remaining maps from SWBF2 (Geonosis, Kamino, Kashyyyk, Theed nighttime)
C) Selection of my own custom maps (Scarif, Theed, Invisible Hand)
D) Some combination of the above

Space maps are a ways off, still a lot to work out on that front.

I think it'd be cool to see a combination of both your own custom maps and a selection of classic mod maps as well!

I am glad that it work now.
Let us know when your mod is ready.
I am curious to check it out.
Anytime

Thanks for helping, MetalKiller 

Well you were correct. I had used the yavin sfx file as the basis to build my world's sfx file. In it that sfx has 2 sounds that are specific to that world and don't have the usual ..\..\global\effects\ stuff in front, so I noticed them. Once I removed it the new sounds began working too. Thank you a lot for getting me past this roadblock. I thought for a while I had hit the sound limit and would not be able to accomplish several things I wanted to do with my mod, and was considering shelving it

Thank you for that link it is very helpful. I've been on that site many times but never ran across that page. I have checked my configs as I noticed if there is even 1 typo my sound breaks. Interestingly, my effects folder is 5.06mb which is way below the 32mb limit suggested for PC in the guide, but is just under the 6mb sound limit for xbox. Maybe I have to define the 32mb memory somewhere else

Edit. I am messing around with it and just by adding 1 additional flyer landing sound it seems to break stock sounds on my map. I thought it was related to exceeding the bank size, but in the .snd file I see the land sound has foley related groups so maybe my issue is related to that

Mem
1843584 free of 33554432 (33.55mb) works, no landing sound
1449984 free of 33554432 (33.55mb) broken
weirdly, my 387kb wav increased the sound bank by as much but seems to have a big impact on sound memory even though its a flyer landing sound

Infos on memory limits can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/swbf2modtoolsdocumentation/sound_engine_guide (look for memory)

Have you accumulated the size of your sound samples yet?
If not, you should check if you exceed the memory limit.

I ran into some problems with the sound when I had used a wrong configuration for 1 sound file.
You should double-check your sfx and asfx configurations and the sample files:
- Make sure that you use the recommended sampling settings.
- Do you use only sound effects, or streams as well?
- Not sure if mono/stereo channels can cause an issue.
- It's best to use the recommended sampling rate and encoding already in the sample (I had some trouble when I used 32bit format instead of 16bit).

If nothing else helps, I would suggest removing one sound at a time and test again.
I know it's tedious, but usually leads to the solution.
Good luck!