Rewriting Quake's player animation code..

[DusterdooSmock]

I started to re-write Quake's player animation code today (to be easier expanded and understood easier), and so far it's going great.

But, now I have come across a couple of roadblocks...

1). I need some help of figuring out how the make it so that if the player's velocity is 0, and the run animation is past a certain point (IE, the point where the player lifts his first leg off of the ground), then continue the animation until it is done, otherwise, stop the animation.

2). For some reason, for the first few tenths of a second when the player is first spawned, the animation plays really slow..

Here's the code...

In defs.qc:

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void() player_run;
float RUN_START   = 7;
float RUN_END   = 12;
.float anim_time;


In client.qc:

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In PutClientInServer:
self.frame = RUN_START;

In PlayerPostThink:
player_run();


And finally, in player.qc:

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void() player_run =
{
   if(time < self.anim_time)
      return;

   if(self.velocity_x)
   {
      self.frame = (self.frame + 1);
         
      if(self.frame == RUN_END)
         self.frame = RUN_START;
         
      self.anim_time = (self.anim_time + 0.1);
      return;
   }
   else
   {
      self.anim_time = time;
      return;
   }
};


Thanks in advance.
- Duster

[Nahuel]

void() player_run =
{
if (self.velocity_x <= 0 )
return;
else
{
self.frame = (self.frame + 1);

if(self.frame == RUN_END)
self.frame = RUN_START;

self.anim_time = (self.anim_time + 0.1);
return;
}

};

[DusterdooSmock]

I'm trying to get it to finish the animation if it has already been started, even if the velocity is zero.

Like this:

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if(self.velocity_x)
{
//existing code
}
else
{
if(self.frame > than a certain frame)
finish the animation
else
stop the animation
}

So that way if the player stops, he doesn't stop halfway through the animation.
But I've been going at it for a few hours non-stop, and I can't seem to get it to work.. :/

[DolphinsOfCydonia]

1)
You want to check the magnitude of the velocity vector, to get the speed.

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float s = vlen(player.velocity);
if ( s > 0)
{
// Code.
}

2)
If you inspect player.qc, you will notice that all the velocity checking happens for only the first frame. Your problem is that you're doing checking for every frame.

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if (self.frame == FIRST_FRAME) { // I don't know what its called OK?
// Code.
}

3)
self.anim_time = (self.anim_time + 0.1);
This is broken.
self.anim_time = time + 0.1;
Assuming that 0.1 is actually the frame increment time.
4)

void() player_run =
{
if (self.velocity_x <= 0 )
return;
else
{
self.frame = (self.frame + 1);

if(self.frame == RUN_END)
self.frame = RUN_START;

self.anim_time = (self.anim_time + 0.1);
return;
}

};

This is also broken.

[DusterdooSmock]

3)
self.anim_time = (self.anim_time + 0.1);
This is broken.
self.anim_time = time + 0.1;
Assuming that 0.1 is actually the frame increment time.

That solved issue #2... i think i accidentally did that when i was revising the code...