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Title: making ANIs faster
Post by: EAD_Agamemnon on October 30, 2005, 12:10:13 pm
I'm trying to make a few existing ANI files move faster. One of them is 59 frames and processes at 26 frames. I would like to get that up to 59 or higher, as my plans for it require it to be faster. I have ANIBUILDER32...but when I put in a different framerate, there is no change.
Title: making ANIs faster
Post by: achtung on October 30, 2005, 12:47:44 pm
Your pc just may not be able to handle it
Title: making ANIs faster
Post by: taylor on October 30, 2005, 01:07:32 pm
ANI playback is also dependant on frame rate.  It's locked at 120 and lower in game and around 60 on interface screens if I remember correctly (maybe 30 on the interface).  So, you'll never get the ani faster than that.
Title: making ANIs faster
Post by: EAD_Agamemnon on October 30, 2005, 01:11:18 pm
I guess I'll have to settle for deleting frames then...since the last 40 frames are nearly identicle repeats of the first 20.
Title: Re: making ANIs faster
Post by: Cobra on November 10, 2005, 07:54:12 pm
well, yeah, they have to be nearly similar, otherwise you get really crappy animation effects, like you're losing FPS or something.
Title: Re: making ANIs faster
Post by: Polpolion on November 12, 2005, 02:07:30 pm
*feeling dumb* whats an ANI?
Title: Re: making ANIs faster
Post by: SuperCoolAl on November 12, 2005, 02:46:40 pm
ANImation
Title: Re: making ANIs faster
Post by: karajorma on November 12, 2005, 03:57:25 pm
Quote from: thesizzler on November 12, 2005, 02:07:30 pm
*feeling dumb* whats an ANI?

It's a format used for various animations in the game.
Title: Re: making ANIs faster
Post by: Cobra on November 12, 2005, 05:08:25 pm
Quote from: thesizzler on November 12, 2005, 02:07:30 pm
*feeling dumb* whats an ANI?

An Animation, like the animated mice cursors you see on the screen, or the briefing videos you see in Freespace 2 Comman Briefings. :) (since Windows uses .ani formats for the mice, but Descent viewer won't view them. :nervous: )