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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: IPAndrews on February 13, 2007, 05:51:17 pm

Title: Mainhall animation
Post by: IPAndrews on February 13, 2007, 05:51:17 pm

What are our options for a high quality fully animated mainhall? To put it in context we have a render of a sausage shaped space station spinning which takes up about 4/5ths of the Main Hall screen. Currently to make it work I had to make the 4/5ths of the screen featuring the spinning space station into a 256 colour .ani file  :(. This is told to animate immediately (looping) in the mainhall.tbl . Are there any better options?

Title: Re: Mainhall animation
Post by: taylor on February 13, 2007, 07:20:51 pm

Options:

1) Scripting
2) Wait for the new 24-bit animation format for use on the interface

That's pretty much it.

Title: Re: Mainhall animation
Post by: Charismatic on February 13, 2007, 08:28:23 pm

So its not out yet i assume.

Title: Re: Mainhall animation
Post by: Taristin on February 13, 2007, 09:07:02 pm

Oh it is, it just takes hours to initialize each time. hence the waiting.

Title: Re: Mainhall animation
Post by: IPAndrews on February 14, 2007, 02:44:09 am

Can someone clarify the last three posts for me regarding the 24 bit animation? Is it in 3.6.9? Is it not? Now do I use it? How long is this delay? I would appreciate the advice. Thanks.

Title: Re: Mainhall animation
Post by: Tolwyn on February 14, 2007, 05:33:46 am

This should answer your question:

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,44526.msg909498.html#msg909498

Title: Re: Mainhall animation
Post by: IPAndrews on February 14, 2007, 06:46:23 am

Thanks. ANI it is then.

Title: Re: Mainhall animation
Post by: Taristin on February 14, 2007, 11:13:04 am

Quote from: IPAndrews on February 14, 2007, 02:44:09 am

Can someone clarify the last three posts for me regarding the 24 bit animation? Is it in 3.6.9? Is it not? Now do I use it? How long is this delay? I would appreciate the advice. Thanks.

Oh I was just being a sarcastic arse to shar. :p