[IPAndrews]

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?

[taylor]

Options:

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

That's pretty much it.

[Charismatic]

So its not out yet i assume.

[Taristin]

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

[IPAndrews]

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.

[Tolwyn]

This should answer your question:

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

[IPAndrews]

Thanks. ANI it is then.

[Taristin]

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.