As previously planned, now that the stable 1.15 release has been dealt with, I’ve been continuing work on the new 3D model renderer. Here’s an update on what I’ve been doing.
Tag: animation
Thoughts on animation
In the past, the way Doomsday has approached 3D model animation has been exceedingly simple. Since MD2 models are vertex-animated, with a full set of vertices per each frame, Doomsday has simply associated a model frame with each object state. When rendering, the model frame would be selected by looking up which one has been linked with the current state of the object. In other words, each 3D model frame was being treated like a 3D version of the original 2D sprite. Continue reading Thoughts on animation