Concept Modellbones or Node? [closed]

Troubleshooting General Help
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As I understand there may be two possibilities to merge two objects with different controller-abilities. F.e. a tank base and a turret.



1.)

  • add tankBaseNode to playerNode
  • add turretNode to tankBaseNode
  • add controls to playerNode (f.e. wsad movement)
  • add controls to turretNode (f.e. qe turret movement)

    problems: you have to find out exact position of pivot points (I don't know how: am using boundingbox plus estimated relative position at the moment)



    2.)
  • add bones to model skeleton
  • "somehow" address the bones for different controllers

    problem solved: pivot point of tankTurret is exactly it's pivot in model-tool





    Cause I am a new developer I don't know if "2.)" is possible. So it would be great if a user may tell me if "2.)" is possible. Or maybe give me a little hint to find out exact positions in models. (would be very helpful cause I may investigate in a false direction…)





    A link to a refering tutorial would be fine, too. Help is really appreciated due to my newbie-status.
2

Skeletal Animation is the keyword.



Is there a jME-tutorial to learn how to learn about using Skeletal Animation in jME?

Tried using search option now I know what to search for and encountered that there are inofficial and buggy import options. Are there any news and is a stable importer available? (sorry, am noob starting from scratch)

3

Try using the OgreXML format. Although it uses its own animation and bone classes its the best model format for jme2 imho.

4

Thanks a lot, will concentrate on OgreXML format then :slight_smile: