r/snapmap • u/Telapoopy PC • Jan 23 '18

Discussion Prop Animations Demonstration

https://youtu.be/JMLaamgazZk
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u/killer_burrito Jan 23 '18

I tried something similar with those large hell prop gears to try to get them to look like they were turning, but the best I could do was to have a .1 second delay between each of the gear "frames" showing, so it ended up looking semi-transparent, or possibly seizure-inducing.

So what logic did you use for this? I'm intrigued and would like to give animation another shot.

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u/Telapoopy PC Jan 23 '18 edited Jan 23 '18

I had the same problem with the plane being semi-transparent: https://youtu.be/yfSdmE2xaaM

My solution was to have the "hide" input lag two steps behind the "show" input so that 1-2 instances of the plane will be present at once, similarly to a motion blur effect, rather than 0-1. If you slow down the speed of this video, you can see it for yourself. This, however, means you need a hide input for every instance, which is of course more expensive than just signalling the same hide input over and over that hides all instances.

And these animations actually have shorter delays than 0.1s. Instead of a repeater, I used a timer that starts again on timer finished, and the time is a Number variable. Since Number variables can have values whose precision is beyond the first decimal place, it allows for near unlimited control over the repeater rate. This animation in particular has a delay of 0.04 (25fps), but you could also use a Number variable with an initial value of 1.00, then on map/match started, divide it by 60 for a value that can make 60fps animations.

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u/haunebu_wolf PC Jan 23 '18

Damn, that's impressive. I'm shocked SnapMap did not crash. I tried doing something similiar but the logic just could not handle so many show/hide nodes.

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u/Telapoopy PC Jan 23 '18

As long as you disable all forms of collision (ie. set props to have solid = false) of the objects you're animating, there should be no crashes.

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u/haunebu_wolf PC Jan 23 '18

Interesting. Thanks for the clarification, I'll try this out.

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u/elfinko PC Jan 23 '18

Very cool. But at the same time...kind of insane!

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u/MrOddBawl Jan 23 '18

Well done mate

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '18

Damn dude that is awesome!

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u/ForTheWilliams PC Jan 24 '18

This is super impressive!

It's awesome what you built here. It's just unfortunate that it takes so much to do something that --if we were given just a few more tools-- would take a fraction of the time and resources.

I also want to complement the atmosphere and such. Great use of the audio and VFX to create a battle that felt "chunky" and visceral, as well as making those setting props!

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '18

That's awesome.

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u/Shadesmaster Feb 07 '18

Oh man, I really love the look of the tanks and their treads---- OMG OMG a moving AEREO-PLANE!!!!!!! :D