One thing to remember is that any transformation applied to the model client side has to be duplicated on the server in order to mantain hit detection in order.
We had this problem with CS, where the client was doing all the blendings ( 9 to be exact ) while the server had no idea about what was going on. Hence the old CS hitbox problem. -----Original Message----- From: Ken Birdwell To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: 1/23/02 4:26 PM Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Models and sequences Leon is mostly correct, though the engine IS limited to only supporting 4,294,967,296 sequences. :P In any case, the whole business of needing the sequence to line up is ONLY if you're displaying a different model on the client than the one the server is using. Since HL and TFC allow clients to replace models locally, it's important to mention that for authoring purposes the sequences are referenced on the client by index number, not animation name (which is only looked at on the server). If you're always using the SAME model on both the client and server for any given player, then they automatically line up (since they're the same, duh) and you can ignore the "all models must have the same animations, etc. etc." issue, cause, well, they're the same on both. -----Original Message----- From: Leon Hartwig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 12:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Models and sequences The only circumstance in which this is handled in 8 bits is network transmission, which can be changed by modifying delta.lst. That's what it's there for. Surprise or no surprise, it's not hard coded in the engine and the engine will happily handle as many sequences as you like. You should be able to witness this personally within a few days; DoD 2.0 will have > 256 sequences. > -----Original Message----- > From: David Flor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 8:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Models and sequences > > > I believe "pev->sequence" is handled as 8 bits, or maximum of > 256. Also, > since I see that inside "studiomdl.exe" it uses a hard-coded array, I > wouldn't be surprised if a limitation like that does exist in > the engine > because of coding practices. As much as I have the utmost > confidence and > trust in the Valve development team, there are many bad practices and > programming no-nos that are common to every programmer... I use fixed > length arrays without range checking sometimes; the horror! :) > > And, Pat, there are 32 maximum weapons, not 35. 32x4 = 128. ;) > > Besides, 256 animations is almost ungodly, isn't it? Your > animator must > be going crazy... We had well over 77 animations in our mod > (I think at > last count we had over 160 of them). _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
