Framegroups in DP

[JasonX]

There used to be a website with an article explaining how framegroups work in Darkplaces and how to make use of them. Does anyone still have this salvaged somewhere in the HDD?

[Baker]

What is web site address of this dead site? Often caches can be found.

[leileilol]

http://dpwiki.slipgateconstruct.com/ind ... ing_for_DP

Nothing dead here. No panic.

[JasonX]

Not exactly that page, but thanks. How does one "play" a framegroup in QuakeC, while programming the character?

[frag.machine]

[JasonX]

[Spike]

the only real problem with framegroups is with trying to sync them properly. this generally means that you need to use a format with a proper 'loop' flag so that sudden latency/packetloss doesn't result in the animation resetting when not intended. you generally also need to keep animations somewhat short to avoid sudden jumps when the ent first becomes visible halfway through its animation due to pvs (including teleporters).

with csqc, the gamecode has full control over the exact pose used. framegroups can be quite nice to work with in such a situation.

[leileilol]

Quake3 and Half-Life work around the 'pvs death sequence bug' by having a separate 'dead' animation

[toneddu2000]