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hi
i'm using latest version of kwxport, max 2010 32 bit and win xp.
when i export my animated model (with kwxport and settings from your screens) and display it in animation viewer it looks like this:

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5083/badi.jpg

animations are mess too, what am i doing wrong?

great library btw!

I am trying to test the exporter with a very simple object using 3dsMax 2010 64bits.
I created a box and did not assign any material.
I exported the box and checked "export material" and "colors as diffuse" and unchecked
"export animation" and "export shader".
The .x works perfectly using DXViewer, but IF i try to load it in the Project,
it gives me an error:" Model {0} was not processed with the AnimationProcessor."
Doesn't the AnimationViewer support non animated objects, as I thought the Plant was not animated
and it works fine.

I've been trying to move from XNAnimation to the KiloWatt anmation library for a few days now, but I'm having trouble. When I render the model using diffuseonly.fx and SceneDraw() the model renders correctly. When I set the shader to use "+-skinned" the model looks like this: http://fwheel.net/cnk/images/model_wrong.jpg

The model renders correctly in the Animation Viewer, but not in my game. As far as I can tell my code is basically the same. I'm just setting up a DrawDetails object, then using SceneDraw() to draw the model. Is there something stupid I'm missing?

Hello! I have a couple of problems animating models with kW Animation/xport. I read every related post on this page and the kwxport forum and couldn't find a solution, so here goes:
1. I have an animated character model with some bones and a skin modifier (I have collapsed everything but the skin) and the model.fx effect for the materials, something similar to the example archer model. I export it to .x, specifying the animation start/length and with the export skinning/hidden options checked. I put the .x file into the AnimationViewer content folder, and set the processor to "Animation Processor - KiloWatt". But when I compile the project, the Keyframe.CreateFromMatrix method throws an exception stating "Matrix could not be properly decomposed into TRS keyframe."
2. I try to circumvent the first problem by putting a #define MATRIXFRAMES in Keyframe.cs and AnimationWriters.cs, as this way the place where the exception is thrown is skipped. The AnimationViewer now compiles and the character displays properly but... without animation. (yes, I press "]" to start it)
3. So, to pinpoint the issue, I create in Max a simple cylinder, convert it to an editable poly, rig it with two bones and a skin modifier, animate it to bend and twist in the middle and export it the same way. The cylinder again displays properly but again there is no animation. This time, though, the project compiles without the #define MATRIXFRAMES. So I'm now officially stuck and any help will be greatly appriciated.
But except these nuisances, this seems to be a great library with the blending/compositing features being real ass-savers.
Cheers,
Orlin

I keep getting this kind of error when trying to export with X file exporter - it cant copy the shader file i specify and somehow randomly changes file name to weird stuff... (each time different...)

For example:
Can't open the file C:\Users\Stormiks\Desktop\Content\diffusà for copying.

If i open my X file in visual studio and try to find shader name i tried to specify i find interesting line :

EffectInstance Effect {
"diffus\340\à";

where "diffus\340\à" should be "diffusexparent.fx"

I can manually correct that line to "diffusexparent.fx", otherwise i got missing asset error when building project...

(XNA 3.1, Windows Vista 32bit, 3dsMax2010)

Also mentioned problem about animations jerking when looping (including included archer run animation)

I haven't used this library yet, but how many animated models should you be able to produce on the screen without dipping below the 60 FPS mark? Right now I am using XNAnimation, but I haven't really found a way to produce, say 100 animated models effectively without a huge hit in performance. This was mostly in drawing the model and updating the animation. Would this still happen with this library or would you say this is more optimized?

Hi there - very interesting site and animation project. Sadly I can't get anything to display. I exported the sample spinning cube that comes with the exporter and then added it to the same project that contains the archer, plant and cube3 models/anims. I asked XNA to import it using the Kilowatt animation import. It doesn't show up anywhere, on any amount of zoom. Perhaps I'm doing something horrible obvious. I can't find the original max file for the archer so I have nothing with which to compare it. I haven't forced shader or skinning shaders in the solution explorer - perhaps I need to set them to something built in to your library - after all a shader must be hidden away in there somewhere or your archer would not display. Its a bit of a head scratcher. I can code a bit in XNA but not shaders - been happy so far using BasicEffect. A hint about what I'm ballsing up would be much appreciated :-)

Cheers,

Robin.

I realise the raw stupidity of this request, so I'll apologise now and I resign myself to the answer i know is forthcoming.

Would you ever consider writing that exporter for Maya? I've tried so many and they all miss this, or that, one even openly corrupted our skinning data, another mutilated our uv's, it's a nightmare out there. There is not much love for Maya from the XNA community.

Failing that, possibly another solution.

One of the guys in our team is a Maya MEL programmer and would take a crack at it, but really doesnt know enough about how to export these files. If you have no interest in writing a Maya exporter, do you think we could work together with our MEL scripter to do so? I think it would be super valuable.

BUT, i realise how these things go. I can dream cant i?

However, if we were to just use maya's FBX exporter, which while fickle usually works, can I still use your animation library? How hard would it be, and what would the drawbacks be?

I'd just like to say that reading what your library is capable of is VERY exciting to us for out current project

Dave

Sorry for my english....
why now I've added the Kilowatt Animation draw work only for animated model, but no more for the others??

//Draw Sky
foreach (ModelMesh mesh in sky.Meshes)
{
foreach (BasicEffect effect in mesh.Effects)
{
//Transform
effect.View = camera.View;
effect.Projection = projection;
effect.World = world;
}

mesh.Draw();
}

//Draw Plane
foreach (ModelMesh mesh in plane.Meshes)
{
foreach (BasicEffect effect in mesh.Effects)
{
//Transform
effect.View = camera.View;
effect.Projection = projection;
effect.World = world;
}

mesh.Draw();
}

DrawObject(gameTime);
DrawMobiles(gameTime);
player.Draw3D(camera.View, projection, gameTime);
ModelAnimation.Draw(camera.View, projection);

Only ModelAnimation works fine, the previous draw call dont show nothing on screen.

Thanks in advance.

hello and thanks for this great library.
i was wondering, does it work with FBX models too, or only X models?