AnimTable

AnimTable is a basic container for RigAnims. It encapsulates an array of arrays: the top level array is indexed by an object index, and the sub-array is indexed by an anim_idx. Both object and anim indices are defined by the calling application (usually with enums).

The same RigAnim can be referenced multiple times in an AnimTable, but only one copy of that RigAnim will exist.

For simple games, a single AnimTable will be enough to hold all the animations.

Future releases of Motive will have containers with richer selection logic. For the moment, however, Motive is very much a low-level animation solution; it provides animation playback and blending, but animation selection is left to the calling code.

Deserializing Animation Data

Motive defines [FlatBuffer] schemas for MatrixAnims, RigAnims, and AnimTables. The schemas are in motive/schemas.

RigAnim FlatBuffer files have the .fplanim extension. AnimTables FlatBuffer files have the .fplanimtab extension.

The FlatBuffer files can be deserialized by calling MatrixAnimFromFlatBuffers(), RigAnimFromFlatBuffers(), and AnimTable::InitFromFlatBuffers().