Turn before walking problem

Hi

I asked it before at the little post but I don't get success yet.

Would you mind please help me for Turning system . How is it work?

I Appreciate for any example or clear explain.

It was added in VS5 RC0, but with no documentation on what to do exactly.

That's right. You have a starting direction and a stop direction. You would have to provide a turning animation for each case.

If it works with 8 directions it would be great.

Also with start- and stop animations in one direction (for hair breads, shawls, clothes)?

If it works with 8 directions it would be great.

Also with start- and stop animations in one direction (for hair breads, shawls, clothes)?

I think he means 8 directions per rotation. As in you need 8 or maybe it's 7 from say...

east > north east
east > north
east > north west
east > west
east > south west
east > south
east > south east

You can add start & end rotation inside of each of the animations.

Personally I think this is the cleanest, most accurate solution, but it's a lot of work for anyone creating art/animations by hand rather than animating in a 3D program where they can create a rotation animation, then rotate the camera as needed to export the animation from different angles.

* edit: you was talking about start/stop walk animations? Start are easy enough as you can add them inside of walk animations & force animation frames with Lua script. The end walk animation would be the hardest part to sort out.

And for just 4 views (Monkey Island)? 3/4 view is optional right?

And for just 4 views (Monkey Island)? 3/4 view is optional right?

when you mean by 3/4 view the diagonal directions of a character then yes, these are optional.

Aye mate, that sounds about right. You also have to consider which way the character is going to rotate. Obviously he's going to rotate clockwise if you go from east to south-west, but what about west? You'd have to choose which way they are going to rotate as you won't be able to randomize it unless you add animations for both directions inside of the same animation & use Lua to force which frames should play.

@gabarts: you can adjust the amount of directions the compass has by default via the options for the Visionaire Studio editor. There's a section in which you can input the amount of degrees to use. By default it's set to 45º which is 8 directions. 90º would be 4 directions. 22.5º would be 16 directions, but decimal values aren't allowed for some reason.

extras > options > settings: precision for direction selection (in º)

OK. Thanks guys . It works perfect for me at 8 direction .