Issue with Door Animations

[Richards.D 761]

I've been working on a few buildings now, and I have run accross an issue on animating doors. Gnat has a brilliant tutorial, sadly the pictures are now all 404 Making it difficult to follow. I also have one from OFP, but most of that has changed slightly in terms of the configs, so it is not much use.

I have done the following:

1. Made the model (herp derp of course)

2. Ensured that the doors WERE Separate components, and named correctly.

3. Added points of rotation for the door in the Memory LOD.

4. Added the config files.. but it does not work.

PHOTOS/OTHER INFO

CONFIG.CPP

class CfgPatches 
{ 
   class dar_structures 
   { 
       units[] = {"DAR_station"}; 
       weapons[] = {}; 
       requiredVersion = 0.1; 
       requiredAddons[] = {"CAData"}; 
   }; 
}; 

class CfgVehicleClasses 
{ 
   class dar_structures 
   { 
       displayName = "DAR Structures"; 
   }; 
}; 

class CfgVehicles 
{ 
   class House; 
   class DAR_Station: House//Wall 
   { 
       scope = 2; 
       displayName = "Police Station"; 
       vehicleClass = "dar_structures"; 
       model = "\dar_station\dar_station.p3d"; 
       mapSize = 0.2; 
       cost = 1000; 
       armor = 50000; 
       destrType = "DestructNo"; 
   }; 
};  

MODEL.CFG

class CfgModels
{
class House;
class DAR_Station: House
{
 sectionsInherit="";
 skeletonName = "DAR_StationBones";
 sections[] = 
 {
 };
 class Animations
 {
  class Animatedoor1
  {
   type="rotation";
   source="Userdoor1";
   sourceAddress = "clamp";
   selection="door1";
   axis="AXIS_door1";
   memory=1;
   angle0="rad 0";
   angle1="rad 22";
   minValue=0.000;
   maxValue=1.000;
  };
};
};
};

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Thank you gentlemen in advance.. hopefully I can finally roll this sucker out after having it on the back burner for a few months..

[[frl]myke 14]

Wrong selection names used for the door and the axis:

[color=#000000][color=#007700]    [/color][color=#0000BB]selection[/color][color=#007700]=[/color][color=#DD0000]"door1"[/color][color=#007700]; 
   [/color][color=#0000BB]axis[/color][color=#007700]=[/color][color=#DD0000]"AXIS_door1"[/color][color=#007700];

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Either change the names in the model or (what is probably faster done) in the model.cfg. In the model the selection is named "front1" but in the cfg "door1". Same with axis.

[Richards.D 761]

Alright, modified the model.cfg

Did you see any other issues?

[[frl]myke 14]

Afaik there is no source "userdoor1" but i never made buildings. I guess it should be source = "user" but not sure about that. Maybe this here helps: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/model.cfg

[Sealife 22]

class AnimationSources {
			/* name must be identical to the one given by the model.cfg ("Open_Door")" */
		class Open_door {
			source = "user";
			animPeriod = 4; /* duration in seconds */
			initPhase = 0; 
		};
	};

from mondkalb tute on wiki

You miss it from your cpp , in your case it is class animatedoor1 and thus source in model.cfg is usually same but not necessary as long as animationsource class and source in cpp match source in model.cfg you be ok

[Richards.D 761]

So, Do I add that into the model.cfg or the config.cpp?

[da12thMonkey 1943]

class AnimationSources goes in the config.cpp

[Richards.D 761]

How does this look gentlemen?

CONFIG.CPP

class CfgPatches 
{ 
   class dar_structures 
   { 
       units[] = {"DAR_station"}; 
       weapons[] = {}; 
       requiredVersion = 0.1; 
       requiredAddons[] = {"CAData"}; 
   }; 
}; 

class CfgVehicleClasses 
{ 
   class dar_structures 
   { 
       displayName = "DAR Structures"; 
   }; 
}; 

class CfgVehicles 
{ 
   class House; 
   class DAR_Station: House//Wall 
   { 
       scope = 2; 
       displayName = "Police Station"; 
       vehicleClass = "dar_structures"; 
       model = "\dar_station\dar_station.p3d"; 
       mapSize = 0.2; 
       cost = 1000; 
       armor = 50000; 
       destrType = "DestructNo"; 
   }; 
};  

Class AnimationSources {
		class Animatedoor1 {
			source = "userfront1";
			animPeriod = 4; /* duration in seconds */
			initPhase = 0; 
		};
	};

MODEL.CFG

class CfgModels
{
class House;
class DAR_Station: House
{
 sectionsInherit="";
 skeletonName = "DAR_StationBones";
 sections[] = 
 {
 };
 class Animations
 {
  class Animatedoor1
  {
   type="rotation";
   source="Userfront1";
   sourceAddress = "clamp";
   selection="front1";
   axis="AXIS_front1";
   memory=1;
   angle0="rad 0";
   angle1="rad 22";
   minValue=0.000;
   maxValue=1.000;
  };
};
};
};

[scars09 9]

my door is called sdoor

it needs a entry in cfgskeletons as bone of the building/object it is used in, in my case the object is called sc9_safe. Note that the bone name is identical to the selectionname of the doormodel - sdoor

class CfgSkeletons {

class Vehicle; // External class reference

class sc9_safebones {

isDiscrete = 1;

skeletonInherit = "";

skeletonBones[] = {"sdoor", ""};

};

};

in cfgmodel it needs to be in sectionlist of the building/object its is used in and the animation has to be defined. Please note that the animation aswell is named sdoor. the source "opensafe" is defined in the config.cpp

class CfgModels {

class house; // External class reference

class sc9_safe : house {

skeletonName = "sc9_safebones";

sectionsInherit = "";

sections[] = {"sdoor"};

class Animations {

class sdoor {

type = "rotation";

animPeriod = 1;

source = "opensafe";

selection = "sdoor";

minValue = 0;

maxValue = 1;

axis = "safeaxis";

angle0 = 0;

angle1 = 1.25;

offset0 = 0;

offset1 = 1;

};

};

};

};

in the config.cpp u have to define the user animationsource and a user action to be able to use the door

class sc9_safe : house {

scope = public;

model = "\SC9_adarab\sc9_safe.p3d";

vehicleClass = "sc9_aads";

displayName = "old safe";

accuracy = 0.02;

class AnimationSources {

class opensafe {

source = "user";

animPeriod = 1;

initPhase = 0;

};

};

class UserActions {

class Open_safe {

displayName = "open the old safe";

position = "knopp";

radius = 1.2;

onlyForPlayer = 0;

condition = "this animationPhase ""sdoor"" <= 0.1";

statement = " this animate [""sdoor"",1]";

};

class Close_safe {

displayName = "close the old safe";

position = "knopp";

radius = 1.2;

onlyForPlayer = 0;

condition = "this animationPhase ""sdoor"" >= 0.9";

statement = " this animate [""sdoor"",0]";

};

};

};

hope that helps, use the selectionname the door has in O2 for everything except for the user animationsource