[fluxus] lotsa stuff

[Glauber Prado]

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>> i dont understand this quite well also but are you planning on having 
>> animation
>> from external packages (hint-blender :) for character animation) mixed 
>> with physics?
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>
> Yes - eventually
>
>   

Do you have some plans that you want to discuss on this, if so im all ears.

>> once i saw a bit thief way to do that, was with ode also the guy made a 
>> normal animation and
>> binded cubes to the character feet to make it kick some boxes, was a 
>> cool way for doing something
>> otherwise very complex if solved in software level i think, anyway just 
>> a thought.
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> There are various ways to blend the animation and physics depending what
> you are trying to achieve. I haven't thought too deeply about it yet,
> but it's something to keep in mind.
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>   

Certainly.

>
> Good point - yes I'll do this, I'm generally updating the docs whenever
> I change the code at the same time (the only way to actually keep it up
> to date I think) but I'll flag the functions that have changed where so
> we know which translations need revising. I also want to do a general
> pass over all the functions before 0.13 is released - I'll do this soon
> and flag any changes I make for this too. 
>
>   

Very good, this will make things much easier i think, also i agree this 
is a nice method to keep things up to date.

> Another thing you might be able to help me with - seeing as you are a
> blender guy :) Would it be possible to get hold of (or be pointed in the
> direction of) some test data to write importers for? I guess everything
> from a simple cube to a fully texture mapped, skinned character with
> animation data. Example files would be fine - I've briefly looked but I
> can't find suitable stuff online.
>
>   
Here there is a regression test suite with something around 40 files its 
distributed by blender.org as regression test for compatibility purposes:

http://download.blender.org/demo/test/test244.zip
(9Mgs)

There are some game demos also if you like them let me know i can paste 
it here.

These ones are mine you can use them as if it were yours , not really 
intended for gaming purposes as lot of vertices use of subsurf 
(cattmull-clark subdvision)(license greboide):

a humming bird animated flying, nothing fancy, only a animation test:

http://www.greboide.com/blender/arquivos/hummingbird.blend
(2.2Mgs)

and a uv unwrapped safe, this is rather big cause of big textures:

http://www.greboide.com/blender/arquivos/safe.tar.bz2
(9Mgs aprox.)

I have more thing here, also can make things specifically if you need, 
plz just ask, ive delayed to answer cause i was away on my home town 
visiting some friends and parents hope you understand.


peace

greboide.