Readme for CG3 Project / Walking assignment by Jason Winnebeck

Instructions for Running:

cg3skel.exe

Requirements:

• Windows computer with DirectX 8.1 runtime or better.

Controls:

• Press F1 to switch between windowed mode and fullscreen mode (windowed is default).
• Press the S key to slow down time.
• Press the N key to resume normal time.
• Press the R key to put the model in reference/start pose.
• Press ESC (or click the close button) to exit the program.
• Press a number key to cycle through animations on that animation set.
• If you hold down the L key and press a number while still holding down L, it will toggle the looping mode of the animation set.
• Use the arrow keys to rotate the view.

Configuration:

Some of the programs customizable features are defined in the config.ini file.

• Preferences
  • resx : resolution width of window/fullscreen.
  • resy : resolution height of window/fullscreen.
  • fullscreen : set to 1 to start in fullscreen, 0 to start initially in window mode.
  • slowmo : set to 1 to initially be in slow motion mode.
• Model
  • modelName : the name of the model files, without .x or .anm extensions.
  • RHtoLH : set to 1 if model is in right-hand coordinate system, 0 otherwise.
• CameraPos : set x, y, and z to camera position.
• CameraLookAt : set x, y, and z to camera lookat location.
• Fustrum : adjust the "near" and "far" distances of the clipping planes.
• Skeleton
  • outputFile : If set, outputs skeleton hierarchy information to the file name given.

Walking:

The walking assignment portion of this project can be activated by setting the modelName field in the configuration file to "models/walk". There is one animation set -- a walk cycle for the knight character.

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