Model::SetSkeleton

This method assigns a skeleton to a model. You can use this to share a skeleton across multiple models.

Syntax

• void SetSkeleton(shared_ptr<Skeleton> skeleton)

Remarks

This method can be used to efficiently animate large crowds of characters. For example, if you have a horde of 1000 zombies, and 600 of them were running towards the player, you could set all 600 of those to use just a few skeletons that were playing the run animation. This would greatly reduce the number of skeletons that require animation updates while still providing some variation between different characters.

Example

#include "UltraEngine.h"

using namespace UltraEngine;

int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
{
    //Get the displays
    auto displays = GetDisplays();

    //Create window
    auto window = CreateWindow("Ultra Engine", 0, 0, 1280, 720, displays[0], WINDOW_CENTER | WINDOW_TITLEBAR);

    //Create framebuffer
    auto framebuffer = CreateFramebuffer(window);

    //Create world
    auto world = CreateWorld();

    //Create camera
    auto camera = CreateCamera(world);
    camera->SetClearColor(0.125);
    camera->SetFov(70);
    camera->SetRotation(0, 165, 0);
    camera->Turn(15, 0, 0);
    camera->Move(0, 1, -8);

    //Create light
    auto light = CreateBoxLight(world);
    light->SetRotation(45, 35, 0);
    light->SetRange(-10, 10);

    //Load FreeImage plugin
    auto plugin = LoadPlugin("Plugins/FITextureLoader");

    //Load a model
    auto model = LoadModel(world, "https://github.com/UltraEngine/Documentation/raw/master/Assets/Models/Characters/Fox.glb");
    model->SetScale(0.05);
    model->SetPosition(-1.5, 0, 0);
    model->Animate(1);

    //Create an instance of the model
    auto model2 = model->Instantiate(world)->As<Model>();// copy and cast to the Model class
    model2->SetPosition(1.5, 0, 0);

    //Two foxes one skeleton
    model2->SetSkeleton(model->skeleton);

    //Main loop
    while (window->Closed() == false and window->KeyDown(KEY_ESCAPE) == false)
    {
        world->Update();
        world->Render(framebuffer);
    }
    return 0;
}