Parsing SkinClipSequence

[AGP]

Since EasyOgreExporter exports all clips into a single animation, I'm forced to write a parser. How, then, might I split a SkinClipSequence of one SkinClip into a SkinClipSequence of two or more?

[raft]

get clips from sequence, create new sequences, add clips into new sequences

[AGP]

No, because I need to say that a single clip is actually two or three. It's not about adding, it's about parsing or splitting.

[raft]

ah okay. well, still the same method in other scale, get JointChannel's from SkinClip, create new clips, add channels into new clips

[AGP]

OK, I got this far:

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     private void addSequence() {
java.util.List<JointChannel> jointChannels = (java.util.List)sequence.getClip(0).iterator();
SkinClip clip = new SkinClip(sequence.getSkeleton(), jointChannels);
clip.setName("1");
java.util.ArrayList<SkinClip> clipList = new java.util.ArrayList<SkinClip>();
clipList.add(clip);
clip = new SkinClip(sequence.getSkeleton(), jointChannels);
clip.setName("2");
clipList.add(clip);
newSequence = new SkinClipSequence(clipList);
newSequence.addClip(clip);
     }


But I still haven't given the clips proper information. Is it as simple as passing each half of the JointChannels?

[AGP]

I tried this:

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     private void addSequence() {
java.util.Iterator<JointChannel> jCs = sequence.getClip(0).iterator();
ArrayList<JointChannel> jointChannels = new ArrayList<JointChannel>();
while (jCs.hasNext())
     jointChannels.add(jCs.next());
System.out.println("jointChannels Length: "+jointChannels.size() +" Is jointChannels[0] null? "+(jointChannels.get(0)==null));
ArrayList<JointChannel> half1 = new ArrayList<JointChannel>(jointChannels.size()/2);
for (int i = 0; i < jointChannels.size()/2; i++)
     half1.add(jointChannels.get(i));
ArrayList<JointChannel> half2 = new ArrayList<JointChannel>(jointChannels.size()/2);
for (int i = jointChannels.size()/2; i < jointChannels.size(); i++)
     half2.add(jointChannels.get(i));
SkinClip clip = new SkinClip(sequence.getSkeleton(), half1);
clip.setName("1");
java.util.ArrayList<SkinClip> clipList = new java.util.ArrayList<SkinClip>();
clipList.add(clip);
clip = new SkinClip(sequence.getSkeleton(), half2);
clip.setName("2");
clipList.add(clip);
newSequence = new SkinClipSequence(clipList);
newSequence.addClip(clip);
     }


But the printout tells me that jointChannnels.get(0) is null. So what am I doing wrong?

[raft]

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/** <p>Returns an iterator of channels. Note some channels may be null.</p> */
public Iterator<JointChannel> iterator() {
return Arrays.asList(channels).iterator();
}

[AGP]

Raft, do you mind being a little more helpful? Is this even the way to go? Because currently I'm only getting NullPointerExceptions.

[raft]

well, as the Javadoc says, SkinClip.iterator() may return null values, just skip null ones in your code

[AGP]

OK, so filling two sets of JointChannels with non-null entries will definitely produce two sets of animations?

[raft]

yup, supposed to be

[AGP]

Thanks.

[AGP]

It worked, but it did not parse the animations: it parsed the movements instead. Now I have an animation that only moves my character's fingers.

[AGP]

Isn't SkinClipSequence supposed to be analog to Animation? Because Animation gives us access to KeyFrames, so why can't I find something similar in SkinClipSequence?

[AGP]

From what I gather, it's the JointChannels themselves, rather than their number, that I need to split here. But Bones doesn't give me access to that. Would you be willing to change that?