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===Elaboration=== | ===Elaboration=== | ||
Animations never stop – they flow from one to another. (See the concept of [[wp: | Animations never stop – they flow from one to another. (See the concept of [[wp:Finite-state machine|state machines]] in gaming.) The default case is a character getting spawned and then just standing there: he idles forever. This brings us to the core attributes of every animation: '''type, state, variant'''. | ||
Now then, the idle animation does not link to a specific follow-up animation – it rather links to a follow-up ''state''. | Now then, the idle animation does not link to a specific follow-up animation – it rather links to a follow-up ''state''. | ||
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==Weights== | ==Weights== | ||
Let's say that we're playing as a Ninja, we are in the state Standing, and we hit the action key to perform a taunt. The engine recognizes the context (no console to interact with), places the character in combat mode, and looks up anims of type Taunt. Since we are in combat mode, the next anim must be of variant Combat if possible. These lookups boil down to two valid possible anims: NINCOMtaunt1 (a spin) and NINCOMtaunt2 (the [[wp: | Let's say that we're playing as a Ninja, we are in the state Standing, and we hit the action key to perform a taunt. The engine recognizes the context (no console to interact with), places the character in combat mode, and looks up anims of type Taunt. Since we are in combat mode, the next anim must be of variant Combat if possible. These lookups boil down to two valid possible anims: NINCOMtaunt1 (a spin) and NINCOMtaunt2 (the [[wp:Moonwalk (dance)|moon walk]] Easter egg). The engine picks one of them randomly. | ||
However, NINCOMtaunt1 has a TRAC Weight (probability) of 100 while NINCOMtaunt2 has a TRAC Weight value of just 5. So the chances are quite high that we will not see the moon walk taunt. | However, NINCOMtaunt1 has a TRAC Weight (probability) of 100 while NINCOMtaunt2 has a TRAC Weight value of just 5. So the chances are quite high that we will not see the moon walk taunt. | ||