Hi! You can find additional discussion on this matter in newbies forum if needed.

Now, I have robot model, which preforms frame ertex-based jump animation.
I use vec_for_vertex to attach hand to robot.

vec_for_vertex is not being updated during frame animation at all. Like, vertex is not moving, but stays still. So hand is not being attached as well.

Is that true?

Is there a way to force-update it?

vector updates only if I use c_move or change entities x,y, or z value, but nor during frame vertex-based animation.

Regards,
Konstantin.

vec_for_vertex is supposed to give you always the actual position of the vertex, no matter how it moves or animates.

Then how come vec_for_vertex returns the same value during animation?
I have tested it many times. When I change actual model position, vec_for_vertex updates and returns new coordinates into my debug panel. But during animation it is not.

Is it a bones animation? Without knowing, I'm just going to assume it is since that is what my suggestion is based on. Since vector animations should update the vector position relative to model position and world position, that should work fine. With bones animation I believe the vertex is thinking it's in the same actual position but the bone is fooling it to move relative to the bones not the zero point of the model. This is, of course, just a guess. It should be easy to check though, just make a small model using vertex animation and test that with vec_for_vertex. If this is what is happening with you then I guess it could be a bug with the new system that you might have been the first to catch.

hopefully that'll help.

*edit. oops I didn't read the post properly I'm guessing "ertex" means vertex animation. In that case, take what I said about bones and vertex animation and maybe it only shows the correct numbers one frame 1 with no anim.

Sorry to digg up an old post but this is the closest i could find to my problem.

Not unlike RyuMaster, my vertex positions are not changing like they should be. I am using bone animation and i have found that the vertex positions are changed if i move the model using c_move or its going through its animations. However, if i move the bones using ent_bonerotate the vertex positions are not changed.

That being said if i have my model in a walking animation and ent_bonerotate the bones, the vertex positions reported are the same as if i wasn't rotating the bones at all.

Hope i made sense.

Thanks

If your 3DGS version is HIGH, look into ent_getvertex(...).

Otherwise try using vec_for_mesh(...), it takes animation frames
into account. But dont forget it will need converting from entity
co-ordinates to world co-ordinates, and I cant remember what that
command is right now...

Vec_for_vertex works fine with bones, but maybe you have already reset the bones when you call the command?

Apparently i had infact left an ent_bonereset in up above my manual bone rotation. After removing it vec_for_vertex and vec_for_bone work perfectly.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction

Thanks,
AJ