Re: Cantering MOOSE / anyone do gaits?

In article <XrL...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird---St Hippo of
Augustine <Dev...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> In article <34C...@freent.toronto.on.ca>, llizard
> <cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca> writes
> >That little dog looks awfully stiff though and should walk right out of
> >the window and back in the other direction if the animation is going to
> >be on a continual loop.
> 
> OK, bite the bullet, here is the 'C++' animation of the doggie:
> it has jointed legs which hit the gound and turn with the foot
> in a fixed postion moving the body forward then swing over with
> claws above the ground on the off-stroke.  It is done with a
> nominal "sprite window" of the doggie which slides onto the edge
> of the physical display window (so it appears nose first), moves
> across, then slides off the far edge (so it vanishes tail last).
> 
> The speed smoothly accelerates/decelerates with transitions
> from walk to trot to canter to gallop, and on the gallop its bum
> goes up in the air when its two back legs leave the ground.  It
> might be an idea to also have a mark like '@' stands for a white
> rather than transparent space.  Done sprite-wise you could have
> say a dog and cat which appear randomly at different speeds and
> pass each other different each time; which of course is not possible
> simply using a very large number of fixed frames. Different speeds
> perhaps by having sprites move per 1, 2, 3... basic ticks
> independent of each other.
> 
> Here is ANIMX.CPP, mime enclosure because it is over 70 chars long.
> ##################################################################
> [ Section: 1/1 File: animx.cpp Encoder: Turnpike Version 3.03a ]
> 
>                    Name: animx.cpp
>     Part 1.2       Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream)
>                Encoding: x-uuencode
> 
> sum -r/size 41627/35826 section (from "begin" to "end")
> sum -r/size 9668/25981 entire input file
.
        ___  ???/\
      _/   |===%^,
     |_____|    \/>
       ---  ==     >
     [_____]     __>,^
ejm97 |   |     //| |

Rats. I can't seem to view a .cpp. (not familiar with that extension)
Maybe you could put it on the www and post the URL?

 ~,  \_,^^%---
 /)\~__>   \  In the meantime,
'  \ \~_>^_ ~   I have made another
   _\ )_\_( )~~~     attempt at the gallop.
  | |/_  _!/    
ejm98    /

It can be viewed at
          
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/horsgallp8.htm


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