ikdev branch #2
Description
Goal:
Allow for units to use ik animation. Ik-Animations allow for a goal to be set, and the limbs of a unit to automaticall resolve that and reach for that goal. This is heavily used in many games, where the character interacts realistically interacts with its environment.
What happened so far:
A Sub-Lua Api was specified to allow for setting up of ik-chains in a Unit.
This was tested in a single player game (journeywar) with a test unit.
The tests showed that there are errors in my math-conversion and that my implementation is overly complex.
Targets from now on are only set in unit space. All correcting against unit turns etc, must happen in lua.
Whats missing:
Checking wether the Eigenlibrary synced. (If i remember someone in spring actually ported the library already - and its mostly templates.
Ideas for the final approach:
Simplify the code.
Clean up the code.
Bring it up to springs code-standards(Its somewhat hacky/newbish)
Test and write a lua unitscript implementation for world positions to set.
Known Problem is, that this will be heavily performance intensive, and thus should only be used by hero units / single event units (Giant Mechas, etc.)