Re: moving models

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Sandeep S. Mulgund (ssm++at++crasun.cra.com)
Sat, 12 Oct 1996 13:48:07 -0400

>Hi folks-
> Does anyone know where I can find tank and/or helicopter models in a
>format that Performer can read, preferably OpenFlight? Also, if any of
>these models contain articulated parts (tank turrets, etc), how does one
>find the pfDCS for those parts within the tree returned by the loader?

The Performer 2.0 CD comes with several OpenFlight models, as part of the
Hunter-Liggett terrain database. The HL database contains numerous
aircraft, helicopters, tanks, etc., that are stored on disk as single
entities (e.g., tank body and turret together, no articulation), and
separate files (one each for the tank body, turret, and gun). What you
could do is load in the separate pieces into individual pfNodes, and
construct your own pfDCSs to combine them. I did the latter, and it works
just fine. Unfortunately, the filenames are rather non-descriptive, so
you'll have to do a lot of experimentation with perfly to find what you're
looking for.

Good luck,

Sandeep

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