How to define an AnimationSet in 3DS Max for the Direct3D Animation Controller

Question

I'm building a Direct3D App using C++. I managed to load a mesh hierarchy from an X file found in a tutorial which had different animations or tracks build into it. And just as the tutorial explained it worked fine. I was able to switch between the animations in my App.

I had no luck with a custom made X file however.

The animation defined in 3DS Max and then converted to X plays fairly nice. But I don't seem to find a way to switch between animations. Actually I can't even define different Animation Sets in 3DS Max. Is it even possible to achieve this using 3DS Max?

I tried to find a programing solution to define the AnimationSets for the AnimationController using code but I can't seem to find any tutorial on this topic.

So if anyone knows of such tutorial or knows how to make Animations sets (tracks) in 3DS Max, please enlighten me.

Answer 1

You do not state what exporter you use, so I dug up this one for you,

http://www.andytather.co.uk/Panda/directxmax.aspx

this plugin for 3dsmax supports animation naming named animation sets, amongst many other features.