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cracka
Member
Hey I was thinking, would it look good to have a ball rolling around on wood if the ball isn't animated?
It's just a circle with a gradient and a small spot of light. If the ball is perfectly smooth it would look correct, right?
If not, anyone know any way to animate a rolling ball? I have experience with 3ds max but wonder how to code the ball to properly use each picture.
Don't know if codemattic was kidding, but I suggest you make a metal ball, and in 3ds max just create reflection map and use it as ball texture. That way it would be hard to tell if the animation is wrong or not, because nobody can tell what the actual reflection should look like.
Something like this, though this front ball is glassy one, but in the back you see one smaller metal ball:
I think if you just make the highlights on the reflection "shimmer" a bit it'll be clear that the ball is rolling.
liquidfire
Member
I was hoping to do something similar to this for a game. For a reference look at the House of Mice Trailer where the mouse is rolling with an animation. (Start at 0:20)
Would it be best to just use a sprite sheet with all of the different possible ball rotations and select the frame based on some math?
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