Hello!
Which is the right way of implementing skeletal animation? Does it worth?
Hardware vs software?
The first thing that pop into my mind is getting all data in memory and one dynamic vertex buffer.
Each frame calculate new vertex position in software and update the buffer? Is this the right way of doing this?
Yes or no? If no,can u give me a hint if 1-2 sentences. I don't deserve more.. after all I ask before I have tried anything ;/
Does it worth? If your game needs it, it worths. Is your game 2D or 3D? Are your models complex (high polygon count) or simple?
Calculating vertex positions on the CPU then updating the dynamic vertex buffer will work, and having CPU access to the transformed geometry may be useful if your geometry is not complex; you could do hit-testing on the geometry itself rather than an approximation. Notice here I'm talking about skinning, not animation. Animation is always done on the CPU. That said, the big boys usually skin their big meshes on the GPU.
Thank you. Everything I needed.
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