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How do games change the meshes at runtime?
Right, I'm making a game and I'm not sure how I'm going to do this:
On Skyrim (for example; there are thousands of others), when you equip a helmet, it appears on your character's mesh. How do they do that? Do they modify the mesh, or simply render the helmet at a location which makes it look like it is on their head, or what?
If you know I'll be very thankful if you can tell me how.
On Skyrim (for example; there are thousands of others), when you equip a helmet, it appears on your character's mesh. How do they do that? Do they modify the mesh, or simply render the helmet at a location which makes it look like it is on their head, or what?
If you know I'll be very thankful if you can tell me how.
Well I might give you some examples in other games. In Warcraft 3 models have "junction points". You can bind some other model to it and that model will be rendered alongside unit model. In World of Warcraft a particular mesh (body or head for example) will be replaced depending on character equipment AFAIR.
Minecraft render armor over body, and Team Fortress 2 does the same for most hats and accessories. Also weapons in TF2 has their own model which is rendered separately from player body.
Minecraft render armor over body, and Team Fortress 2 does the same for most hats and accessories. Also weapons in TF2 has their own model which is rendered separately from player body.
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