26-06-2026, 09:45 PM
I think it might not be necessary to support setting v3 frames here. If a kart is created with v3 frames, then it won't be able to support the extra animations that come with v4, and it might be annoying to convert from v3 to v4 at a later point.
On the other hand, the exporter can seamlessly convert v4 frames into v3 frames, so even if the short-term goal is to make something that works in STK 1.5, using v4 frames is fine.
That being said, this also reminds me that of course some karts support only some of the animations available for a given kart version. If we have this tool to set the animation frames, how does it work for a kart that don't support some animations?
If the game doesn't find frames for a given animation, it won't try to play it, but if there are frames that just don't correspond to anything meaningful, it could lead to weird things happening in game, I think?
On the other hand, the exporter can seamlessly convert v4 frames into v3 frames, so even if the short-term goal is to make something that works in STK 1.5, using v4 frames is fine.
That being said, this also reminds me that of course some karts support only some of the animations available for a given kart version. If we have this tool to set the animation frames, how does it work for a kart that don't support some animations?
If the game doesn't find frames for a given animation, it won't try to play it, but if there are frames that just don't correspond to anything meaningful, it could lead to weird things happening in game, I think?