- added support for multiple animation models for each skill and display a them randomly during game play

source/glest_game/types/skill_type.cpp

@@ -66,10 +66,27 @@ void SkillType::load(const XmlNode *sn, const string &dir, const TechTree *tt,
 	string currentPath = dir;
 	endPathWithSlash(currentPath);
 
-	string path= sn->getChild("animation")->getAttribute("path")->getRestrictedValue(currentPath);
+	//string path= sn->getChild("animation")->getAttribute("path")->getRestrictedValue(currentPath);
-	animation= Renderer::getInstance().newModel(rsGame);
+	vector<XmlNode *> animationList = sn->getChildList("animation");
+	for(unsigned int i = 0; i < animationList.size(); ++i) {
+		string path= animationList[i]->getAttribute("path")->getRestrictedValue(currentPath);
+		if(fileExists(path) == true) {
+			Model *animation= Renderer::getInstance().newModel(rsGame);
 			animation->load(path, false, &loadedFileList, &parentLoader);
-	loadedFileList[path].push_back(make_pair(parentLoader,sn->getChild("animation")->getAttribute("path")->getRestrictedValue()));
+			loadedFileList[path].push_back(make_pair(parentLoader,animationList[i]->getAttribute("path")->getRestrictedValue()));
+
+			animations.push_back(animation);
+			//printf("**FOUND ANIMATION [%s]\n",path.c_str());
+		}
+		else {
+			SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugError,"In [%s::%s Line %d] WARNING CANNOT LOAD MODEL [%s] for parentLoader [%s]\n",__FILE__,__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,path.c_str(),parentLoader.c_str());
+		}
+	}
+	if(animations.size() <= 0) {
+		char szBuf[4096]="";
+		sprintf(szBuf,"Error no animations found for skill [%s] for parentLoader [%s]",name.c_str(),parentLoader.c_str());
+		throw runtime_error(szBuf);
+	}
 
 	//particles
 	if(sn->hasChild("particles")) {
@@ -105,6 +122,14 @@ void SkillType::load(const XmlNode *sn, const string &dir, const TechTree *tt,
 	}
 }
 
+Model *SkillType::getAnimation() const {
+	//int modelIndex = random.randRange(0,animations.size()-1);
+	srand(time(NULL));
+	int modelIndex = rand() % animations.size();
+	//printf("!!RETURN ANIMATION [%d / %d]\n",modelIndex,animations.size()-1);
+	return animations[modelIndex];
+}
+
 string SkillType::skillClassToStr(SkillClass skillClass) {
 	switch(skillClass){
 	case scStop: return "Stop";

source/glest_game/types/skill_type.h

@@ -82,9 +82,11 @@ protected:
 	int hpCost;
     int speed;
     int animSpeed;
-    Model *animation;
+    vector<Model *> animations;
     SoundContainer sounds;
 	float soundStartTime;
+	RandomGen random;
+
 public:
 	UnitParticleSystemTypes unitParticleSystemTypes;
 
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ public:
 	int getHpCost() const				{return hpCost;}
 	int getSpeed() const				{return speed;}
 	int getAnimSpeed() const			{return animSpeed;}
-	Model *getAnimation() 		const	{return animation;}
+	Model *getAnimation() const;
 	StaticSound *getSound() const		{return sounds.getRandSound();}
 	float getSoundStartTime() const		{return soundStartTime;}
 	

source/shared_lib/include/xml/xml_parser.h

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ public:
 	XmlAttribute *getAttribute(const string &name,bool mustExist=true) const;
 	XmlNode *getChild(unsigned int i) const;
 	XmlNode *getChild(const string &childName, unsigned int childIndex=0) const;
+	vector<XmlNode *> getChildList(const string &childName) const;
 	bool hasChildAtIndex(const string &childName, int childIndex=0) const;
 	bool hasChild(const string &childName) const;
 	XmlNode *getParent() const;

source/shared_lib/sources/xml/xml_parser.cpp

@@ -275,6 +275,16 @@ XmlNode *XmlNode::getChild(unsigned int i) const {
 	return children[i];
 }
 
+vector<XmlNode *> XmlNode::getChildList(const string &childName) const {
+	vector<XmlNode *> list;
+	for(unsigned int j = 0; j < children.size(); ++j) {
+		if(children[j]->getName() == childName) {
+			list.push_back(children[j]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return list;
+}
 
 XmlNode *XmlNode::getChild(const string &childName, unsigned int i) const{
 	if(i>=children.size()){