Runtime notes:
- Removes 'smart name' usage across the animation systems.
- Changed curve blending from a uniform array (sized per skeleton) to a sparse array of sorted named values. Blends and other combiners are performed using a dual iteration 'tape merge'.
- Skeleton curves are no longer guaranteed to cover all curve names that can be found at runtime.
Editor notes:
- Curve metadata (flags, bone links etc.) is still present on the skeleton, but can also now exist on a skeletal mesh
- Curve metadata (for morph targets) is still populated on import
- Curves can now be used arbitrarily at runtime
New features:
- New Find/Replace dialog that allows for batch-replacing curves and notifies across all of a project's assets
- New curve debugger tab in various Persona editors that allows for viewing curve values live. This also now allows viewing curves for specific pose watches.
- Pose watches now output curve tracks to the Rewind Debugger
#rb Jurre.deBaare,Nicholas.Frechette,Sara.Schvartzman,Helge.Mathee,Kiaran.Ritchie,Jaime.Cifuentes,Martin.Wilson,Keith.Yerex,Andrean.Franc (and more!)
#jira UE-167776
#jira UE-173716
#jira UE-110407
#preflight 63fc98c81206d91a2bc3ab90
#preflight 63f3ad4f81646f1f24c240c2
[CL 24421496 by Thomas Sarkanen in ue5-main branch]
- Added new compression and 'compiling' API/path
* Relies on newer DDC API
* Only fetches compressible data when data is not found in DDC
* Fetching data happens off the GT now (including Additive animation)
- Deprecated and replace AnimSequence API around compression
** AnimStreamable still relies on old, synchronous, compression path **
IAnimationDataModel
- Removed bone track data being stored as FBoneAnimationTrack
- Bone animation can now only be referenced by Name (not track index anymore)
- Deprecated any API relying on FBoneAnimationTrack
- Added API to retrieve FTransform(s) for given frame(s) with provided bone name
- Added API to lock model against modifications during evaluation (required for non-racing off-GT evaluation)
Animation Sequence
- Frame-rate is now stored on a per-platform basis, allowing for future replacement of frame-stripping (editing property is disabled for now)
- Now allows for storing _transient_ per-platform compressed animation data (required for multi-platform cook)
PerPlatformProperties
- Added per-platform FFrameRate implementation
#preflight 63999f102540a78d2778adb7
#rb Thomas.Sarkanen, Nicholas.Frechette, Devin.Doucette
#fyi Zousar.Shaker
[CL 23510521 by Jurre deBaare in ue5-main branch]
Preinfintiy and Postinfinity settings within the Curve Editor of an Animation can not be changed from Constant
#feature added API for setting curve attributes (pre/post extrapolation)
#misc added tests for new API
#jira UE-163181
#preflight 632b346cd747fe52c8df8811
#rb none
[CL 22133564 by Jurre deBaare in ue5-main branch]
**Animation Data Model load/cook time and memory optimizations**
- Added SetKeysOnly to FMovieSceneFloatChannel, allowing to only set value/frames values and skip allocating key handles
- Added EvaluateWithCache to TMovieSceneCurveChannelImpl, allowing to evaluate multiple curves using a caching data structure holding the frame-indices resulting from the FrameTime -> indexes calculationg
- UFKControlRig::GetControlName/GetControlTargetName, added thread_local mapping cache and optimized FName generation
- Made the sequencer bone curve keys 'sparse' again, if constant it just sets the default value for the curve otherwise it is still uniform
- Only resample keys when compressing, and clear them on any significant model changes and when save-during-cook has been completed
- Routed ::Presave for AnimSequencerDataModel directly through to UMovieSceneSignedObject to skip compiling cooked sequencer that that will/should never cooked and packaged
- Added some significant pass-by-reference changes to AnimSequencerModel APIs (passing large arrays by value previously) :doh:
- Optimized GenerateLegacyBoneData
Original CL description:
**New**
- Engine
- IAnimationDataModel interface
- AnimationData plugin
- AnimSequencerDataModel, sequencer based implementation of IAnimationDataModel
- AnimSequencerDataController, controller for above (implementation of IAnimationDataController)
- Added FCompressedRichCurve::PopulateCurve, allowing users to convert back to a FRichCurve for validation/debugging
- Added DefaultFrameRate to AnimationSettings, this replaces the hardcoded 30FPS in code
- Added ::GetKeyIndicesFromTime which takes FFrameRate
- Added AnimSequenceBase::OnAnimModelLoaded, this is required for correct postloading behaviour of data model (specifically AnimSequencerDataModel, as it depends on data from its outer ? anim sequence)
- Added IAnimationDataModel ::Evaluate which now takes responsibility for evaluating raw animation bone, curve and attribute data. And moved all trackbased evaluation code into AnimDataModel.cpp
- Added a.ForceEvalRawData allowing to force evaluation of source data
- Added a.SkipDDC to force compressing animation data locally
**Changed**
- Reparent UAnimDataModel to IAnimationDataModel interface, and rejig behaviour
- AnimSequenceBase now reference AnimDataModel as IAnimationDataModel
- Upgrade path for legacy to IAnimationDataModel and existing UAnimDataModel to IAnimationDataModel through IAnimationDataController::PopulateWithExisting
- IAnimationDataModel data is now frame(number/rate/time) based rather than seconds/keyindices. This enforces frameborder aligned data from now on.
- Moved RichCurve evaluation code from RichCurve.cpp to separate file and consolidated all instances of copy-pasta behaviour
- Updated/removed deprecated EngineTests around AnimSequences
- Changed many instances to use a FFrameTime together with a known FFrameRate versus seconds and sequencelength in float involving frame \/ time calculations (including instances of FAnimKeyHelper)
- Switched anim sequence evaluation to use double in Extraction context for time value and patched up places with static\_cast\<double\>
- FRichCurve::Eval
- Make sure we always evaluate keys when T >= Key0.Time and T <= KeyN.Time to deal with crazy userweighted tangents
- Fixed WeightedKeyDataAdapter::GetKeyInterpMode/GetKeyTangentWeightMode retrieving invalid values, as it was indexing according to KeyIndex rather than KeyIndex\*2. This made it so that values were misinterpreted.
- Fixed WeightedEvalForTwoKeys for compressed data retrieving GetKeyInterpMode and GetKeyTangentWeightMode using the wrong index value. As they are not indexed using KeyDataHandle type.
- Fixed issue where compression could crash when containing zero-key scale additivebase track (tries to retrieve)
- Replaced instances of NULL with nullptr
- Moved required decompression information into FAnimSequenceDecompressionContext and reimplemented decompression within UE::Anim::Decompression namespace and new file
- Deprecated ::GetRawDataGuid and replaced with GetDataModel()->GenerateGuid()
- Fixed UAnimStreamable evaluation/compression (previously broken with MVC refactor)
- Updated Animation exporting pipeline to be frame-based rather than seconds
- Deprecated RetargetPose, replaced with FRetargetingScope (used within AnimModel::Evaluate)
- Fixed BaseAdditiveAnimation array become invalid/incorrect when removing zero-additve tracks during compression
- Updated EngineTest animation sequence related tests to new APIs (while maintaining deprecated path testing as well for now)
- AnimDataController / Animation Sequence tests now generate a USkeleton for the transient animation sequence (used to perform the test on)
**Removed**
- Unused file/class AnimData/AnimDataNotifyCollector.h
#rb Thomas.Sarkanen, Mike.Zyracki
#jira UE-131296
#preflight 631f6897a9331c69c3a34d1e
[CL 21980597 by Jurre deBaare in ue5-main branch]
Add new custom version to specify a certain window of AnimSequences are not loadable
#fyi Jurre.deBaare
#robomerge EngineMerge
Original CL Desc
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**New**
- Engine
- IAnimationDataModel interface
- AnimationData plugin
- AnimSequencerDataModel, sequencer based implementation of IAnimationDataModel
- AnimSequencerDataController, controller for above (implementation of IAnimationDataController)
- Added FCompressedRichCurve::PopulateCurve, allowing users to convert back to a FRichCurve for validation/debugging
- Added DefaultFrameRate to AnimationSettings, this replaces the hardcoded 30FPS in code
- Added ::GetKeyIndicesFromTime which takes FFrameRate
- Added AnimSequenceBase::OnAnimModelLoaded, this is required for correct postloading behaviour of data model (specifically AnimSequencerDataModel, as it depends on data from its outer ? anim sequence)
- Added IAnimationDataModel ::Evaluate which now takes responsibility for evaluating raw animation bone, curve and attribute data. And moved all trackbased evaluation code into AnimDataModel.cpp
- Added a.ForceEvalRawData allowing to force evaluation of source data
- Added a.SkipDDC to force compressing animation data locally
**Changed**
- Reparent UAnimDataModel to IAnimationDataModel interface, and rejig behaviour
- AnimSequenceBase now reference AnimDataModel as IAnimationDataModel
- Upgrade path for legacy to IAnimationDataModel and existing UAnimDataModel to IAnimationDataModel through IAnimationDataController::PopulateWithExisting
- IAnimationDataModel data is now frame(number/rate/time) based rather than seconds/keyindices. This enforces frameborder aligned data from now on.
- Moved RichCurve evaluation code from RichCurve.cpp to separate file and consolidated all instances of copy-pasta behaviour
- Updated/removed deprecated EngineTests around AnimSequences
- Changed many instances to use a FFrameTime together with a known FFrameRate versus seconds and sequencelength in float involving frame \/ time calculations (including instances of FAnimKeyHelper)
- Switched anim sequence evaluation to use double in Extraction context for time value and patched up places with static\_cast\<double\>
- FRichCurve::Eval
- Make sure we always evaluate keys when T >= Key0.Time and T <= KeyN.Time to deal with crazy userweighted tangents
- Fixed WeightedKeyDataAdapter::GetKeyInterpMode/GetKeyTangentWeightMode retrieving invalid values, as it was indexing according to KeyIndex rather than KeyIndex\*2. This made it so that values were misinterpreted.
- Fixed WeightedEvalForTwoKeys for compressed data retrieving GetKeyInterpMode and GetKeyTangentWeightMode using the wrong index value. As they are not indexed using KeyDataHandle type.
- Fixed issue where compression could crash when containing zero-key scale additivebase track (tries to retrieve)
- Replaced instances of NULL with nullptr
- Moved required decompression information into FAnimSequenceDecompressionContext and reimplemented decompression within UE::Anim::Decompression namespace and new file
- Deprecated ::GetRawDataGuid and replaced with GetDataModel()->GenerateGuid()
- Fixed UAnimStreamable evaluation/compression (previously broken with MVC refactor)
- Updated Animation exporting pipeline to be frame-based rather than seconds
- Deprecated RetargetPose, replaced with FRetargetingScope (used within AnimModel::Evaluate)
- Fixed BaseAdditiveAnimation array become invalid/incorrect when removing zero-additve tracks during compression
- Updated EngineTest animation sequence related tests to new APIs (while maintaining deprecated path testing as well for now)
- AnimDataController / Animation Sequence tests now generate a USkeleton for the transient animation sequence (used to perform the test on)
**Removed**
- Unused file/class AnimData/AnimDataNotifyCollector.h
#rb Thomas.Sarkanen, Martin.Wilson, Alexis.Matte, Mike.Zyracki
#jira UE-131296
#preflight 62a308a8b0150a87f9d6891b
[CL 20677979 by Marc Audy in ue5-main branch]
- Engine
- IAnimationDataModel interface
- AnimationData plugin
- AnimSequencerDataModel, sequencer based implementation of IAnimationDataModel
- AnimSequencerDataController, controller for above (implementation of IAnimationDataController)
- Added FCompressedRichCurve::PopulateCurve, allowing users to convert back to a FRichCurve for validation/debugging
- Added DefaultFrameRate to AnimationSettings, this replaces the hardcoded 30FPS in code
- Added ::GetKeyIndicesFromTime which takes FFrameRate
- Added AnimSequenceBase::OnAnimModelLoaded, this is required for correct postloading behaviour of data model (specifically AnimSequencerDataModel, as it depends on data from its outer ? anim sequence)
- Added IAnimationDataModel ::Evaluate which now takes responsibility for evaluating raw animation bone, curve and attribute data. And moved all trackbased evaluation code into AnimDataModel.cpp
- Added a.ForceEvalRawData allowing to force evaluation of source data
- Added a.SkipDDC to force compressing animation data locally
**Changed**
- Reparent UAnimDataModel to IAnimationDataModel interface, and rejig behaviour
- AnimSequenceBase now reference AnimDataModel as IAnimationDataModel
- Upgrade path for legacy to IAnimationDataModel and existing UAnimDataModel to IAnimationDataModel through IAnimationDataController::PopulateWithExisting
- IAnimationDataModel data is now frame(number/rate/time) based rather than seconds/keyindices. This enforces frameborder aligned data from now on.
- Moved RichCurve evaluation code from RichCurve.cpp to separate file and consolidated all instances of copy-pasta behaviour
- Updated/removed deprecated EngineTests around AnimSequences
- Changed many instances to use a FFrameTime together with a known FFrameRate versus seconds and sequencelength in float involving frame \/ time calculations (including instances of FAnimKeyHelper)
- Switched anim sequence evaluation to use double in Extraction context for time value and patched up places with static\_cast\<double\>
- FRichCurve::Eval
- Make sure we always evaluate keys when T >= Key0.Time and T <= KeyN.Time to deal with crazy userweighted tangents
- Fixed WeightedKeyDataAdapter::GetKeyInterpMode/GetKeyTangentWeightMode retrieving invalid values, as it was indexing according to KeyIndex rather than KeyIndex\*2. This made it so that values were misinterpreted.
- Fixed WeightedEvalForTwoKeys for compressed data retrieving GetKeyInterpMode and GetKeyTangentWeightMode using the wrong index value. As they are not indexed using KeyDataHandle type.
- Fixed issue where compression could crash when containing zero-key scale additivebase track (tries to retrieve)
- Replaced instances of NULL with nullptr
- Moved required decompression information into FAnimSequenceDecompressionContext and reimplemented decompression within UE::Anim::Decompression namespace and new file
- Deprecated ::GetRawDataGuid and replaced with GetDataModel()->GenerateGuid()
- Fixed UAnimStreamable evaluation/compression (previously broken with MVC refactor)
- Updated Animation exporting pipeline to be frame-based rather than seconds
- Deprecated RetargetPose, replaced with FRetargetingScope (used within AnimModel::Evaluate)
- Fixed BaseAdditiveAnimation array become invalid/incorrect when removing zero-additve tracks during compression
- Updated EngineTest animation sequence related tests to new APIs (while maintaining deprecated path testing as well for now)
- AnimDataController / Animation Sequence tests now generate a USkeleton for the transient animation sequence (used to perform the test on)
**Removed**
- Unused file/class AnimData/AnimDataNotifyCollector.h
#rb Thomas.Sarkanen, Martin.Wilson, Alexis.Matte, Mike.Zyracki
#jira UE-131296
#preflight 62a308a8b0150a87f9d6891b
[CL 20593017 by Jurre deBaare in ue5-main branch]
