#include <Node.h>

Inherits MCore::RefCounted.

Public Types
enum	{ TYPE_ID = 0x00000001 }

enum	ENodeFlags : AZ::u8 { FLAG_INCLUDEINBOUNDSCALC = 1 << 0 , FLAG_ATTACHMENT = 1 << 1 , FLAG_CRITICAL = 1 << 2 }

Public Member Functions
Node *	Clone (Skeleton *skeleton) const

void	SetParentIndex (size_t parentNodeIndex)

MCORE_INLINE size_t	GetParentIndex () const

Node *	GetParentNode () const

void	RecursiveCollectParents (AZStd::vector< size_t > &parents, bool clearParentsArray=true) const

void	SetName (const char *name)

const char *	GetName () const

const AZStd::string &	GetNameString () const

void	SetSemanticName (const char *name)

const char *	GetSemanticName () const

const AZStd::string &	GetSemanticNameString () const

MCORE_INLINE uint32	GetID () const

MCORE_INLINE uint32	GetSemanticID () const

MCORE_INLINE size_t	GetNumChildNodes () const

size_t	GetNumChildNodesRecursive () const

MCORE_INLINE size_t	GetChildIndex (size_t nr) const

MCORE_INLINE bool	CheckIfIsChildNode (size_t nodeIndex) const

void	AddChild (size_t nodeIndex)

void	SetChild (size_t childNr, size_t childNodeIndex)

void	SetNumChildNodes (size_t numChildNodes)

void	PreAllocNumChildNodes (size_t numChildNodes)

void	RemoveChild (size_t nodeIndex)

void	RemoveAllChildNodes ()

bool	GetIsRootNode () const

bool	GetHasChildNodes () const

Node *	FindRoot () const

void	AddAttribute (NodeAttribute *attribute)

size_t	GetNumAttributes () const

NodeAttribute *	GetAttribute (size_t attributeNr)

NodeAttribute *	GetAttributeByType (uint32 attributeType)

size_t	FindAttributeNumber (uint32 attributeTypeID) const

void	RemoveAllAttributes ()

void	RemoveAttribute (size_t index)

void	RemoveAttributeByType (uint32 attributeTypeID, size_t occurrence=0)

size_t	RemoveAllAttributesByType (uint32 attributeTypeID)

void	SetNodeIndex (size_t index)

MCORE_INLINE size_t	GetNodeIndex () const

void	SetSkeletalLODLevelBits (size_t bitValues)

void	SetSkeletalLODStatus (size_t lodLevel, bool enabled)

MCORE_INLINE bool	GetSkeletalLODStatus (size_t lodLevel) const

MCORE_INLINE bool	GetIncludeInBoundsCalc () const

void	SetIncludeInBoundsCalc (bool includeThisNode)

MCORE_INLINE bool	GetIsCritical () const

void	SetIsCritical (bool isCritical)

bool	GetIsAttachmentNode () const

void	SetIsAttachmentNode (bool isAttachmentNode)

Public Member Functions inherited from MCore::RefCounted
	RefCounted ()

virtual	~RefCounted ()

void	IncreaseReferenceCount ()

void	DecreaseReferenceCount ()

void	Destroy ()

uint32	GetReferenceCount () const

Static Public Member Functions
static Node *	Create (const char name, Skeleton skeleton)

static Node *	Create (uint32 nameID, Skeleton *skeleton)

Friends
class	Actor

class	SkeletonModel

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from MCore::RefCounted
virtual void	Delete ()

Detailed Description

The node class. A node in EMotion FX is a connection point in the hierarchy of the character. Each node can have one parent, but multiple child nodes. Every node has a transformation describing the orientation of the node, so where it is positioned and how it is scaled and rotated in 3D space. Examples of nodes could be a bone, like an upper arm or lower arm, a finger, a head, a gun, a cigarette, a camera, a light, etc. So basically it can be everything, which can be animated (but it doesn't have to be animated of course).

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ ENodeFlags

enum EMotionFX::Node::ENodeFlags : AZ::u8

The node flags (options).

Enumerator
FLAG_INCLUDEINBOUNDSCALC	Specifies whether we have to include this node in the bounds calculation or not (true on default).
FLAG_ATTACHMENT	Indicates if this node is an attachment node or not (false on default).
FLAG_CRITICAL	Indicates if this node is a critical node. A critical node is always included the skeleton and cannot be optimized out (false on default).

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddAttribute()

void EMotionFX::Node::AddAttribute ( NodeAttribute * attribute )

Add a node attribute to this node.

Parameters

attribute The attribute to add to the node.

◆ AddChild()

void EMotionFX::Node::AddChild ( size_t nodeIndex )

Add a child to this node.

Parameters

nodeIndex The index of the child node to add.

◆ CheckIfIsChildNode()

MCORE_INLINE bool EMotionFX::Node::CheckIfIsChildNode ( size_t nodeIndex ) const

inline

Checks if the given node is a child of this node.

Parameters

nodeIndex The node to check whether it is a child or not.

Returns: True if the given node is a child, false if not.

◆ Clone()

Node* EMotionFX::Node::Clone ( Skeleton * skeleton ) const

Clone the node.

Parameters

skeleton The skeleton that the cloned node will be part of, you still need to manually add it to this skeleton though.

Returns: The cloned node.

◆ Create() [1/2]

static Node* EMotionFX::Node::Create	(	const char *	name,
		Skeleton *	skeleton
	)

static

Create method.

Parameters

name	The name of the node.
skeleton	The skeleton where this node will belong to, you still need to manually add it to the skeleton though.

◆ Create() [2/2]

static Node* EMotionFX::Node::Create	(	uint32	nameID,
		Skeleton *	skeleton
	)

static

Create method using a name ID.

Parameters

nameID	The name ID, generated using the MCore::GetStringIdPool().
skeleton	The skeleton where this node will belong to, you still need to manually add it to the skeleton though.

◆ FindAttributeNumber()

size_t EMotionFX::Node::FindAttributeNumber ( uint32 attributeTypeID ) const

Find the node attribute number of a given type. When there are no node attributes, or there is no attribute of the specified type this method will return MCORE_INVALIDINDEX32.

Parameters

attributeTypeID The attribute type ID (returned by NodeAttribute::GetType()).

Returns: The first located attribute number which is of the given type, or MCORE_INVALIDINDEX32 when the attribute of this type could not be located.

◆ FindRoot()

Node* EMotionFX::Node::FindRoot ( ) const

Find the root node in the hierarchy.

Returns: A pointer to the root node (can point to itself).

◆ GetAttribute()

NodeAttribute* EMotionFX::Node::GetAttribute ( size_t attributeNr )

Get a given node attribute. You will need to typecast to the correct type of the attribute yourself. You can get the attribute type by using the NodeAttribute::GetType() method.

Parameters

attributeNr The attribute number to get from the node. You can find the attribute number when you have the attribute type by using the FindAttributeNumber() method.

Returns: A pointer to the node attribute.

See also: FindNodeAttributeNumber

◆ GetAttributeByType()

NodeAttribute* EMotionFX::Node::GetAttributeByType ( uint32 attributeType )

Get a given node attribute of a given type. The method will return nullptr when no attribute of the specified type could be found.

Returns: A pointer to the node attribute, or nullptr when not found.

◆ GetChildIndex()

MCORE_INLINE size_t EMotionFX::Node::GetChildIndex ( size_t nr ) const

inline

Get a given child's node index.

Parameters

nr	The child number.

Returns: The index of the child node, which is a node number inside the actor.

◆ GetHasChildNodes()

bool EMotionFX::Node::GetHasChildNodes ( ) const

Check if this node has any child nodes.

Returns: Returns true when this node has child nodes, otherwise false is returned.

◆ GetID()

MCORE_INLINE uint32 EMotionFX::Node::GetID ( ) const

inline

Get the unique ID of this node, which has been generated based on the name. You are guaranteed that nodes having the same name have the same ID. This means you can do fast compares between nodes by using the ID instead of a comparison between the node names. However, ever time you run the application, the ID values for given names can be different. So if you run your program, the node with name "Arm" might have an ID of 10. While next time you run the program this node might have an ID of for example 36. Still it is guaranteed that every time you run your program all nodes with the name "Arm" will have the same ID number.

Returns: The node ID number, which can be used for fast compares between nodes.

◆ GetIncludeInBoundsCalc()

MCORE_INLINE bool EMotionFX::Node::GetIncludeInBoundsCalc ( ) const

inline

Check whether this node is included inside the bounding volume calculations or not. Sometimes it is useful to disable some nodes from the bounding volume calculation. Examples of these are nodes that are lights or cameras, or nodes that just always stay at the origin, while your character moves away from the origin without motion based actor repositioning. On default all nodes are included inside the bounding volume calculations.

Returns: Returns true when this node will be included in the bounds calculation, or false when it won't.

◆ GetIsAttachmentNode()

bool EMotionFX::Node::GetIsAttachmentNode ( ) const

Check if the node is an attachment node.

Returns: True if the node is an attachment node, false if not.

◆ GetIsCritical()

MCORE_INLINE bool EMotionFX::Node::GetIsCritical ( ) const

inline

Check whether this node is critcal and should not be optimized out in any situations. Sometimes we perform optimization process on the node. This flag make sure that critical node will always be included in the actor heirarchy.

Returns: Returns true when this node is critical, or false when it won't.

◆ GetIsRootNode()

bool EMotionFX::Node::GetIsRootNode ( ) const

Check if this node is a root node. A node is seen as root node when it has no parent. So if Node::GetParentNode() equals nullptr we are dealing with a root node.

Returns: Returns true when this node is a root node, otherwise false is returned.

◆ GetName()

const char* EMotionFX::Node::GetName ( ) const

Gets the name of the node in form of a C character buffer.

Returns: A pointer to the null terminated buffer, containing the name of the node.

◆ GetNameString()

const AZStd::string& EMotionFX::Node::GetNameString ( ) const

Gets the name of the node in form of String object.

Returns: The string containing the node name.

◆ GetNodeIndex()

MCORE_INLINE size_t EMotionFX::Node::GetNodeIndex ( ) const

inline

Get the node index value. This is the index inside the array of nodes inside the Actor. So Actor::GetNode( nodeIndex ) will return this node.

Returns: The index of the node.

◆ GetNumAttributes()

size_t EMotionFX::Node::GetNumAttributes ( ) const

Get the number of node attributes.

Returns: The number of node attributes for this node.

◆ GetNumChildNodes()

MCORE_INLINE size_t EMotionFX::Node::GetNumChildNodes ( ) const

inline

Get the number of child nodes attached to this node.

Returns: The number of child nodes.

◆ GetNumChildNodesRecursive()

size_t EMotionFX::Node::GetNumChildNodesRecursive ( ) const

Get the number of child nodes down the hierarchy of this node. The current node is not included in the count.

Returns: The total number of nodes down the hierarchy of this node.

◆ GetParentIndex()

MCORE_INLINE size_t EMotionFX::Node::GetParentIndex ( ) const

inline

Get the parent node's index. This is either a valid index, or MCORE_INVALIDINDEX32 in case there is no parent node.

Returns: The index of the parent node, or MCORE_INVALIDINDEX32 in case this node has no parent.

◆ GetParentNode()

Node* EMotionFX::Node::GetParentNode ( ) const

Get the parent node as node pointer.

Returns: Returns the pointer to the parent node, or nullptr in case there is no parent.

◆ GetSemanticID()

MCORE_INLINE uint32 EMotionFX::Node::GetSemanticID ( ) const

inline

Get the semantic name ID. To get the name you can also use GetSemanticName() and GetSemanticNameString().

Returns: The semantic name ID.

◆ GetSemanticName()

const char* EMotionFX::Node::GetSemanticName ( ) const

Gets the semantic name.

Returns: A pointer to the null terminated buffer, containing the semantic name of the node.

◆ GetSemanticNameString()

const AZStd::string& EMotionFX::Node::GetSemanticNameString ( ) const

Gets the semantic name as string.

Returns: The string containing the semantic name.

◆ GetSkeletalLODStatus()

MCORE_INLINE bool EMotionFX::Node::GetSkeletalLODStatus ( size_t lodLevel ) const

inline

Get the skeletal LOD status for this node at a given skeletal LOD.

Parameters

lodLevel The skeletal LOD level to check.

Returns: Returns true when this node is enabled in the specified LOD level. Otherwise false is returned.

◆ PreAllocNumChildNodes()

void EMotionFX::Node::PreAllocNumChildNodes ( size_t numChildNodes )

Preallocate the array of child nodes. Unlike SetNumChildNodes, this will NOT grow the child node array as reported by GetNumChildNodes(). However, it internally pre-allocates memory to make the AddChild() calls faster.

Parameters

numChildNodes The number of child nodes to pre-allocate space for.

◆ RecursiveCollectParents()

void EMotionFX::Node::RecursiveCollectParents	(	AZStd::vector< size_t > &	parents,
		bool	clearParentsArray = `true`
	)		const

Recursively go through the parents until a root node is reached and store all parents inside an array.

Parameters

parents	The array to which parent and the parents of the parents of the node will be added.
clearParentsArray	When true the given parents array will be cleared before filling it.

◆ RemoveAllAttributes()

void EMotionFX::Node::RemoveAllAttributes ( )

Removes all node attributes from this node. The previously allocated attributes will be deleted from memory automatically.

◆ RemoveAllAttributesByType()

size_t EMotionFX::Node::RemoveAllAttributesByType ( uint32 attributeTypeID )

Removes all node attributes from this node of the given type.

Parameters

attributeTypeID The attribute type ID (returned by NodeAttribute::GetType()).

Returns: The number of attributes that have been removed.

◆ RemoveAllChildNodes()

void EMotionFX::Node::RemoveAllChildNodes ( )

Removes all child nodes (not from memory though but just clears the childs pointers in this node). Beware, the child nodes will still point to this node after executing this method! So you have to adjust their parent indices manually.

◆ RemoveAttribute()

void EMotionFX::Node::RemoveAttribute ( size_t index )

Remove the given node attribute from this node.

Parameters

index The index of the node attribute to remove.

◆ RemoveAttributeByType()

void EMotionFX::Node::RemoveAttributeByType	(	uint32	attributeTypeID,
		size_t	occurrence = `0`
	)

Remove the given node attribute from this node which occurs at the given position. If the given occurrence is bigger than the number of actual attributes inside the node no node attribute will be removed.

Parameters

attributeTypeID	The attribute type ID (returned by NodeAttribute::GetType()).
occurrence	The number of node attributes which will be skipped until we reached the node to remove.

◆ RemoveChild()

void EMotionFX::Node::RemoveChild ( size_t nodeIndex )

Removes a given child (does not delete it from memory though). Beware, the child node will still point to this node after executing this method! So you have to adjust the parent pointer of the child node manually.

Parameters

nodeIndex The index of the child to remove.

◆ SetChild()

void EMotionFX::Node::SetChild	(	size_t	childNr,
		size_t	childNodeIndex
	)

Set the value for a given child node.

Parameters

childNr	The child number, which must be in range of [0..GetNumChildNodes()-1].
childNodeIndex	The node index for this child.

◆ SetIncludeInBoundsCalc()

void EMotionFX::Node::SetIncludeInBoundsCalc ( bool includeThisNode )

Specify whether this node should be included inside the bounding volume calculations or not. Sometimes it is useful to disable some nodes from the bounding volume calculation. Examples of these are nodes that are lights or cameras, or nodes that just always stay at the origin, while your character moves away from the origin without motion based actor repositioning. On default all nodes are included inside the bounding volume calculations.

Parameters

includeThisNode Set to true when you want this node to be included in the bounds calculation, or set to false when it should be excluded.

◆ SetIsAttachmentNode()

void EMotionFX::Node::SetIsAttachmentNode ( bool isAttachmentNode )

Set if the node is an attachment node.

Returns: True if the node is an attachment node, false if not.

◆ SetIsCritical()

void EMotionFX::Node::SetIsCritical ( bool isCritical )

Specify whether this node is critcal and should not be optimized out in any situations.

Parameters

isCritical Set to true when you want this node to be critical.

◆ SetName()

void EMotionFX::Node::SetName ( const char * name )

Set the node name.

Parameters

name	The new node name, which should be unique.

◆ SetNodeIndex()

void EMotionFX::Node::SetNodeIndex ( size_t index )

Set the node index for this node. This has to be the index inside the array of nodes inside the Actor. So Actor::GetNode( nodeIndex ) will return this node.

Parameters

index The index to use.

◆ SetNumChildNodes()

void EMotionFX::Node::SetNumChildNodes ( size_t numChildNodes )

Resize the array of child nodes. This will grow the child node array so that the value returned by GetNumChildNodes() will return the same value as you specify as parameter here.

Parameters

numChildNodes The number of child nodes to create. Be sure to initialize all of the child nodes using SetChild() though!

◆ SetParentIndex()

void EMotionFX::Node::SetParentIndex ( size_t parentNodeIndex )

Set the parent node index. When this is set to MCORE_INVALIDINDEX32 then this is considered as no parent. In that case this node is a root node.

Parameters

parentNodeIndex The node index of the node where to link this node to.

◆ SetSemanticName()

void EMotionFX::Node::SetSemanticName ( const char * name )

Set the semantic name.

Parameters

name	The new node name, which should be unique.

◆ SetSkeletalLODLevelBits()

void EMotionFX::Node::SetSkeletalLODLevelBits ( size_t bitValues )

Set the skeletal LOD status for all LOD levels. Each bit specifies whether this node is active in a given LOD or not. Bit 0 represents LOD 0, bit 1 represents LOD 1, etc.

Parameters

bitValues The unsigned 32-bits integer that contains the settings for each LOD.

◆ SetSkeletalLODStatus()

void EMotionFX::Node::SetSkeletalLODStatus	(	size_t	lodLevel,
		bool	enabled
	)

Set the skeletal LOD status for a given LOD level. This enables or disables the node entirely from all calculations inside EMotion FX. It is important to know that the nodes that you disable should not be used anywhere inside skinning information of meshes or other places where there transformations are needed. There are 32 possible LOD levels. On default all nodes are enabled in a given LOD that hasn't been initialized.

Parameters

lodLevel	The skeletal LOD level to change the settings for. This must be in range of [0..31].
enabled	Set to true when you wish the node to be enabled in the given LOD, or false when you wish to disable it in the given LOD.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

Gems/EMotionFX/Code/EMotionFX/Source/Node.h

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Static Public Member Functions

Friends

Additional Inherited Members

Detailed Description

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ ENodeFlags

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddAttribute()

◆ AddChild()

◆ CheckIfIsChildNode()

◆ Clone()

◆ Create() [1/2]

◆ Create() [2/2]

◆ FindAttributeNumber()

◆ FindRoot()

◆ GetAttribute()

◆ GetAttributeByType()

◆ GetChildIndex()

◆ GetHasChildNodes()

◆ GetID()

◆ GetIncludeInBoundsCalc()

◆ GetIsAttachmentNode()

◆ GetIsCritical()

◆ GetIsRootNode()

◆ GetName()

◆ GetNameString()

◆ GetNodeIndex()

◆ GetNumAttributes()

◆ GetNumChildNodes()

◆ GetNumChildNodesRecursive()

◆ GetParentIndex()

◆ GetParentNode()

◆ GetSemanticID()

◆ GetSemanticName()

◆ GetSemanticNameString()

◆ GetSkeletalLODStatus()

◆ PreAllocNumChildNodes()

◆ RecursiveCollectParents()

◆ RemoveAllAttributes()

◆ RemoveAllAttributesByType()

◆ RemoveAllChildNodes()

◆ RemoveAttribute()

◆ RemoveAttributeByType()

◆ RemoveChild()

◆ SetChild()

◆ SetIncludeInBoundsCalc()

◆ SetIsAttachmentNode()

◆ SetIsCritical()

◆ SetName()

◆ SetNodeIndex()

◆ SetNumChildNodes()

◆ SetParentIndex()

◆ SetSemanticName()

◆ SetSkeletalLODLevelBits()

◆ SetSkeletalLODStatus()