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Horde3D has a scenegraph. The transformations for each node are relative to it's parent. The absolute matrix is just the multiplications of all nodes within one branch. So if you have a structure like this:
Code:
RootNode
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+---+ Model
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+--- Mesh
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+---+ Model
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+--- Mesh
The mesh's relative transformation is stored in the scene graph and it's absolute matrix will be calculated using
Code:
RootNode's Relative Matrix * Model's Relative Matrix * Mesh's Relative Matrix
You can create animation data on the fly that you can use to create ragdoll animations. If you upload the animation as a normal Horde3D resource you can use the animation system to blend as you would do it if it's a keyframe animation.
You also don't have to set the absolute matrix. You can instead convert the absolute matrix to a relative one by using the absolute matrix of the parent.