Chapter 9: Animating in Panda3D

Animation basics

Question number	Answer
1	An Actor is a model that is prepped for animation. Actors are loaded using the Actor constructor, instead of a method of the loader object.
2	They are loaded when the Actor is loaded.
3	Egg and bam files, just like models.

Advanced animation

Question number	Answer
1	A specific frame number or numbers.
2	Animation blending, via myActor.enableBlend().
3	Using the setControlEffect() method.
4	We need to create and use subparts to play the different animations on.