Can you precache animations like you do with sounds, and how much can you transfer from C# to Glua?

[TheFruitKnows]

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So I was wandering how, if at all posible, you can precache animations, like you can do with sounds?
An example could be:

precachedSound = Sound( sound_name.wav )

Now, if I wanted to do the same thing, say with a player enumeration, how should I do?

My other question is a bit difficult to explain, but I will do my best.
I've been working with C#, and was wondering if there are any syntax you can transfer to Glua, wether slightly altered or not?
For example in C# I can write:

variable = condition ? resultIfConditionIsTrue : resultIfConditionIsFalse;

instead of writing:

if (condition) then{variable = resultIfConditionIsTrue;}else{variable = resultIfConditionIsFalse;}end}

Sorry for my english and coding, I am in a bit of a hurry.

[mcd1992]

I'm not sure about precaching animations but for your C# to Lua ternary question, yes lua has a kind of weird ternary system.

local var = condition and conditionIfTrue or conditionIfFalse

-- Shorthand alternative
local var = condition or conditionIfFalse -- This will set var to condition if true or conditionIfFalse otherwise.

I wouldn't say Lua and C# are similar enough to 'transfer' the syntax, but I'd say that all the basic programming needs from C# still exist in lua.

Also be sure to skim throug the [URL="http://www.lua.org/pil/"]Programming in Lua Book[/URL] to learn some basics.

[Rubat]

You don't recache animations.

[editline]26th March 2015[/editline]

Animations are stored in a model. You can precache models.

[TheFruitKnows]

Thank you very much, both of you! :)