VertexAnimation/Runtime/Scripts/ModelBaker/AnimationBaker.cs

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

namespace TAO.VertexAnimation
{
    public static class AnimationBaker
    {
        [System.Serializable]
        public struct BakedData
        {
            public Mesh mesh;
            public List<Texture2D> positionMaps;

            // Returns main position map.
            public Texture2D GetPositionMap
            {
                get
                {
                    return positionMaps[0];
                }
            }
        }

        [System.Serializable]
        public struct AnimationInfo
        {
            public int rawFrameHeight;
            public int frameHeight;
            public int frameSpacing;
            public int frames;
            public int maxFrames;
            public int textureWidth;
            public int textureHeight;

            // Create animation info and calculate values.
            public AnimationInfo(Mesh mesh, int frames, int textureWidth)
            {
                this.frames = frames;
                this.textureWidth = textureWidth;

                rawFrameHeight = Mathf.CeilToInt((float)mesh.vertices.Length / this.textureWidth);
                frameHeight = Mathf.NextPowerOfTwo(rawFrameHeight);
                frameSpacing = (frameHeight - rawFrameHeight) + 1;

                textureHeight = Mathf.NextPowerOfTwo(frameHeight * this.frames);

                maxFrames = textureHeight / frameHeight;
            }
        }

        public static BakedData Bake(this GameObject model, AnimationClip[] animationClips, int fps, int textureWidth)
        {
            BakedData bakedData = new BakedData()
            {
                mesh = null,
                positionMaps = new List<Texture2D>()
            };

            // Calculate what our max frames/time is going to be.
            int maxFrames = 0;
            foreach (AnimationClip ac in animationClips)
            {
                int frames = Mathf.FloorToInt(fps * ac.length);

                if (maxFrames < frames)
                {
                    maxFrames = frames;
                }
            }

            // Get the target mesh to calculate the animation info.
            Mesh mesh = model.GetComponent<SkinnedMeshRenderer>().sharedMesh;

            // Get the info for the biggest animation.
            AnimationInfo animationInfo = new AnimationInfo(mesh, maxFrames, textureWidth);

            foreach (AnimationClip ac in animationClips)
            {
                // Set the frames for this animation.
                animationInfo.frames = Mathf.FloorToInt(fps * ac.length);

                BakedData bd = Bake(model, ac, animationInfo);
                bakedData.mesh = bd.mesh;
                bakedData.positionMaps.AddRange(bd.positionMaps);
            }

            return bakedData;
        }

        public static BakedData Bake(this GameObject model, AnimationClip animationClip, AnimationInfo animationInfo)
        {
            Mesh mesh = new Mesh
            {
                name = string.Format("{0}", model.name)
            };

            // Bake mesh for a copy and to apply the new UV's to.
            SkinnedMeshRenderer skinnedMeshRenderer = model.GetComponent<SkinnedMeshRenderer>();
            skinnedMeshRenderer.BakeMesh(mesh);
            mesh.RecalculateBounds();

            mesh.uv3 = mesh.BakePositionUVs(animationInfo);

            BakedData bakedData = new BakedData()
            {
                mesh = mesh,
                positionMaps = new List<Texture2D>() { BakePositionMap(model, animationClip, animationInfo) }
            };

            return bakedData;
        }

        public static Texture2D BakePositionMap(this GameObject model, AnimationClip animationClip, AnimationInfo animationInfo)
        {
            // Create positionMap Texture without MipMaps which is Linear and HDR to store values in a bigger range.
            Texture2D positionMap = new Texture2D(animationInfo.textureWidth, animationInfo.textureHeight, TextureFormat.RGBAHalf, false, true);

            // Create instance to sample from.
            GameObject inst = GameObject.Instantiate(model);
            SkinnedMeshRenderer skinnedMeshRenderer = inst.GetComponent<SkinnedMeshRenderer>();

            int y = 0;
            for (int f = 0; f < animationInfo.frames; f++)
            {
                animationClip.SampleAnimation(inst, (animationClip.length / animationInfo.frames) * f);

                Mesh sampledMesh = new Mesh();
                skinnedMeshRenderer.BakeMesh(sampledMesh);
                sampledMesh.RecalculateBounds();

                int x = 0;
                for (int v = 0; v < sampledMesh.vertices.Length; v++)
                {
                    Vector3 vert = sampledMesh.vertices[v];
                    Vector3 normal = sampledMesh.normals[v];

                    positionMap.SetPixel(x, y,
                            new Color(vert.x, vert.y, vert.z,
                            VectorUtils.Float3ToFloat(normal))
                        );

                    x++;
                    if (x >= animationInfo.textureWidth)
                    {
                        x = 0;
                        y++;
                    }
                }
                y += animationInfo.frameSpacing;
            }

            GameObject.DestroyImmediate(inst);

            positionMap.name = string.Format("VA_N-{0}_F-{1}_MF-{2}", animationClip.name, animationInfo.frames, animationInfo.maxFrames);
            positionMap.filterMode = FilterMode.Point;
            // TODO: Make no longer readable.
            positionMap.Apply(false, false);

            return positionMap;
        }

        public static Vector2[] BakePositionUVs(this Mesh mesh, AnimationInfo animationInfo)
        {
            Vector2[] uv3 = new Vector2[mesh.vertices.Length];

            float xOffset = 1.0f / animationInfo.textureWidth;
            float yOffset = 1.0f / animationInfo.textureHeight;

            float x = xOffset / 2.0f;
            float y = yOffset / 2.0f;

            for (int v = 0; v < mesh.vertices.Length; v++)
            {
                uv3[v] = new Vector2(x, y);

                x += xOffset;
                if (x >= 1.0f)
                {
                    x = xOffset / 2.0f;
                    y += yOffset;
                }
            }

            mesh.uv3 = uv3;

            return uv3;
        }
    }
}