# Improvements to creatures and items from resource.xml (weapon reloading, automatic pool...), updated resource\_animations and fps\_game examples

**URL:** https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/improvements-to-creatures-and-items-from-resource-xml-weapon-reloading-automatic-pool-updated-resource-animations-and-fps-game-examples/238
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**Created:** [October 20, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/improvements-to-creatures-and-items-from-resource-xml-weapon-reloading-automatic-pool-updated-resource-animations-and-fps-game-examples/238 "2020-10-20T18:17:12Z")
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### Author: ![michalis](https://forum.castle-engine.io/user_avatar/forum.castle-engine.io/michalis/32/3_2.png) [@michalis](https://forum.castle-engine.io/u/michalis)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/improvements-to-creatures-and-items-from-resource-xml-weapon-reloading-automatic-pool-updated-resource-animations-and-fps-game-examples/238/1 "2020-10-20T18:17:12Z")

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A number of improvements and fixes to [creatures and items defined by resource.xml](https://castle-engine.io/creating_data_resources.php) were done. Also, our example [animations/resource\_animations](https://github.com/castle-engine/castle-engine/tree/master/examples/animations/resource_animations) was completely redone, and example [fps\_game](https://github.com/castle-engine/castle-engine/tree/master/examples/fps_game) now has a proper gun for shooting 🙂

1. Weapons defined by CastleItems support reloading, with reload animation, ammo capacity and currently loaded ammo. Demo in [fps\_game](https://github.com/castle-engine/castle-engine/tree/master/examples/fps_game) .

2. Auto-determine [pool](https://castle-engine.io/apidoc-unstable/html/CastleResources.T3DResource.html#Pool) of animations. For animations not defined by castle-anim-frames/MD3, using pool is most advised, to get performance and animation blending. 

3. Introduced [orientation=”..”](https://castle-engine.io/apidoc-unstable/html/CastleResources.T3DResource.html#Orientation) to [resource.xml options](https://castle-engine.io/creating_data_resources.php). Allows to mix models in glTF, castle-anim-frames and any other formats easily within one project.

4. resource\_animations example is now:

5. The ShootingEye from [fps\_game](https://github.com/castle-engine/castle-engine/tree/master/examples/fps_game) with no/poor animations is replaced with a pretty [plasma gun from OpenGameArt](https://opengameart.org/content/plasma-gun). The model has been retouched by Michalis and exports nicely to glTF.

6. Deprecated using different URLs for different animations. See [how to define animations in resource.xml](https://castle-engine.io/creating_data_resources.php). Different file per animation doesn’t match the advised usage (one glTF file with all animations), is not efficient (the same file will be switched back-and-forth to show various animation states, if reused by multiple creatures) and makes animation blending impossible.

7. Fixed blinking of animation from castle-anim-frames when defined in resource.xml

8. Fixed changing bounding sphere radius for resources loaded from resource.xml