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+/*
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+ */
+package jme3test.model.anim;
+
+import com.jme3.animation.*;
+import com.jme3.app.SimpleApplication;
+import com.jme3.font.BitmapText;
+import com.jme3.input.KeyInput;
+import com.jme3.input.controls.ActionListener;
+import com.jme3.input.controls.KeyTrigger;
+import com.jme3.light.DirectionalLight;
+import com.jme3.math.ColorRGBA;
+import com.jme3.math.Quaternion;
+import com.jme3.math.Vector3f;
+import com.jme3.scene.Spatial;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class TestHWSkinning extends SimpleApplication implements ActionListener{
+
+    private AnimChannel channel;
+    private AnimControl control;
+    private String[] animNames = {"Dodge", "Walk", "pull", "push"};
+    private final static int SIZE = 10;
+    private boolean hwSkinningEnable = true;
+    private List<SkeletonControl> skControls = new ArrayList<SkeletonControl>();
+    private BitmapText hwsText;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        TestHWSkinning app = new TestHWSkinning();
+        app.start();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void simpleInitApp() {
+        flyCam.setMoveSpeed(10f);
+        cam.setLocation(new Vector3f(3.8664846f, 6.2704787f, 9.664585f));
+        cam.setRotation(new Quaternion(-0.054774776f, 0.94064945f, -0.27974048f, -0.18418397f));
+        makeHudText();
+ 
+        DirectionalLight dl = new DirectionalLight();
+        dl.setDirection(new Vector3f(-0.1f, -0.7f, -1).normalizeLocal());
+        dl.setColor(new ColorRGBA(1f, 1f, 1f, 1.0f));
+        rootNode.addLight(dl);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++) {
+            for (int j = 0; j < SIZE; j++) {
+                Spatial model = (Spatial) assetManager.loadModel("Models/Oto/Oto.mesh.xml");
+                model.setLocalScale(0.1f);
+                model.setLocalTranslation(i - SIZE / 2, 0, j - SIZE / 2);
+                control = model.getControl(AnimControl.class);
+
+                channel = control.createChannel();
+                channel.setAnim(animNames[(i + j) % 4]);
+                SkeletonControl skeletonControl = model.getControl(SkeletonControl.class);
+                skeletonControl.setHardwareSkinningPreferred(hwSkinningEnable);
+                skControls.add(skeletonControl);
+                rootNode.attachChild(model);
+            }
+        }
+
+        inputManager.addListener(this, "toggleHWS");
+        inputManager.addMapping("toggleHWS", new KeyTrigger(KeyInput.KEY_SPACE));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onAction(String name, boolean isPressed, float tpf) {
+        if(isPressed && name.equals("toggleHWS")){
+            hwSkinningEnable = !hwSkinningEnable;
+            for (SkeletonControl control : skControls) {
+                control.setHardwareSkinningPreferred(hwSkinningEnable);
+                hwsText.setText("HWS : "+ hwSkinningEnable);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void makeHudText() {
+        guiFont = assetManager.loadFont("Interface/Fonts/Default.fnt");
+        hwsText = new BitmapText(guiFont, false);
+        hwsText.setSize(guiFont.getCharSet().getRenderedSize());
+        hwsText.setText("HWS : "+ hwSkinningEnable);
+        hwsText.setLocalTranslation(0, cam.getHeight(), 0);
+        guiNode.attachChild(hwsText);
+    }
+}