--- deliantra/server/include/global.h	2008/12/26 10:36:42	1.74
+++ deliantra/server/include/global.h	2009/05/05 04:51:56	1.76
@@ -150,16 +150,12 @@
 EXTERN char errmsg[HUGE_BUF];
 EXTERN long ob_count;
 
-#define SET_ANIMATION(ob,newanim) ob->face = animations [ob->animation_id].faces [newanim]
-#define GET_ANIMATION(ob,anim) animations [ob->animation_id].faces [anim]
-#define GET_ANIM_ID(ob) (ob->animation_id)
-/* NUM_ANIMATIONS returns the number of animations allocated.  The last
- * usuable animation will be NUM_ANIMATIONS-1 (for example, if an object
- * has 8 animations, NUM_ANIMATIONS will return 8, but the values will
- * range from 0 through 7.
- */
-#define NUM_ANIMATIONS(ob) (animations[ob->animation_id].num_animations)
-#define NUM_FACINGS(ob) (animations[ob->animation_id].facings)
+extern dynbuf_text msg_dynbuf; // a dynbuf for text messages and other temporary data
+
+/* do not use these in new code, see object.h::animation */
+#define SET_ANIMATION(ob,frame) ob->set_anim_frame (frame)
+#define NUM_ANIMATIONS(ob) (ob)->anim_frames ()
+#define NUM_FACINGS(ob)    (ob)->anim_facings ()
 
 // used only by treasure.C, does not handle null arch ptrs
 #define IS_ARCH(arch,name) ((arch)->archname == shstr_ ## name)