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Simple Animation

by Howard Dortch · in Torque Game Engine · 06/24/2009 (12:47 pm) · 2 replies

I have a dts object and all I want to do is raise and lower an antenna. I created the model, tied the antenna object to a node and animated it, 30 frames and 30 fps. All is well, I put it in game and call radio.PlayThread(0,"raise") and the antenna goes up just fine. Now I want to lower it so I assumed I can just call radio.setThreadDir(0,false) then call radio.PlayThread(0,"raise") and it will lower the antenna. It wont work properly. I also tried radio.stopThread(0) but the antenna just goes back to the frame 0 position or lowered instantly. Should I make another animation called "lower" or can I just get away with setting directions?
Anyone help ?
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Torque Owner Ivan Mandzhukov
Liman3D
#1
06/24/2009 (2:05 pm)
I've seen setThreadDir() to be very strange when it is combined with resources,which one control the time scale.
Also check your animation. Is it cyclic ?

Torque Owner Infinitum3D
#2
06/25/2009 (9:14 am)
Tom Feni did a Door Resource that is similar to what you want. The door animation only opens, but the script reverses it (I think).

Something like...

if (!%door.open)   
    {   
        %door.open=true;   
        %door.setthreaddir(0,"true");   
        %door.playthread(0,"open");   
    }
else
   {
        %door.setthreaddir(0,"false");   
        %door.open=false; 
   }

Door Resource