Topic: Changing animation speed while animating [SOLVED]

[Elessar]

Is it possible to change the speed of an animation while that animation is running? Given the circumstances, I can't change it by altering the game's speed.  It seems like there should be a really simple answer, but I can't find one.

[BOYD1981]

one workaround i can think of is to clone the animation using different views and different frame delays and just have the character (or object) switch it's view to one of the faster animations.

[Elessar]

I don't think that will help. Right now, I can start the animation over with a new speed, but doing so starts from the first frame, and thus is jerky. The same would happen if I switched to an identical but faster animation. I would like to be able to speed up the animation without a noticeable change in frames.

[miguel]

In V2.72, in the view pane, there's a clickbox you can check that allows the animation to continue to the next loop. There is no delay doing that and it can work for you if you structure your views acording and in advance.
I don't know about V3.0 because I haven't use it yet.
Hope it helps

[TwinMoon]

It seems like there should be a really simple answer, but I can't find one.

There isn't a simple answer


You could check if it's in the right place by using object[n].Frame. If you change the view when the animation is on the last frame is shouldn't be jerky.

[Elessar]

It seems like there should be a really simple answer, but I can't find one.

There isn't a simple answer


You could check if it's in the right place by using object[n].Frame. If you change the view when the animation is on the last frame is shouldn't be jerky.

That's fairly simple in my opinion. I'll give it a shot.

[TwinMoon]

Well, not really really simple. I don't know how experienced a programmer you are. The title says its solved?

[Elessar]

Well, not really really simple. I don't know how experienced a programmer you are.

Well, I'm taking a comp. sci. degree, so I'm fairly experinced at programming, just not AGS.

The title says its solved?

Yes, that solved the problem. I did a simple while loop that didn't exit until the animation reached the first frame of the first loop.

[code]
object[1].Animate(0, 7, eRepeat, eNoBlock);
...
//more code
...
while ((object[1].Frame != 0) && (object[1].Loop != 0)){
   Wait(1);
}
object[1].Animate(0, 6, eRepeat, eNoBlock );
[/code]

I could probably increase the amount of time the game waits in each loop, but the instance is near the end of a rather long cutscene, and I don't like having to wait through it each time.

[TwinMoon]

Great it's solved! And I helped a better programmer; that'll boost my ego

P.S.:

I could probably increase the amount of time the game waits in each loop, but the instance is near the end of a rather long cutscene, and I don't like having to wait through it each time.

May I introduce you to one of the greatest of all commands: StartCutscene!

[Elessar]

P.S.:

I could probably increase the amount of time the game waits in each loop, but the instance is near the end of a rather long cutscene, and I don't like having to wait through it each time.

May I introduce you to one of the greatest of all commands: StartCutscene!

I was thinking that StartCutscene() wouldn't help, as it's already inside a cutscene, which is coordinated to the music of a long track. But as I can use SeekMP3PosMillis (int position), I think that might work. Thanks for the tip! 8)