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Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

fabiodimperio — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:27:24 GMT

Hi everybody!

I tried the script in "Script Editor":

isPlaying = False

isPausing = False

def myPlayToggle():

global isPlaying

global isPausing

if not isPlaying:

playCAnimation("Insieme")

isPlaying = True

else:

isPausing = not isPausing

pauseCAnimation("Insieme", isPausing)

Once I do double click on the Variant is not running.

And the promp write the message:

File "<string>", line 1, in <module>

NameError: name 'myPlayToggle' is not defined

Can someone help me?

I attach the sample file.

Thank you

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

__daniel.lincoln__ — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:25:49 GMT

Hi, it looks like your script lost the original indentations from the example.

Just add the indentations back and it seems to work.

isPlaying = False isPausing = False def myPlayToggle(): global isPlaying global isPausing if not isPlaying: playCAnimation("insieme") isPlaying = True else: isPausing = not isPausing pauseCAnimation("insieme", isPausing)

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

fabiodimperio — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:49:10 GMT

I don't know if I am doing something wrong.. But it is not working yet

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

__daniel.lincoln__ — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:03:30 GMT

Did you press the 'Run' button in the Script Editor after adding the indentations?

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

fabiodimperio — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:42:13 GMT

Yes. But nothing happens

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

__daniel.lincoln__ — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:54:31 GMT

It may work better after restarting VRED.

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

fabiodimperio — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:48:27 GMT

Maybe is the vred version. I am using 2022.2. Do you think should be this? I tried to restart vred. Sometimes work. most of the times doesn't. 😞

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

__daniel.lincoln__ — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 17:14:31 GMT

It is working for me in 2022.2. Are you clicking in the render window to give it focus and then pressing the Hotkey?

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

Christian_Garimberti — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:33:31 GMT

Hi Fabio, do you still have error, red lines, in the terminal after pushing the Run button on the script editor or after executing the variatset?

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

fabiodimperio — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 07:22:16 GMT

Yes I do. But nothing changes

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

fabiodimperio — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 07:23:32 GMT

@Christian_Garimberti No errors yet. But doesn't work

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

fabiodimperio — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 07:34:01 GMT

(view in My Videos)

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

fabiodimperio — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 07:35:50 GMT

Video Sample

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

Christian_Garimberti — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 08:29:43 GMT

Could you share again your vpb file so we can test on it?

Best

Chris

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

fabiodimperio — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:41:04 GMT

sure!

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

Christian_Garimberti — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:05:30 GMT

You have to put somewhere a resetCAnimation('ClipName').

If not, when the animation is ended, it plays no more.

To be sure all your animation are ready after loading the file, put it on the script editor.

If you want to reset while using, create a variantset

Best

Chris

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

fabiodimperio — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 09:15:53 GMT

Thank you Chris! 😄 Now it works! One last question. I tried a variant set to stop the animation. It could be useful for me.

As you can see in the video, when I press play and pause it works properly, but if I try to stop the animation (reset), play doesn't work. I have to run again the script.

Is there a way to avoid running again the script after stopping the animation?

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

fabiodimperio — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 09:16:55 GMT

(view in My Videos)

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

Christian_Garimberti — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:53:14 GMT

Stop does not exists, the pause is the same thing and it is enough.

probably, when you execute the reset, you have to reset also your variables isPlaying and isPausing accordingly.

So when you write

resetCAnimation('ClipName')

add also

isPlaying = False

isPausing = False

Best

Chris

Re: Play pause animation with a single variant (Setting a single hotkey) usign python

fabiodimperio — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 12:02:58 GMT

You mean in the var set or in the script editor?