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

[fabiodimperio]

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

 

[__daniel.lincoln__]

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)

[fabiodimperio]

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

[__daniel.lincoln__]

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

[fabiodimperio]

Yes. But nothing happens

[__daniel.lincoln__]

It may work better after restarting VRED.

[fabiodimperio]

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. 😞

[__daniel.lincoln__]

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

[Christian_Garimberti]

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?

[fabiodimperio]

Yes I do. But nothing changes

[fabiodimperio]

@Christian_Garimberti No errors yet. But doesn't work

[fabiodimperio]

Video Sample

[Christian_Garimberti]

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

Best

Chris

[fabiodimperio]

sure!

[Christian_Garimberti]

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

[fabiodimperio]

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?

[Christian_Garimberti]

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

[fabiodimperio]

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