VRED play-pause animation with a key

[hobbotuk]

Hi!

I would like to play/pause an animation clip (if it not possible, play/pause the timeline with a key its ok too)

I have try it  using Python (Vsets let me play animations clips, but I dont know how to plause from them) but in Python I need to know if the animation is playing (to make an "if" to play it or to pause the animation), and I dont know how to use isPlaying() command

So, any kind of solution (by python or any other way) its ok for me!

some ideas?

Thanks!

[ir]

This works for me:

def hvpDrive():
 playCAnimation("drive",0,340)

def hvpPause():
 pauseCAnimation("drive",True)
 vrLogWarning("Paused drive animation...")
 
def hvpCont():
 pauseCAnimation("drive",False)
 vrLogWarning("Executing drive animation...")

 
keyP = vrKey(Key_P)
keyP.connect(hvpPause)
keyC = vrKey(Key_C)
keyC.connect(hvpCont)

[Anonymous]

Hi,

after i press pause and want to continue the animation, it jumps back to the beginning of the animation and restarts from there.

Is ther a way to continue the animation from where it stoped at pushing pause ?

Thank you,

Andreas

[marcus_fritzen]

Hi,

actually it should resume from where it was paused.

/Marcus

[Anonymous]

Hello, 

Is possible to use only one key to Play/Pause the animation? 

Because I can't find nothing about the script code for this

[marcus_fritzen]

Sure, use only one function and remember the state with a boolean.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your reply!

I am new in this, so I don't understand so much.....

Please can you write the code???

If I want to play the animation should I write playCAnimation("name")

but if I want to pause/unpause the animation with only a key should I write isPlaying() ???

But what should I put into the parenthesis?

[marcus_fritzen]

Here is some untested Python code. Maybe it helps. Keep in mind that it doesn't check if the animation has finished playing.

isPlaying = False
isPausing = False

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

[Anonymous]

If I want to "click" instead to use a key to play or pause the animation......what could be the script for this?

For example, for the key is this : keyP = vrKey(Key_P)

But, for a "click" with the mouse, what can I do?

Thanks

[Christian_Garimberti]

Hi,
Create a variant set with the function myPlayToggle() in the script section.
Create a touchsensor on the geometry you want to use as "button"
Associate the script to the touchsensor.

Chris

[Anonymous]

thanks for your reply!

I was trying to use this script, but doesn't work........

isPlaying = False
isPausing = False

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

 maybe something is missing....

[Christian_Garimberti]

hi, in the script there is a an error...

after the else you have to put  :

isPlaying = False
isPausing = False

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

and, obviously, where you see "test" or "My Clip", you have to put the name of your clip

Chris

[Anonymous]

Good morning, 

Yes, I know that I have to put te name of my clip, and thanks for the else: 

but still doesn't work......

If I want to use only this script doesn't work, but, for example, if I put at the end :

keyP = vrKey(Key_P)

keyP.connect(myPlayToggle)

obviously works....but instead to use a key, I want to click with the mouse or use the Touch Sensor, so, what can I write here?????? 

Thanks!

[Christian_Garimberti]

write the myPlayToggle() in the script section of a variantset

then connect the variantset with a touchsensor

this should works

Chris

[marcus_fritzen]

Hi,

the script was only a hint how things could work and yes, there was a ":" missing behind "else".

Besides that, c.garimberti already wrote what you need to do. Create a VariantSet, put the myPlayToggle call into the script tab, create a touch sensor and attach the newly created VariantSet to it.

Cheers,

Marcus

[seiferp]

Attached a demo file

[Anonymous]

Thanks to all of you!!!!!!

It works! 

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I tried to copy what you did here, but my plane stops spinning after a single revolution. I tried to change it post infinity mode to loop, but that doesn't work.

Thanks
Rob

[Christian_Garimberti]

To run a clip on a infinite loop you have to put -1 on the cycle box in the clip panel.

Note: you can use the -1 only in recent release of Vred, but i don't remember in which version this feature it has been added.

Chris

[Anonymous]

Thank you!

Could you also tell me how to reverse the rotation in a second switch?
Regards

Rob