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Cipher(Posted 2008) [#1]
Hello, I just got into blitz3d and I have a .3ds file. It loads just fine, and does the animation loop only once, even though I have it set to loop. So I'm a bit confused as to what is going on here. Here is my code:



Edit: Obviously this is just very basic code loading and positioning a 3D mesh and running the animation sequence in a loop. That's about all I'm trying to accomplish with this code sample.


scribbla(Posted 2008) [#2]
see if changing the transition works
try setting the transition to 0
the transition is between animations like walk to run not for looping i think

Animate entity[,mode][,speed#][,sequence][,transition#]

Animate man (1 , 0.1 , 0 , 0)


Cipher(Posted 2008) [#3]
Ok well I changed the code to the following and it does load the mesh and animate it in a loop:



But now I'm trying to figure out how to start the animation when I press a key and to have it stop when I release the key and I'm having problems figuring that one out.

I tried adding:


If KeyDown(31)
		
	Walking_Anim()	
	
EndIf


But that didn't do anything. It won't animate at all. What I was trying to do was make it so that when you press the S key (which corresponds to the WASD movement set up) it would start animating.

If I change the code to:


If KeyDown(31) = False
		
	Walking_Anim()	
	
EndIf


Then it animates in a continous loop. But if I press the S key, it doesn't stop anything. Any ideas?


Ross C(Posted 2008) [#4]
That won't work, because when your holding down the key, your telling it to animate everyframe, so it's starting from the first frame all the time.

You need a flag of some sort, or:


If keydown(31) then
   If AnimSeq(entity) <> 2 then
      Walking_Anim()
   End if
Else
   Standing_Anim() ; or whatever you want to do when not animating
End If


That should sort you out. Your checking to see if the entity is animating sequence 2 (your walking animation sequence). If it isn't, then your telling it to animate. If the key isn't being held down, your telling it to animate the standing animation (or just tell it to stop if you don't have a standing animation).


Mortiis(Posted 2008) [#5]
If KeyDown(31)
    sequence = 2

else
    sequence = 1
endif


select sequence
    case 1 ; IDLE
        If AnimSeq(entity) <> sequence
            Animate entity, 1, .2, sequence, 10
    case 2 ; RUN
        If AnimSeq(entity) <> sequence
            Animate entity, 1, .2, sequence, 10
    ;case 3
    ;case 4
    ;case 5
    ;AND SO ON
    ;ADD AS MANY AS YOU WANT
end select



Ross C(Posted 2008) [#6]
That would be a better solution :o) That's whats good about these boards.


Cipher(Posted 2008) [#7]
Well I got it to work! Thanks guys! :)

I used a combination of select case and a flag. Here is what I did:



This code properly displays the idle animation when the key isn't being held and properly loops the animation when the key is held down! Yay!