animate

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Description

Description:

Process a linear animation on an object. Such animations are only used in user-made addons, they can be defined in the addon's config.cpp.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

objectName animate [animationName, phase]

Parameters:

objectName: Object

[animationName, phase]: Array

animationName: String - name of the animation. This is the class-name of the animation defined in the addon's config.cpp.

phase: Number - range 0 (start point of the animation) to 1 (end point of the animation). The speed, in which the animation is processed, is defined in the addon's config.cpp and cannot be changed during running missions.

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

_building animate ["maindoor", 1]

Additional Information

See also:

animationPhase

Notes

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Notes

Posted on January 20, 2007

bdfy

Animated object have to be in sight of the player (or camera) for the animation to be actually performed. If the object is not seen, animationPhase will only return zero.

Posted on Aug 2007

Mikero

Animations can be used on existing game models such as houses that have doors eg. The general syntax is house animate ["dvere1",1] to 'open' the door and house animate ["dvere1",0] to 'close it'. Whether used on Oem addons, or official ones, an internal working knowledge (via config.cpp) of the model's animated name(s) is required. 'open' and 'close' are visual perceptions of the state of the model, and are a design decision of the p3d. Open does not, necessarily mean, 1, and close does not mean 0. '0' and '1' are better seen as FULLY_OFF and FULLY_ON If a door is initially closed in the model, FULLY_ON, will open it. If it is initialy OPEN visually, in the model, FULLY_ON will close it. initphase=1; (in config cpp) does not alter open and close meanings, all it does, is, set the model to the 'on' (rather than 'off') state to begin with. Whether on means open or close visually, is a p3d design decision.

Posted on June 2011

Tyger

Also, to animate the object called "Bar Gate" in ArmA, use the following:

myGate animate ["Bargate",1]

to close it, and

myGate animate ["Bargate", 0]

to open it.