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Looping animations
Joe Hannibal
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Join date: 22 Apr 2004
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06-24-2004 10:09
is there a way to loop your animation? so it doesnt just do it once and stop
Tiger Crossing
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Join date: 18 Aug 2003
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06-24-2004 11:08
That's one of the options when you upload a bvh file, to choose the loop's in and out points in an animation.

After that, as far as I can tell, you'll need two gestures: one to start and loop, and one to stop.
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Eddy Stryker
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Join date: 6 Jun 2004
Posts: 353
06-24-2004 11:56
Only problem is that LL decided to use percentages for the looping points instead of frame numbers. So if you want to loop from from 93 to 147 of a 253 frame clip, 93/253 to 147/253 = approximately 37% to 58%, but you'll have to play with it. Note that there are frames after the end looping point that will be played; you could have a 30 second animation that loops from 0% to 0% (aka the first frame) and once it's stopped the animation actually plays out for 30 seconds.
Ulrika Zugzwang
Magnanimous in Victory
Join date: 10 Jun 2004
Posts: 6,382
Animation Properties
06-24-2004 12:22
Properties of animations, such as whether and where to loop and priority are set during the preview and can not be modified after upload.

I would like to see these properties modifiable after upload. Because priorities are hidden, it's difficult to know what to set an incoming animation's priority at to get it to behave correctly with existing ones. Additionally, it would add value to open animations by allowing users to customize and combine them.

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Sensual Casanova
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Join date: 28 Feb 2004
Posts: 4,807
06-24-2004 12:29
I would just be happy if they default no mod, no copy... what is up with that anyways?
Braddie Pendragon
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06-24-2004 21:34
I've been making mine mod/copy but no transfer.. I've been told by a few people that these perms let people add them into gestures with no issues. I have yet tro try it out msyelf though.
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spin54 Millhouse
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Join date: 1 Jun 2004
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06-28-2004 20:24
i'm having the opposite problem, looping is fine, but how do you make it play once and then freeze the last frame?

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Ulrika Zugzwang
Magnanimous in Victory
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06-28-2004 21:25
You turn looping on and set the start frame to 100% and the finish frame to 100%. That way it plays the animation once and loops on the last frame forever.

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spin54 Millhouse
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06-28-2004 21:48
THANKS SO MUCH, I might add for anyone else having the problem, that make sure Ease Out is set to 0.

thans again.

spin54
Damien Fate
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06-29-2004 04:24
The looping of animations using a % value is the reason I have made a shortcut to calculator on my desktop ^_^
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Sensual Casanova
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06-29-2004 05:18
From: someone
Originally posted by Damien Fate
The looping of animations using a % value is the reason I have made a shortcut to calculator on my desktop ^_^


I hiave never changed that, and I dont quite understand what it does...
Johan Durant
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08-09-2006 08:10
From: Ulrika Zugzwang
You turn looping on and set the start frame to 100% and the finish frame to 100%. That way it plays the animation once and loops on the last frame forever.

~Ulrika54~

Great tip. Thanks!