I'm going to be making some models soon that will have an animation that I need to loop, for example a hanging sign that swings back and forth.

To have it loop will I need to script it in the LUA? Or is it set in the FPE? And how do would I do it?

Also, before I start wasting my time creating the model, in Blender you can create a mode so that parts of it move when the model is moved, for example if you make a car model you can fix the wheels so that when placed in a game engine if you move the model forward the wheels automatically turn with no actual animation frames etc. Will these types of models work in GameGuru? ie if I was to make a car this way could I place it in GG and move it around using the move entity lua commands and would the wheels turn?

As far as I know you can use the LoopAnimation command in lua after setting the frames you would like to loop e.g



as far as your other question goes, I'm no modeler so I can't give you an answer on that

for the first 1 it depends how you want the animation to play, if it's a constant loop (like a tree blowing in the wind) you can simply set playanimineditor = 1 in the .fpe to make is loop through the animation endlessly and then you dont need any script, if you want more control or more than 1 animation you will need to script it.

i would suggest doing a quick test for the 2nd question, maybe a simple box with some wheels?

Thanks SG, exactly the answer I was hoping for, all of the models I have planned are animated with simple animations that I want to loop as background fluff so if what you say works then that's perfect. I didn't realise that playanimineditor = 1 would make it animate all the time, I thought it was only in the editor/test modes.

As to the second one, I didn't really want to try it myself because it is a lot of work to set up even for a basic model like your suggestion, I was hoping someone would know, but i'll give it a try over the weekend.

Yes, let the engine do the animating. No script required for this kind of animation.

Hi Guys

Just wanted to ask, if it is possible to run animations in reverse?

i.e. instead of say:
SetAnimationFrames(1, 100)
can you say:
SetAnimationFrames(100,1)

I thought I'd read it somewhere that it was, but it doesn't seem to work for me!
It would make life so much easier...

Thanks to anyone who can help.

I think this was a function that Lee was going to add, in a future update. I do recall hearing him mention it. But it is not in the global.lua file yet.

Greetings Pirate Myke

Thanks so much for your swift response and clarification of the situation.
I am most obliged, stops me banging my head against that proverbial brick wall.

I will now look forward to it being introduced.

Thanks again

BadGibbon

https://forum.game-guru.com/thread/212794?page=2#msg2534397

Here's the post about this topic

Thank you.

Cheers perelect.