Stop Animation

[Scud 0]

As in the radar dish thats spins continuously can I stop it mid animation then start it again.

Without using setobjtextures!

[orson 0]

Well i dont think Radar dishes etc can be stoped , they work by setting the amount of revolutions very high so that to the observer it rotates all the time.

*edit*allthough

To get it to stop i spose just set the number lower , or find out the name of the anim involved and set it to 0 in the editor . Then to restart set the anim to 1 .

please correct me if i am wrong folks

[Footmunch 0]

To stop it in the exact place where it is:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_object animate["animationname", (_object animationphase "animationname")]

To start it again:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_object animate["animationname", 0]

_object animate["animationname", 1]

[Scud 0]

Thanx Footmunch

[Scud 0]

Quote[/b] ]_object animate["animationname", (_object animationphase "animationname")]

Cant seem to get this to work.

Problem is I have animation wired to the engine of vehicle.

Engine starts, animation starts.

Engine stops the animation spins back until the origional start posi. instead of stopping where it is.

[edejl 0]

As another way, coudln't you just make the radar spin yourself? I mean set the axis in the centre and then it would spin on that axis as a radar dish does, and then keep it going until Stop Radar is selected on Action menu...see what I mean, thats just a quick thought though.

[Scud 0]

It's not a radar edejl, thats just to explain what type of animation I am inquizzing about.

This animation I need full control of thru the vehicle's engine its not a free spinning object.

I think setobjecttexture is looking the way, though I am sure it is quite possible to do what I want.

I hate spending too much time nutting out scripts (not my first pick for leisure time activities)

[Footmunch 0]

Scud - Is the selection that's being animated also a part

of vrtule (or any other anim)? If so, you can't 'get' the phase

of a built-in animation like that, sadly.

More details are required  

[Scud 0]

Prop on boat

Probably easy way

[Footmunch 0]

Have you tried adding a standard 'vrtule' to the model? If it's

defined in CfgModels, it may work along with the boat engine.

If not, then you'll probably have to do some spin-up/spin-down

scripting:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_boat = this select 0

_phase = _boat animationphase "prop"

_count =1

#SpinDown

_phase = _phase + (0.01 / _count)

_boat animate["prop", _phase]

_count = _count + 1

~.05

?(_count < 30) : goto "SpinDown"

exit

[Scud 0]

Will try both, thanx

Just figured 'vrtule' was plane class only.

bugger can't get vrtule to work