[Solved] Looping Through An Animation Once

[Shard]

For our reloading animation, I need it to reload once per call, which means that it needs to play from its start frame of 0 to its end frame of 100 and then stop until the reload animation is called again.

 

So far, I haven't managed to figure out how to properly do the reload animation so that it starts and stops at the correct times.

 

The code I have below usually stops the animation at the right time, but sometimes it does it three or four times over before it stops. The animation also generally starts in the middle, around 30 or 40 and sometimes near the end like 95.

 

//Animation Code - Reloading Case

case reload:
	aniStart = weapon->reloadStart;
	aniEnd = weapon->reloadEnd;

	//DOF
	frameWork->GetRenderer().SetFarDOFRange(Vec2(0,50));
	frameWork->GetRenderer().SetFarDOFStrength(200);
	frameWork->GetRenderer().SetFarDOF( true );

	frame=AppTime()/30.0;

	frame=fmodf(frame,aniEnd-aniStart)+aniStart; 

	if(frame <= aniEnd-1)	
	{
		(bodyMesh,frame,1.0,0,true);
	}

              else wepState = idleUp;
              break;
}

[ArBuZ]

Hi Shard!

I think that in case of none loop animation you should calculate frame the other way:

 

frame=StartFrame
switch(state){

case reload:

frame+=ANIM_SPEED*Engine::GetSpeed();
Animate();
if (frame>=EndFrame)
state=anotherState;
break;

}

[Shard]

Hi Shard!

I think that in case of none loop animation you should calculate frame the other way:

 

frame=StartFrame
switch(state){

case reload:

frame+=ANIM_SPEED*Engine::GetSpeed();
Animate();
if (frame>=EndFrame)
state=anotherState;
break;

}

 

 

What is ANIM_SPEED?

And is GetSpeed the same as AppSpeed()?

[ArBuZ]

What is ANIM_SPEED?

Its a constant. any number you wish.

 

And is GetSpeed the same as AppSpeed()?

Yep.

[ArBuZ]

one more way to calculate frame is calculate it based on animation speed in fps. For example you have animation that is made as 30 fps animation. Then frame will be:

 

frame+=30*(Engine::GetTime()-prevAnimTime)/1000.0;
Animate(frame);
prevAnimTime=Engine::GetTime();

 

Then your animation will always be played 30 frames per second.

[Shard]

one more way to calculate frame is calculate it based on animation speed in fps. For example you have animation that is made as 30 fps animation. Then frame will be:

 

frame+=30*(Engine::GetTime()-prevAnimTime)/1000.0;
Animate(frame);
prevAnimTime=Engine::GetTime();

 

Then your animation will always be played 30 frames per second.

 

 

Thank you very much. Your suggestions worked marvelously.