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Under global events, when I create or launch an object(from another object), you are given two options:
1. Create/launch object from frame
2. Import object(from presumably the other levels)
However option 2 does not work unless a copy of the object exists on the frame I am trying to create/launch it. Which begs the question , what is the import for?
In regular events you can create or launch an object from another frame without needing a copy of it to exist on the event frame.
Have you tried setting the base frame?
>> In regular events you can create or launch an object from another frame without needing a copy of it to exist on the event frame.
Nope, wrong. When you add a Create object action for an object that doesn't exist in the frame, an invisible copy of the object is created in the frame (you can see the object in the frame's object list). The object must exist in the frame before you can create it. Just add a copy of the object and unselect its "Create at start" property if you don't want it to be created when the frame starts.
The Import tab just displays the list of object names used in the application and not yet used in the global events. When you build the app, the global events are added to the frame events and the events that refer to objects that aren't in the frame are removed.
So its impossible to create object A from frame 1 into frame 2, frame 3, frame 4, ...frame 100, without having to add it to each frame?. I know about the create at start. I just dont want to paste the object/s for every frame I create.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yves
Yes. No luckQuote:
Originally Posted by elvisish
Yes, the object must exist in the frame.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scynscyn
To clarify - if my Active Object is set as a Global Object, and I have an event in the Global Event Editor to create it somewhere, this event will not work unless that Active Object is added to the frame currently being run? This is one of the last remaining "pain points" that exists in Fusion 2.5...
Yeah...considering I paid for the developer version + recent dlc+, I thought such needed functionality would already exist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Progject
Can this be added at some point?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yves
I don't know at all, it doesn't seem easy to do at first glance, it's not at all how Fusion works. And this would be a possible source of issues if you have different objects with the same name in several frames.
For me, the easy workaround is to have a Never event with Create all the objects I need, and this event I copy to the frames I need.
I tried this but the problem with this is, if you modify the object from the master level, it breaks the event.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blizna
For example
Lets say your level 1 has the objects you want for all the other levels
Copying the never event will work unless you decide to change or modify objects on the master level later on.
Yea I tested it
So
Create two frames. Frame 1 is base frame with active object 1
Frame 2 has a never create event for active object 1 from Frame 1
So, you can place active object 1 in frame 2 and any frame the never event is then copied to. But, lets say I decide to add a alterable value to Active object 1. It wont carry over to the other frames OR the never create event(which has to be recreated each time you make a change to the base object)
Did you set Active object 1 to be a global object? To automatically have changes made to the object carry over to all the frames it is in you need to have it be a global object.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scynscyn
1. Create two frames like you said, and create Active object 1 in the first frame.
2. Set Active object 1 to be a global object.
3. In frame 1 create the event4. Copy Active object 1 and paste it into frame 2 (or any additional frame you want)Code:* Never
New Objects : Create Active at (#,#) layer #
5. Copy the Never Create event from frame 1 and paste it into the events of frame 2 (or any additional frame you want).
6. (If you want the object to remain physically present and visible within the frame, you can skip this step.) In frame 2, select the Active object 1 that you pasted in step 4 and delete it. It will no longer be physically present in the frame, but should still be listed in the frames list of objects as well as in the event editor for frame 2. In the event editor of frame 2, Active object 1 should still be listed in the Never Create event and NOT have a shortcut arrow in the corner of its image. As long as you do not delete this event from the events of frame 2, Active object 1 will technically be present in frame 2.
7. Go back to frame 1 and add some alterable values to the Active object 1 physically present in the frame.
8. Go to frame 2 and click on Active object 1 in the frames list of objects to view its properties (or if you did not delete it in step 6, simply select the object inside frame 2). You should see that it contains the new alterable values or other changes you made to it in frame 1.