Is there any trick you can use to make the objects of the same type have irregular or unsynced animations? I have trees in my map that "blow" in the wind. The problem is that all of them are basiclly the same object so when the level starts they all "blow" in the same rytmic fashion. I would like a bit of varity in the syncing of that animation between the trees.. any tips?
Im assuming you could use some programming to make the trees animations go off at different times.
How this work, I am not sure sadly.
You could try forcing the object to a random frame number at the start of the frame. It should randomize a different value to each object. I think you need to also set the objects to resume animation after that, or they'll pause the animation to the set frame.
* Start of Frame
->Force Animation frame of Object to Random(#)
->Object: Resume animation
(Or something like that. I forget the exact commands.)
# is the total number of frames for the animation, so if you have an animation with 10 frames, you'd use 'Random(10)' in the expression editor.
You could also try setting a random animation speed with the same method, if you want the speed to vary too. For instance, if the default speed is 20, and you'd like it to vary by 10 to either direction, you could do 'Random(20)+11', which would result in a random value between 10 and 30.
Maybe even a bit of both solutions?
That sounds interesting, but can you be more specific of the commands? I cant find any Force Animation frame or the like :/Originally Posted by HitmanN
Now i found the fore animation but not the "resume animation" :/
I don't think you need to "resume animation"...
Also, when using force frame to: _, the frames start at 0, not 1. So if you had 10 frames in an animation, you would set it to random(9). I think.
I tend to set random speeds when I want to offset duplicate object anims. For trees this would work well as you can set a speed change every second or so which will change the speed of all trees differently (obviously there's a chance some will set to the same speed). It'll randomise the motion somewhat like gusts of wind - of course this depends on how the trees are animated too.
Another thing to consider is create two or more sets of animations with different numbers of frames. Randomly choosing a different animation once one is over gives you more variations again.
Sorry, it was probably just 'Start animation' then.
Perhaps. I can't remember for sure. Just that my head says that when you force a frame, you effectively command it to be a specific frame, without further instructions. I could be wrong though.
'Random'-generated values start at 0, so Random(10) generates a value between 0-9, not 1-10. And yes, animation frames are also 0-based, so first frame is frame numbered 0. So if you have ten frames, the frames are 0-9. 'Random(10)' would provide the exact range of possible options, 0-9.
I tried your idea and it worked fine! Some more "problems" arise as usuall though
I put in "Every 5 sec: Change Speed to "Random(4)" So i guess it picks a speed up to 4. The problem is that they seem to be able to chose speed 0 also, witch makes some of the trees stand completly still.
How do i pick a random from a number to a number?
That could also be usefull if i want some level with more wind, then i could have the range of random between 5-10 for example.
For a random number between 5 and 10 you do:
Random(10-5) + 5 (excluding 10)
or
Random(10-5+1) + 5 (including 10)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote