Can I display my animation from the middle?

[hhwolf]

I am doing a 2-min animation. When I finished a half, I found I have to watch 1 min animation for checking only one movement. Can I just display the movement I want to check? Thanks!

[DickBaldwin]

I am doing a 2-min animation. When I finished a half, I found I have to watch 1 min animation for checking only one movement. Can I just display the movement I want to check? Thanks!

You may be able to temporarily disable some of the early code so that it won't be executed, but that can be tricky, particularly if that code is required to get everything in position for the movement that you want to watch.

Another alternative is to manually use the speed slider at the top of the play window to run through the early portions of the code very rapidly and then slow down to normal for the part that you want to watch. This may be your best bet.

I also have a vague recollection that there is something over in the properties area that makes it possible to speed up portions of the program, but I can't remember what it is, and I can't locate it now. Maybe someone else knows what this is and can tell you.

By the way, there is at least one other alternative but it can be a pain. You can cause all of the actions up to the one that you want to watch to execute with a duration of zero. The problem with this is that it may require you to modify a lot of code to produce that effect, and then modify that code again to get back to the correct code.

Dick Baldwin
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[Lprsti99]

I also have a vague recollection that there is something over in the properties area that makes it possible to speed up portions of the program, but I can't remember what it is, and I can't locate it now. Maybe someone else knows what this is and can tell you.


Select the world, got to properties, scroll to the bottom of the tab, expand "Seldom Used Properties." The only property is "Speed Multiplier." 1 is the default speed. Drag the tile in to the beginning of your code, set it to like 20 or something high. Then, drag it into the part that you need to see, and set it back to 1.

[DickBaldwin]

Select the world, got to properties, scroll to the bottom of the tab, expand "Seldom Used Properties." The only property is "Speed Multiplier." 1 is the default speed. Drag the tile in to the beginning of your code, set it to like 20 or something high. Then, drag it into the part that you need to see, and set it back to 1.

Thanks. That is probably the cleanest and least labor intensive way to do what the original poster wants to do.

Dick Baldwin
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