An exciting new feature is coming!!!
Requires:
1 – New Anchor
2 – New SmartDancer Controller
3 – New Animesh scripts and notecards
(Also a few bug fixes). Like avatars (poseballsit) not stopping when they should
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I call it the WalkForm & PoseForm
SetWalkForm,(button-animation-name))
WalkForm can be set “on” or “off“.
When on, you can tell it which animation (often walking type) to use during formation transitioning.
What it does is automatically switch to your specified special animation during (at start of) formation transitions. This special animation will be set using a new SetWalkForm,animation-name command.
When the formation has completed, it automatically reverts back to the previous backing animation. AutoWalk automatically FREEZES the current animation running just prior to doing the formation so it can be reverted back. Also StartKillKeep is set to StartKeep. So if you need these values to be different after a formation transition, be sure to UNFREEZE and/or change StartKillKeep to StartKill after you are done with your AutoWalks (I might set them back at the end of the walkform)
Also…
there is a
SetPoseForm,(button-animation-name)
PoseForm,(on/off)
PoseForm, if on, executes right after the WalkForm. WalkForm must be on else PoseForm is ignored.
It is suggested to use the *animation entry to control the length of the PoseForm animation.
Example:
Pose1 | o | Stand1 | 3 | 0
This will do a 3 second pose after a walk. The walk plays thru the animation time (i.e. 9 seconds). Then the pose plays for 3 seconds. Then the backing (original animation plays) animation plays again.
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More excitement!!!
Formation Transitions
You can (always could) select which avatars/animeshes take part in a transition by using a fortunate serendipity feature of the JuneTarget. JuneTarget (i.e. JKLM) would say that only JKLM will participate in a formation-transition. (even though JuneTargets were meant to limit which dancers participates in a June, it also limits who participates in a formation)
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DEMO VIDEO ==>Walk/Pose Form
Commands in *sequence notecard
/* lineno, command, parm | elapsedtime or durationtime
ElapsedOrDuration,elapsed
0,TraceSequenceTimes,on | 0.1
1,Hide | 0.2
2,Dance,Riverdance | 0.3
3,Division,BABABABAB | 0.4
4,SendToDiv,B | 0.5
4,SetWalkForm,Walk1 | 2
5,SetPoseForm,Pose1 | 3
6,WalkForm,on | 4
7,PoseForm,on | 5
8,JuneTarget,altj| 6
9,FORMJR,GRIDLINE4 | 9
10,StopAll | 25
END