Latest revision as of 16:55, 24 September 2021

Path objects allow you to create a path to be used for animating the position of an object.

Creating a path object

In version 0.3.48 path objects are experimental but they can be used. The process of creating a new path object is still somewhat convoluted:

Select a path object
Click the last point in the list
Press the Enter key
Press the Insert key (space key on Mac OS X) to create a new point after the last point in the list

The animation can be applied to an object using the path command, for example:

activate path MyPath1 [resetafter=] [name=] [global]

For the object to follow the path correctly the object's position must be the same as the path's origin point.

Resetafter: Resets the object to the beginning of the path after a period of time, in seconds. This can interrupt a path in progress.
Default: Not applied
Name: The name of the object(s) to initiate the command on (see Name for more information)
Default: Current object only
Global: If set, this will cause a trigger (e.g. activate, adone) to initiate this command for all users have the object in view. Otherwise, the command will be initiated only for the user who activates the trigger
Default: Not set

Object Scripting
Triggers:	Activate • Adone • Bump • Bumpend • Create
Commands:	Animate • Animation • Ambient • Camera • Color • Diffuse • Frame • Framerate • Group • Light • Move • Name • Noise • Normalmap • Opacity • Path • Picture • Rotate • Say • Shear • Scale • Sign • Solid • Sound • Specular • Specularmap • Teleport • Teleportx • Teleportxyz • Texture • Url • Visible • Web

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 # Press the button labeled ''>''
 # Press the insert key (space key on Mac OS X) to create the first point
+= Adding existing points onto path objects =
+# Select a path object
+# Click the last point in the list
+# Press the Enter key
+# Press the Insert key (space key on Mac OS X) to create a new point after the last point in the list
 = Applying the path to an object =
 The animation can be applied to an object using the [[path]] command, for example:
-  activate path MyPath1 resetafter=10
+  activate path MyPath1 [''resetafter=''] [''name=''] [''global'']
 For the object to follow the path correctly the object's position must be the same as the path's origin point.
+== Arguments ==
+; Resetafter : Resets the object to the beginning of the path after a period of time, in seconds. This can interrupt a path in progress.<br>'''Default:''' Not applied
+; Name : The name of the object(s) to initiate the command on (see [[Name]] for more information)<br>'''Default:''' Current object only
+; Global : If set, this will cause a trigger (e.g. activate, adone) to initiate this command for all users have the object in view. Otherwise, the command will be initiated only for the user who activates the trigger<br>'''Default:''' Not set
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