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I'm desperately searching for an explanation of the functions in the image, as found in Visual Logic. The only thing I can get to work, is set the current frame of the Scene Director but it get stuck there forever. I want to either play a scene director if a text is 1 or skip to the last frame with logic, if some text is 0. I can skip to the last frame but I can't make the same logic start at 0. The key must be one of the other functions but I can't seem to make those work. Please help!

Hi gvane,

The actions do what they're named as. Events, I haven't quite worked out yet myself.

My suggestion would be to structure your scene directors a little differently. Make two scene directors, one with the first part that you want, and one with the last frame set up as you want. Tell the first one to trigger the second one at the end of it. Then in your visual logic, just call the appropriate scene directors based on what part you want. If at any point you wanted more than just that last frame (like a further animation), just change that second scene director. Of course, each scene director would need different animation controllers.

James.
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You speak in riddles.

Scene 1 triggers scene 2: how and why?

Call Scene Directors with Visual Logic: how and why?

Then I lose you completely.
I am probably too stupid for this.
Try moron speak. I find the XPression highly illogical.
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Please see this thread.

http://discussions.rossvideo.com/forum/default-forum-gc1/xpression-cg-and-graphics-system-gc12/10658-controlling-scene-director-with-visual-logic-in-xpression-prime
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Also check out Help->What's This->Visual Logic Editor for a glossary of the terms used in VL. So far, this is the best source for VL info I can find.
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MaiSanMia: I can't find "Help->What's This->Visual Logic Editor". I would be great to know where that is.

Redmile: I don't understand a thing of the example you tell me to look at.
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Hopefully this is what you want.

Under the Actions tab: pause (if a certain argument is true, then pause)example: if text = 3 then pause. The same sort of thing is true for Play. Resume means play again if you paused. Stop is obvious.

Under Events: OnPause If you have something above that says pause, then visual logic will do something, like change a material face. OnPlay, if the scene is playing, this can trigger another event. OnStop is pretty much the same as the two examples above.
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@gvane I think its actually Help->Contents->What's This->Visual Logic Editor
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I still don't have this in my 6.2 help although I have Visual Logic. Does any one else experience XPression Rage when you fire it up?
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@gvane what happens when you hit F1 to launch the help menu
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