Graphics

I am looking for a way to run a second hand(resized cube) on a timer with the ClockTimer Widget in Timer mode. How would I make the hand rotate every second? Would I put the script in OnRender? I don't want a smooth motion. I want the "tick". I'm not using continuous motion because of the smooth thing and I need it to stop at 77 seconds. Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Never mind. I went with this method instead:

dim hand as xpBaseObject

dim clip as xpAnimController

dim i as integer

Self.GetAnimControllerByName("AnimController1", clip)

Self.GetObjectByName("Cube1",hand)

for i=0 to 77

clip.SetKeyFrameRotation(hand,i*59.94,0,0,i*4.675,5)

next

That sets a Z rotation keyframe every second and divides the 360 degree rotation by 77. The 5 at the end is to make the keyframes into Hold keyframes.

If there is a better way, please let me know.

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I tried a quick sample using an OnRender script and linking it to a widget set to 77 seconds and counting down.

https://rossvideo.centraldesktop.com/p/eAAAAAAAAQA4AAAAADBD8hg

You should be able to tweak this as required..

Also, instead of OnRender, you could put the script in the OnSetText event of a text object which you would then link to the widget (this would be more efficient than running the script in OnRender, but it's such a simple script it probably wouldn't make much difference).

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