Graphics

Hi,

I'm about to write a script inside the scene that look like this.

if object 1 is visible, then reset a sceneDirector and play from the begining.

Please advise.

Assuming your object is named "Object_1" and the scene directory is named "SceneDirector1",
here is a sample code :

Dim myObj as xpBaseObject
Dim objSceneDir as xpSceneDirector

if Scene.GetObjectByName("Object_1", myObj) = True Then

' check if object is visible
if myObj.Visible = True Then

' Get scene director by his name
if Scene.GetSceneDirectorByName("SceneDirector1", objSceneDir) = True then

' Stop, reset position and play again
objSceneDir.Stop()
objSceneDir.position = 0
objSceneDir.Play()

' maybe you will need to put back visibility to False to avoid reset again at next render
myObj.Visible = False
end if

end if
End if


if you want to be notified only when the visibility has changed to "visible" , you can add a Event Marker object in your scene, and put the following script in the OnShow() event :
Dim objSceneDir as xpSceneDirector

' Get scene director by his name
if Scene.GetSceneDirectorByName("SceneDirector1", objSceneDir) = True then

' Stop, reset position and play again
objSceneDir.Stop()
objSceneDir.position = 0
objSceneDir.Play()
End if

If you have only one scene director in your scene you can use the default one (no need to search by name anymore) :

Scene.SceneDirector.Stop()
Scene.SceneDirector.position = 0
Scene.SceneDirector.Play()


Hope it helps,
Antoine
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You could also use the command scenedirector.playrange(0, scenedirector.duration)which will always play from the beginning until the end of the scene director.
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I usually recommend doing this before playing the scene director from a script:
objSceneDir.autostop=true
This makes sure when it gets to the end; it will stop updating the positions of objects to be wherever the last frame of the scene director has them.
If you don't do this and you then try playing a different scene director that controls the same object, you can end up with the two scene directors fighting over where the object should be positioned.
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Thank you guys. Those infos are very useful. It helps a lot, much appreciated.
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