Player

class Communicator.Animation.Player()

Properties

`animation`	The animation played by this player
`loop`	The number of times the animation will repeat. Set to…
`nodeIdOffset`	A base offset value which will be applied to all node…
`onComplete`	Callback function to be called when the animation is…
`speed`	Scale value to be applied to animation time.
`LoopIndefinitely`	If loop is set to LoopIndefinitely, the animation will…

Methods

`evaluate()`
`getAnimationTime()`
`getCurrentTime()`
`getState()`
`pause()`
`play()`
`reload()`
`setChannelEnabled()`
`setTime()`
`stop()`

Properties

Communicator.Animation.Player.animation: The animation played by this player

Communicator.Animation.Player.loop: The number of times the animation will repeat. Set to LoopIndefinitely to repeat indefinitely. Default is 0

Communicator.Animation.Player.nodeIdOffset: A base offset value which will be applied to all node identifiers in the animation attached to this player. This is useful to play an authored animation for a model that has been loaded into the scene after initial startup. In this situation the authored node identifiers in the animation may not match up with the runtime node identifiers in the current scene. The Model.getNodeIdOffset function can be used on the loaded model’s root node to retrieve the correct offset value.

Communicator.Animation.Player.onComplete: Callback function to be called when the animation is complete. Will not be triggered if the player is looping.

Communicator.Animation.Player.speed: Scale value to be applied to animation time.

Communicator.Animation.Player.LoopIndefinitely: If loop is set to LoopIndefinitely, the animation will play repeatedly.

Methods

evaluate

Communicator.Animation.Player.evaluate(time, out)

Calculate the values for each channel of the associated Animation at the given time.

Arguments

time (number()) – The time at which to evaluate the animation.
out (Communicator.Animation.BatchedValues()) – Storage for the evaluated values. If supplied, this object will be returned instead of a new BatchedValues object. This allows values gathered from multiple players to be combined into one batch.

Return type

Communicator.Animation.BatchedValues

getAnimationTime

Communicator.Animation.Player.getAnimationTime()

Gets the current time in seconds of the entire animation.

Return type: number

getCurrentTime

Communicator.Animation.Player.getCurrentTime()

Gets the current time in seconds that the animation has been playing.

Return type: number

getState

Communicator.Animation.Player.getState()

Gets the current animation state.

Return type: Communicator.Animation.PlayerState

pause

Communicator.Animation.Player.pause()

Pauses animation playback.

Return type: void

play

Communicator.Animation.Player.play()

Starts playing the animation.

Return type: void

reload

Communicator.Animation.Player.reload()

Updates internal state of animation player.

Return type: void

Call this method after any part of the underlying animation has been updated.

setChannelEnabled

Communicator.Animation.Player.setChannelEnabled(channel, enabled)

Sets the enabled state for a channel in this players animation. All channels are enabled by default when a player is created. A channel that has been disabled will not have its value interpolated by the system until it is re-enabled

Arguments

channel ({ }()) – a channel from the underlying animation
enabled (boolean()) – boolean value indicating whether the channel should be enabled.

Return type

void

setTime

Communicator.Animation.Player.setTime(time)

Sets the current animation time.

Arguments

time (number()) – time in milliseconds

Return type

void

stop

Communicator.Animation.Player.stop()

Stops animation playback and resets the current time to 0.

Return type: void