Changing speed in animation

Posted by T on Dec 03, 2008

Hello all,
Is there any way that I can change the speed of my animation when it is still playing, using the up/down arrow keys?

Thanks!

Posted by Josh Caswell on Dec 17, 2008

I can't say that this will not cause awkwardness, crashes, or other nasty things, but you can check in your draw() function whether there is a key pressed.

def draw():
	if keydown:
		if key == KEY_UP:
			inc_frame_rate()
		if key == KEY_DOWN:
			dec_frame_rate()

where you have defined functions inc_frame_rate() and dec_frame_rate() to do whatever you want. I have no idea whether NodeBox, or any other program into which you load your movie, will gracefully handle having its speed changed in the middle of an animation, or throw a temper tantrum. Good luck.