Timeline recording with cycle forces

[Phawniks]

I had an idea to use a cycle force on a atom and then have the timeline record function capture it and I can do fine tuning afterwards. However, the cycle force doesn't move the atom's control dot......thing and the timeline recorder doesn't see any motion.

The best workaround I could think of was try to use a empty as a middleman with the force pushing the empty atom and have the recorded atom parented to it. I didn't get it to work.

I wanted to use the cycle force specifically because I can control it's parameters with it's controller UI while timeline records the motion.

If anybody has a solution that still uses the cycle force I'd very much appreciate it.

 

[MacGruber]

CycleForce applies physics forces, that's why this doesn't work.

However, you could for example build something with an AnimationPattern and some LogicBricks. Made you a quick example:

• AnimationPattern with 2 steps for the actual movement
• ValueRelay brick you can control the range for the AnimationPattern
• ValueUpDown brick produces a 0...1 value that does up and down all the time
• some sliders to control parameters of the two bricks easily

 

[Phawniks]

Wow dude you didn't have to do that. But thank you! And thaks for explaining all this.