Toggle Animations

Hey all,

I'm having some trouble toggling an animation. The first time you click on something, I want it to go to frame 1. The second time, I would like it to go back to frame 0. The third, back to frame 1. This is the way I have it and its not correct.

Touching - Object        - Wait 1 second

Animation Frame = 0       - Set animation Frame to 1

Else

Touching - Object        - Wait 1 second

Animation Frame = 1       - Set animation Frame to 0

Unfortunately, the "else" does not stop the program from carrying out those actions. I will click the object once and it does not appear to animate.

Those events are trigger each other, so you'll either get unpredictable, or simply broken results.

But here's an easy way to toggle between two frames: On touch -> set frame to 1-currentframe

Thanks for your response Geometrix, it certainly simplifies the code. However, I am still having trouble... it still reacts the same way- unpredictably and broken. 50% of the time it works perfectly, the other 50% it just blinks 5 times and stays on the same frame.

Thanks for your response Geometrix, it certainly simplifies the code. However, I am still having trouble... it still reacts the same way- unpredictably and broken. 50% of the time it works perfectly, the other 50% it just blinks 5 times and stays on the same frame.

Make sure you have the animation speed set to zero, otherwise once it gets to the specified frame it will attempt to loop.

I had animation speed set to 0 - I finally figured out the problem... the "Touching object" event is broken - you need to couple it with "At any Touch end"

Event:

Touching Object

Condition:

At any touch end

Action: x

The animation frame math from Geometrix was on point as well.. thanks all

Is Touching Object isn't broken, you were just using it wrong. Actions like that are activated every tick that they're true, whereas actions like On Touch End (and On Touched Object - which is probably what you should be using) are just triggered a single time - upon activation.