Action Actuator¶
The Action Actuator controls animation actions, and sets the playback method. It is only visible when an armature is selected, because the actions are stored in the armature.
Properties¶
- Action Playback Type
- Play
- Play F-Curve once from start to end when a
TRUE
pulse is received. - Ping Pong
- Play F-Curve once from start to end when a
TRUE
pulse is received. When the end is reached play F-Curve once from end to start when aTRUE
pulse is received. - Flipper
- Play F-Curve once from start to end when a
TRUE
pulse is received. (Plays backwards when aFALSE
pulse is received). - Loop End
- Play F-Curve continuously from end to start when a
TRUE
pulse is received. - Loop Start
- Play F-Curve continuously from start to end when a
TRUE
pulse is received. - Property
- Uses a property to define what frame is displayed.
- Action
- Select the action to use.
- Continue
- Restore last frame when switching on/off, otherwise play from the start each time.
- Start Frame
- Set the start frame of the action.
- End Frame
- Set the end frame of the action.
- Child Button
- Update action on all children objects as well.
- Blending
- Number of frames of motion blending.
- Priority
- Execution priority – lower numbers will override actions with higher numbers. With 2 or more actions at once, the overriding channels must be lower in the stack.
- Frame Property
- Assign the action’s current frame number to this property.
- Property
- Use this property to define the Action position. Only for Property playback type.
- Layer
- The animation layer to play the action on.
- Layer Weight
- How much of the previous layer to blend into this one.