[x3d-public] Limit to # of chained sensors?

[John Carlson]

Also X3DOM does 4-5 TimeSensors in a row.  I can start in the middle, and
it does another set.  Just 2 sets.

Weird.

On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 7:42 PM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:

> This appears to be of more general interest, so I am forwarding to others.
>
> I am trying dead simple animation chaining, with one time sensor chaining
> into another...nothing really complex yet, though I've tried
> ScalarInterpolators, BooleanSequencers, event utilities, etc.
>
> Even simpler would be setting startTime and stopTime directly in the
> TimeSensors.  Should I do that?
>
> Is this the right approach, or should I attempt something more difficult
> with event utilities that people keep talking about?
>
> Browsers of interest: FreeWRL, view3dscene, X_ITE all do 4-5 animations,
> not the whole cycle.  Is there a limit in the standard? That would be
> likely?
>
> There are no loops yet, so only 1 TimeSensor should be running once you
> activate the Everything_Touch TouchSensor.
>
> Thanks!
>
> John
>
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 7:00 PM John Carlson <yottzumm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Michalis, Joe,
>>
>> Is there a limit to the number of chained animations in view3dscene?, say
>> I have 11 TimeSensors with 11 animations, running one after the other? I'm
>> only seeing 4-5 active at a time.  This is important, because I have 4
>> characters.
>>
>> I've been messing with the Animations panel, to see what's possible.
>>
>> I'm guessing I should have a single TimeSensor, that sends to a
>> ScalarInterpolator, but this is dead simple animation. It looks like only
>> 4-5 can be active at a time. Is there a better architecture I can use?
>>
>
>> Here's the essentials:
>>
>> $ cat takes.Lily.t*
>> DEF Lily_Stand010Timer TimeSensor { cycleInterval 2.6999999999999997 loop
>> FALSE enabled TRUE startTime 1 } # 2.6999999999999997 - 0
>> DEF Lily_Stand011Timer TimeSensor { cycleInterval 0.6000000000000001 loop
>> FALSE enabled TRUE } # 3.3 - 2.6999999999999997
>> DEF Lily_Stand012Timer TimeSensor { cycleInterval 3.45 loop FALSE enabled
>> TRUE } # 6.75 - 3.3
>> DEF Lily_Run013Timer TimeSensor { cycleInterval 6.300000000000001 loop
>> FALSE enabled TRUE } # 13.05 - 6.75
>> DEF Lily_Turn014Timer TimeSensor { cycleInterval 3.4499999999999993 loop
>> FALSE enabled TRUE } # 16.5 - 13.05
>> DEF Lily_Walk015Timer TimeSensor { cycleInterval 2.3999999999999986 loop
>> FALSE enabled TRUE } # 18.9 - 16.5
>> DEF Lily_Walk016Timer TimeSensor { cycleInterval 3 loop FALSE enabled
>> TRUE } # 21.9 - 18.9
>> DEF Lily_Skip017Timer TimeSensor { cycleInterval 3.6000000000000014 loop
>> FALSE enabled TRUE } # 25.5 - 21.9
>> DEF Lily_Stand018Timer TimeSensor { cycleInterval 1.5 loop FALSE enabled
>> TRUE } # 27 - 25.5
>> DEF Lily_Stand019Timer TimeSensor { cycleInterval 3 loop FALSE enabled
>> TRUE } # 30 - 27
>> DEF Lily_Stand0110Timer TimeSensor { cycleInterval 0 loop FALSE enabled
>> TRUE } # 0 - 30
>> ROUTE Everything_Touch.touchTime TO Lily_Stand010Timer.startTime
>> ROUTE Everything_Touch.touchTime TO Lily_Stand011Timer .stopTime
>> ROUTE Everything_Touch.touchTime TO Lily_Stand012Timer .stopTime
>> ROUTE Everything_Touch.touchTime TO Lily_Run013Timer .stopTime
>> ROUTE Everything_Touch.touchTime TO Lily_Turn014Timer .stopTime
>> ROUTE Everything_Touch.touchTime TO Lily_Walk015Timer .stopTime
>> ROUTE Everything_Touch.touchTime TO Lily_Walk016Timer .stopTime
>> ROUTE Everything_Touch.touchTime TO Lily_Skip017Timer .stopTime
>> ROUTE Everything_Touch.touchTime TO Lily_Stand018Timer .stopTime
>> ROUTE Everything_Touch.touchTime TO Lily_Stand019Timer .stopTime
>> ROUTE Everything_Touch.touchTime TO Lily_Stand0110Timer .stopTime
>> ROUTE Lily_Stand010Timer.cycleTime TO Lily_Stand011Timer.startTime
>> ROUTE Lily_Stand011Timer.cycleTime TO Lily_Stand012Timer.startTime
>> ROUTE Lily_Stand012Timer.cycleTime TO Lily_Run013Timer.startTime
>> ROUTE Lily_Run013Timer.cycleTime TO Lily_Turn014Timer.startTime
>> ROUTE Lily_Turn014Timer.cycleTime TO Lily_Walk015Timer.startTime
>> ROUTE Lily_Walk015Timer.cycleTime TO Lily_Walk016Timer.startTime
>> ROUTE Lily_Walk016Timer.cycleTime TO Lily_Skip017Timer.startTime
>> ROUTE Lily_Skip017Timer.cycleTime TO Lily_Stand018Timer.startTime
>> ROUTE Lily_Stand018Timer.cycleTime TO Lily_Stand019Timer.startTime
>> ROUTE Lily_Stand019Timer.cycleTime TO Lily_Stand0110Timer.startTime
>> ROUTE Lily_Stand0110Timer.cycleTime TO Lily_Stand010Timer.startTime
>>
>> Pulling my hair out,
>>
>> John
>>
>
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