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Heading Velocity Panel 1113
Percentage—
Specify how much to alter the
playback speed based upon the difference b etween
the delegate’s pitch velocity and the Base Pitch
Rate setting.
The formula used is this:
Animation Speed change % = (current speed/Base
Pitch Rate -1 ) x Percentage %
For example, if a delegate’s pitch velocity is 50
percent above its base heading rate, and the Scale
Percentage value is 50, then the playback speed is
scaled up by 25 percent.
Base Pitch Rate—Specifies the delegate pitch
velocity at which the animation should be played
back at its normal rate.
Heading Velocity Panel
Selec t a Crowd helpe r. > Modify panel > Globa l Clip
Controllers rollou t > New > Choose GlobalClip object.
> Select object in list. > Edit > Synthesis dialog > State
panel > New State > Edit Properties > Clip State dialog
> Heading Velocity Panel
Track View > Global Tracks > Blo ck Control > GlobalClip
Properties > Synthesis d ialo g > State panel > New State
> Edit Properties > ClipS t ate d ialog > Hea d ing Velocity
Panel
To have delegate heading velocity considered for
motion sy nthesis, turn on Use Heading Velocit y,
choose Range or Unique, and then make the
appropriate settings.
Heading velocity is determined by the rate of
change in degrees per frame of the angle of the
delegate about the world Z-axis. In other words,
heading velocity measures how fast the delegate
is changing its heading.
Interfa ce
Use Hea ding Vel ocity —Tur n on to have the m ot ion
sy nthesis engine consider heading velocity in
determining whether to activate the state.
Range—Choose Range to have the mot ion
sy nthesis engine activate the clip when the
delegate’s heading velocity falls inside the specified
range.