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Motion Capture Controller 333
This rollout controls animation using the
horizontal or vertical motion of the mouse. The
available settings include:
Hori zontal/Ver tical—Specifies which mouse
motion drives the animation.
Scale—Scales the relative effect of the mouse
movement to the animation response. Spinner
Value=float, 0 to 999,999
Flip—Flips the direction of the response relative
to the mouse movement. For example, if moving
the mouse horizont ally to the right produces a
clockwise effect on a Rotation controller, activating
Flip will reverse the rotation to counterclockwise.
Keyboard Input Device rollout
This rollout lets you assign most keyb oard keys
to drive the animation.
Assign—Click and then press any key. The assigned
key is displayed in the list window at right.
List—Open the list to select a key.
Envelope Graph group
TheEnvelopeGraphgroupdisplaysa
representation of the amplitude curve over time.
Envelope Parameters group
Theseoptionsspecifythetimetheenvelopeofthe
actiontakeseffect.Thisrelatestothedurationof
pressing and releasing the key.
Attack —Specifies the time, after pressing the key,
for the value to reach its maximum level.
Decay—Specifies the time, after having reached
maximum, for the value to fall to that specified by
the Sustain spinner.
Sustain—After the Attack and Decay, sp ecifies the
value sustained until you release the key.
Release—After releasing the key, specifies the time
for the value to fade out to zero.
Parameter Scaling group
Provides controls for setting the scale of the
envelope and the range of the output value.
Time—Specifies the scale of the Attack, Decay,
and Release parameters. The va lue represents the
number of seconds for 1 unit. For example, if this
valueis1.0,thenanAttackvalueof1.0equals1
second.
Range—Sets the maximum output value of the
controller.
Note: This controller ignores the state of the CTRL,
ALT, and SHIFT keys.
Joystick Input Device rollout
The Joystick Input Device dr iver was designed for
the Microsoft Sidewinder joystick, which contains
more controls than the standard joystick. You can
usethisdevicedriverforstandardjoysticksaswell.