User Guide

716 Chapter 14: Properties
Example
The following handler in a cast member or movie script switches the cast member assigned to the
sprite involved in the
mouseDown event:
-- Lingo syntax
on mouseDown
sprite(_player.currentSpriteNum).member = member("DownPict")
end
// JavaScript syntax
function mouseDown() {
sprite(_player.currentSpriteNum).member = member("DownPict");
}
See also
Player, spriteNum
currentTime (3D)
Usage
member(whichCastmember).model(whichModel).keyframePlayer.\
currentTime
member(whichCastmember).model(whichModel).bonesPlayer.\
currentTime
Description
3D keyframePlayer and bonesPlayer modifier property; indicates the local time of the motion
being executed by the model. The
currentTime property is measured in milliseconds, but it only
corresponds to real time when the motion is playing at its original speed.
Playback of a motion by a model is the result of either a
play() or queue() command. The
scale parameter of the play() or queue() command is multiplied by the modifier’s playRate
property, and the resulting value is multiplied by the motion’s original speed to determine how
fast the model will execute the motion and how fast the motion’s local time will run. So if the
scale parameter has a value of 2 and the modifier’s playRate property has a value of 3, the
model will execute the motion six times as fast as its original speed and local time will run six
times as fast as real time.
The
currentTime property resets to the value of the cropStart parameter of the play() or
queue() command at the beginning of each iteration of a looped motion.
Example
This statement shows the local time of the motion being executed by the model named Alien3.
put member("newalien").model("Alien3").keyframePlayer.currentTime
-- 1393.8599
See also
play() (3D), queue() (3D), playlist