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Lingo Dictionary 169

Verbose syntax:

set the text of member "time" to (the currentTime of sprite 10) / 1000

This statement causes the sound playing in sound channel 2 to skip to the point 2.7 seconds from

the beginning of the sound cast member:

sound(2).currentTime = 2700

See also

movieTime, duration

currentTime (3D)

Syntax

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