Changing States Automatically

Aug 22, 2012

I have viewed the tutorials on States and the Timeline. Can anyone tell me if there is a way of changing a character's state with no action from the user, e.g. at a certain point in an audio script? That is, the character's expression or pose changes with the script.

Steve

11 Replies

Adrian Dean
Staff

over 11 years ago08/22/12 at 6:57 pm (UTC)

Hi Steve,

Take a look at this thread here.

Always Happy to Help,

Adrian

Steve Lyne
Author

over 11 years ago08/22/12 at 7:16 pm (UTC)

Thanks Adrian. This thread shows how to change states when the user does something. My issue is about the character's state changing at a particular point in the timeline, with no user interaction. For example, in the script the phone rings and the narrator has to take a customer complaint. I want the character to change to talking on the phone at the point the phone is answered in the audio. I guess I can simply change the image but I thought it may be possible through States.

Adrian Dean
Staff

over 11 years ago08/22/12 at 7:33 pm (UTC)

Hi Steve,

To change a state requires an action, not necessarily an action from a user. The most common way would be to use a trigger and tie it to the timeline of an object.

Adrian

Steve Lyne
Author

over 11 years ago08/22/12 at 7:47 pm (UTC)

Yep, that does it. Thanks again

Adrian Dean
Staff

over 11 years ago08/22/12 at 7:54 pm (UTC)

Hi Steve,

You are very welcome.

Adrian

C German

over 11 years ago12/18/12 at 4:16 am (UTC)

Adrian Dean said:

Hi Steve,

To change a state requires an action, not necessarily an action from a user. The most common way would be to use a trigger and tie it to the timeline of an object.

Adrian

How does one create a trigger tied to the audio timeline? I've created cues in the audio file and want to link it to different character states. Thanks.