Polo: Add playbackMul

2025-07-05T20:18:45Z

Add playbackMul

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	*# Set "Transition Duration" to 0.01.		*# Set "Transition Duration" to 0.01.
	* Perform the same operation on the transition from retract to retracted.		* Perform the same operation on the transition from retract to retracted.
			* Click on each state and in "Speed" > "Multiplier", select "Parameter". It should automatically display "playbackMul" in the dropdown. This is for playing the animation ten times faster in the VAB.
			[[File:PlaybackMul.png\|center\|thumb]]
	* On the mesh, add the "Animator" module and select the controller under "Controller".		* On the mesh, add the "Animator" module and select the controller under "Controller".

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	* On the root part, click "Add Component" > "Module_Deployable".		* On the root part, click "Add Component" > "Module_Deployable".
	*# Set "Animator" to the mesh.		*# Set "Animator" to the mesh.
	* Multiplier = PlaybackMul

Polo: First draft

2025-07-05T20:12:58Z

First draft

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* In the Project window, click on the imported FBX object.
* In the Inspector window, click on the Animation tab.
* Set "Anim. Compression" to "Off".
* Split the animation into four states in the "Clips" list: retracted, deploy, deployed, and retract.
*# The retracted and deployed states are a single frame.
*# You should prefix these states with the part name to avoid confusion if multiple parts of the mod contain animation.

[[File:Step 4.png|center|thumb]]

* Drop the part under <code>model</code> and unpack it completely.

[[File:Step 5.png|center|thumb]]

* In the Part folder, create an Animation Controller.

[[File:Animation Controller.png|center|thumb]]

* Double-click on the controller to open the Animator tab.
* Drag the four states into the Animator tab.
*# Start with retracted so that it automatically links to Entry, then the other three.

[[File:Drop states.png|center|thumb]]

* In the Animator Parameters tab, create:
*# a boolean "isDeployed",
*# a trigger "reverseAnimStateChange",
*# a float "playbackMul" = 10.

[[File:Create parameters.png|center|thumb]]

* Create the transitions between states.
*# Entry → retracted
*# retracted ↔︎ deploy
*# deploy → deployed
*# deployed ↔︎ retract
*# retract → retracted

[[File:Create transitions.png|center|thumb]]

* Click on the transition from retracted to deploy:
*# set "Exit Time" to 0,
*# uncheck "Has Exit Time",
*# uncheck "Fixed Duration" (in Settings),
*# set "Transition Duration" to 0,
*# add the boolean "isDeployed" = True to the list of conditions,
*# check the animation by playing it in the preview window.

[[File:Retracted to deploy.png|center|thumb]]

* Perform the same operation on the transition from deployed to retract, except that "isDeployed" = False.
* Click on the transition from deploy to retracted:
*# Set "Exit Time" to 0,
*# Set "Transition Duration" to 0,
*# Add the "reverseAnimStateChange" trigger to the list of conditions.

[[File:Deploy to retracted.png|center|thumb]]

* Perform the same operation on the transition from retract to deployed.
* Click on the retracted state:
*# Add the "Module_Anim State Informer" module.

[[File:Retracted.png|center|thumb]]

* Perform the same operation on deployed.
* Click on the transition from deploy to deployed:
*# Set "Exit Time" to 0.99,
*# Set "Transition Duration" to 0.01.
* Perform the same operation on the transition from retract to retracted.
* On the mesh, add the "Animator" module and select the controller under "Controller".

[[File:Add Animator.png|center|thumb]]

* On the root part, click "Add Component" > "Module_Deployable".
*# Set "Animator" to the mesh.
* Multiplier = PlaybackMul

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