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[SOLVED] Issue with resetting timelines

Discussion in 'Timeline' started by dgiddy, May 13, 2020.

  1. dgiddy

    dgiddy

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    Hi!

    I have an array of playable directors representing several different timeline tracks. I am operating them with a very basic state machine to stop, start and play the playable directors based on different events.

    My example scenario is that I have 4 states, each state has a different timeline animation to play and I have a script that simply manages at which index to play.

    State 1 (User enters room = animation of door closing plays), State 2 (User clicks on button = triggers a VFX animation) etc.

    However I am hitting an issue with restarting playable directors, when I want to toggle back to a previous state I call PlayableDirector.Stop() on all the playable directors after that previous state, but none of the animations seem to reset until I go forward in the sequence again, its like it forgets to update until its played again.

    Anyone know why this might be the case? Or how I could manage resetting and activating more effectively?

    Thanks!
     
    dgiddy, May 13, 2020
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  2. seant_unity

    seant_unity

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    When you stop a timeline it stops changing the animation altogether and leaves it in whatever pose it was last in. If you want to reset it to the initial state (like the first frame) set the time to 0 and call evaluate() on the playable director.
     
    seant_unity, May 15, 2020
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  3. dgiddy

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    Thank you very much! You da man.

    .Evaluate() was the exact method I was looking for!
     
    dgiddy, May 17, 2020
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  4. Havokki

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    Does this require some specific settings? After my timeline has reached the end, I set time to 0 and call Evaluate(), but these do nothing.
     
    Havokki, May 19, 2020
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  5. seant_unity

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    Then another timeline or animator controller is likely playing. Animation occurs after Update() script calls, so a LateUpdate() might be what you need.
     
    seant_unity, May 19, 2020
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  6. Havokki

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    Thanks for the reply. Found out just a moment ago that the timeline needs to use Hold-mode. Having it in None stops Evaluate from working, possibly because with this mode the PlayableDirector is in Paused state?

    I tried this with a new empty project, which has only one PlayableDirector, one timeline and one script that waits for the timeline to end and then tries to reset it.
     
    Havokki, May 19, 2020
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  7. alexanderFabula

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    Hey

    I have a problem with resetting the timeline while having a cinemachine track with a clip.

    I reset all my timelines based on my checkpoint system.
    upload_2022-10-12_14-44-37.png

    I use the solution described above. I use director.Stop(); then director.time = 0f (or duration), then director.Evaluate();

    One of my timelines sets a virtual camera live even though it's not highest priority? If I move the clip on the track away from the beginning, it does not do it. So it seems like a weird bug or maybe my method of using Stop, set time, evaluate is not correct.
     
    alexanderFabula, Oct 12, 2022
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  8. alexanderFabula

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    The same happens with the rotation of the character object. None of the timelines are playing but it seems like they are so I cannot rotate the character object and cinemachine gets stuck in a specific virtual camera.
     
    alexanderFabula, Oct 12, 2022
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