About animation and new objects.

Hello all,

I have a trigger in the game my group is working on. My trigger works fine.
EXPLAIN: I have a fan (TSstatic) just sitting there; but, when I walk into the trigger it is replaced by the same object but this time it is the animated version of it. The net result is it looks as if the fan started spinning when I walked into the trigger. This is as planned BUT....

I notice when I call it this way:
// from within the onTriggerEnter method

if(! $fanCreated)
{
%poss = stillFan.position;
stillFan.delete();

%trigFan= new Item(Testfan01)
{
dataBlock=Testfan;
position = %poss;
scale = "0.2 0.2 0.2";

};

MissionCleanup.add(%trigFan);

%trigFan.playThread(0,"tester");



$fanCreated= true;
}

The fan spins and then slows down at the end of the loop then speeds up again. (Yes it is looping!)
This is odd. But I am supposed to be able to control the fan with stop Threead and such.

Now if I do this:

if(! $fanCreated)
{
%poss = stillFan.position;
stillFan.delete();

%trigFan=TestFan.create();
%trigFan.setTransform(%poss);
%trigFan.setScale("0.2 0.2 0.2");


$fanCreated= true;
}

The fan comes in as it is supposed to spinning smooth but backwards.

Forwards or backwards is not a problem but I'd like to know why.

Q1) Is this the best way to do this or should I try to have the animated fan there from the beginning and start and stop at will?

Q1 b. ) If so how do I do it?

Q2) Why does it spin smoothly with create() but funky when I use method 1 to add it to the scene? Am I missing something?


concerned,

JW


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