Is there a plugin that will step through an animation via the right-click menu?

[Quiznos323]

I'm working on a VTOL jet engine that uses a complex animation to rotate the nozzle, and I'm looking for a plugin that will only play part of the animation forwards/backwards as the respective button is held. I looked at the Firespitter VTOL module but it seems as though it will only rotate one object around a single pivot, and not with an animation.

[Mecripp]

You might try looking at firespitter plugin here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1em9W_3JydpPTX-3aaC7LF42r8fBasmgUyobHTeBds9M/edit?pli=1

[Quiznos323]

You might try looking at firespitter plugin here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1em9W_3JydpPTX-3aaC7LF42r8fBasmgUyobHTeBds9M/edit?pli=1

Ah thanks, I was looking for documentation like that Unfortunately it looks like the FSanimateGeneric doesn't support locking the animation while running, which is part of the functionality I'd like..

[Mecripp]

Did you look at the VTOL part ?

EDIT- Or talk to sirkut about Magic Smoke Industries - Infernal Robotics plugin http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/37707-0-90-Magic-Smoke-Industries-Infernal-Robotics-0-19-3

Edited February 12, 2015 by Mecripp2

[Quiznos323]

Did you look at the VTOL part ?

EDIT- Or talk to sirkut about Magic Smoke Industries - Infernal Robotics plugin http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/37707-0-90-Magic-Smoke-Industries-Infernal-Robotics-0-19-3

I did yes, but it looks like it only controls the rotation of an object/transform, and not the running of an animation. Or else I'd use it for sure Yeah I may ask them too and see what they say.

[lo-fi]

Look at nli2work's space tug. I wrote a module that does something similar to what you want for the engine deployment. It wouldn't be hard to adapt the code to drive the animation via a right click slider if you can hack code about

[Quiznos323]

Hmm ok, that looks promising. I haven't coded in C# before (only C and C++) but I'll give it a shot lol. I just don't know anything about how to implement GUI sliders and linking them to the animation...or anything related to KSP coding for that matter XD

[lo-fi]

That module is really simple, so not too much to wade through. The slider is easy, just look at the source for anything that uses one. The code for finding the animation and stepping it to a specific point is all in that module, so adapting it to accept the value from a slider will be easy enough. Good luck!