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MSFS20 Playing a particular frame, or a range of frames, in an animation.

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This question sounds a bit like it belongs into a 3D asset creation forum, but I know if there is a solution, it will involve XML code... so here it is:

Is there a way to specify from what to what frame to play animation of a node in a 3D asset?

As in, if a part has an animation with 50 frames, can I tell it to start playing from frame 30 and stop at frame 40?
 
If you set your animation length to multiples of 50, then the xml calculations can resolve to whole numbers that match your animation keys, but the xml doesn't have access to the actual animation keyframes, it just plays your animation start to finish, forward or backward. So if your rpn calculations resolve to a numerical total of 50 out of which 30 through 40 will play, that will happen. It may seem logical to code a gauge to the same number of keys as the range of the field, but usually anim_length 100 is adequate because the needle swings through the values smoothly and 100 conforms to percentages making it easier to write code arguments, if your animation length is defined to be 100, then you know anim_lag of 80 is 80% of the normal speed.
 
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