Timeline
Overview
The timeline contains a collection of tracks, each track can contain any number of keyframes. Each vent start node in the layergraph references a timeline track. Whenever the playback cursor runs over a keyframe in one of the tracks, an event will be pulsed out of the track’s event start node.
Interface
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Track list area: Gives access to the properties of each track
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Track timeline area: Plots the data of each track along the timeline
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Track toggle: Enables/disables the track.
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Track name: Name of the track, this is the name the event start nodes must reference.
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Current timestamp: Simulation time of the current effect instance.
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Reset: Resets the scene.
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Stop: Stops all effect instances.
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Play / Pause: Toggles the simulation play/pause state.
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Step 1 frame: Pauses the simulation and steps it forward 1 frame.
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* Step 1 keyframe*: Pauses the simulation and steps it forward to the next keyframe.
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* Toggle snapping*: Toggles time-snapping ON/OFF when moving or creating keyframes in the timeline.
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* Snap metric*: Defines the snap metric & scale.
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* Save view*: Save the current timeline pan/zoom levels to be the default when loading the effect.
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* Open settings*: Open the timeline settings.
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* Time ruler*: Shows the time scale & ticks.
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* Keyframe*: Event keyframe in a track.
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* Current cursor*: Playback cursor of the current instance.
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* Mouse cursor*: Shows the time under the mouse cursor.
