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Shape Action Actuator

Shape Action actuator is working with actions that are stored in the shapekeys of the mesh and put together in the shapekey editor.

Play

A menu which sets the method by which the Shape Action is to be played.

Property

For as long as the actuator is activated the animation will be controlled by the property assigned in the field replacing Start and End button. The property assigns the frame number.

Loop End

Plays the animation from start to end and then restarts.

Loop Stop

Plays from start to end, only as long as the actuator is activated. When it is not, the animation is paused and continued once the actuator is activated again. When it reaches the end frame, the animation starts over again.

Flipper

Plays from start to end, only as long as the actuator is activated. When it is not, it plays backward back to the start.

Ping Pong

Plays the animation from start to end, next time the actuator is activated it plays from end to start.

Play

play the ipo from start to end, then reset.

Action

defines which action to be used. Note that it is case sensitive, meaning “myaction” is not the same as “MYACTION”.

Continue

makes the action continue from the last frame it was at the last time the actuator was used.

Start Frame

Frame at which the action starts.

End Frame

Frame at which the action ends.

Blendin

Frame count to use for switching actions.

Priority

Execution priority (Range: 0 (highest) to 100 (lowest))

Frame Property

Set the Game Object Property as frame number of shape action.