Time Lines

This section deals with timeline functions.

Time lines are a powerful mechanism for controlling events in your game, and are based on "moments", where a "moment" is simply a single game step. These timelines are generally created from the Resource Tree in a similar way to an object, ie: you create a timeline, then in each moment that you require it to perform an action you add some code or a D'n'D icon for it to perform. Once created, you can then stop, start, and manipulate timelines through code. You can even modify individual moments by defining a script and adding it into the timeline dynamically from a controller object (for example), making this a very powerful and versatile tool when creating your games.

Timeline Functions

The following functions are for adding and manipulating Timelines from within your game:

1. timeline_exists
   
2. timeline_get_name
   
3. timeline_add
   
4. timeline_delete
   
5. timeline_moment_add_script
   
6. timeline_moment_clear
   
7. timeline_clear
   
8. timeline_size
   
9. timeline_max_moment
   

Timeline Instance Variables

The following variables are "built in" to all instances to make working with Timelines easier and give you control over:

1. timeline_index
   
2. timeline_running
   
3. timeline_speed
   
4. timeline_position
   
5. timeline_loop
   

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