# of frames in an animation

ID:2065477
 
Apr 6 2016, 12:18 am
(See the best response by Lummox JR.)
Problem description:
Is there a way to determine the number of frames in an animation?
This is useful for several reasons.
Apr 6 2016, 1:13 am
Best response
The number of frames is determined by how fast the client ticks, and how long the animation takes.

duration / world.tick_lag

This formula will be subject to change in the future when the client is capable of ticking at a higher rate than the server.
Apr 6 2016, 7:49 am
In response to Lummox JR
Makes sense. The issue is that unless I explicitly open a .dmi file and count the number of frames in that .dmi file's animation [x] I would not have an idea of setting timing for certain events.

I was asking more specifically if there is a way (at run-time) to determine the # of frames in a particular state of a .dmi file.
Apr 6 2016, 9:54 am
Oh, you're talking about icon animations, not animate() specifically. I see what you mean now.

At present, there isn't a runtime way to get the number of frames from an icon state. I have some code in mind for getting better icon info that I was considering for 510, but with the glut of new features I decided it was better to leave that for a future update.
Apr 6 2016, 9:41 pm
Ah ok thanks. I'll just have to use the method you presented above.