1. Posted by tisaidivan on Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:54:40

    I was wondering if there is a way to create a frame which displays an image on your screen and and then have it rotate clockwise 360 degrees for a certain amount of time. Ive looked around for a few hours and can't seem to find anything. Can this even be done? If so, could someone point me in the right direction?

    Thanks!

  2. Posted by nuttyprot on Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:05:03

    I think you can use the animation widget for this. After a little searching I found http://wowprogramming.com/forums/development/169. But it maybe a bit complex would be nice to have a a minimal example.

    EDIT: check this post out http://wowprogramming.com/forums/development/316

  3. Posted by tisaidivan on Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:20:38

    Thank you! This will help a lot!

  4. Posted by tisaidivan on Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:35:39

    Hmm, this is what I got, and for some reason it wont work.

    I'm using this to show the image on the screen.

     local height= WorldFrame:GetHeight();
 local width= WorldFrame:GetWidth();

 if mytestframe then
   UIFrameFadeOut(mytestframe, 0.5, 1, 0);
   mytestframe = nil;


 else
    mytestframe = CreateFrame("Frame", nil, nil);
    mytestframe:SetFrameStrata("BACKGROUND");
    mytestframe:SetWidth(width);
    mytestframe:SetHeight(height);

     local temp = CreateFrame("Frame", nil,mytestframe)
    temp:SetWidth(width)
    temp:SetHeight(height)
    temp.bg = temp:CreateTexture(nil, "CENTER")
    temp.bg:SetTexture("Image location")
    temp.bg:SetVertexColor(1,.2,0,1)
    temp.bg:SetAllPoints(temp)
    temp:SetPoint("CENTER")

    mytestframe:SetPoint("CENTER",0,0);
    UIFrameFadeIn(mytestframe, 0.5, 0, 1);

 end

    And this to do the rotation animation. 

     if not mytestframe.ag then
    mytestframe.ag = mytestframe:CreateAnimationGroup()
    local ag = mytestframe.ag
    ag.rot = ag:CreateAnimation("Rotation")
    ag.alpha = ag:CreateAnimation("Alpha")
 end

 local ag = mytestframe.ag

  ag.rot:SetDuration(5.0)
  ag.rot:SetDegrees(360)
  ag.rot:SetOrder(1)

  ag.alpha:SetDuration(2.0)
  ag.alpha:SetChange(-1.0)
  ag.alpha:SetOrder(2)

  mytestframe.ag:Play()

    For some reason it wont rotate, but it will do the alpha part...

    What am I doing wrong?

    Thanks again for the help. :)

  5. Posted by tisaidivan on Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:44:47

    Anyone?

  6. Posted by jnwhiteh on Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:32:52

    I would try a more minimal example, get that working, and then move up. I don't see anything obvious to indicate why this might not be working.

  7. Posted by tisaidivan on Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:26:47

    That's as simple as it can get.. I think. The first part just shows the image. The second is suppose to make that image rotate. I know it's running through the animation, cause it plays the alpha fade part. Just for some reason it won't play the rotaion part.

  8. Posted by Gotai on Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:41:44

    Try setting the origin point, not sure if the rotation animation does anything without one: http://wowprogramming.com/docs/widgets/Rotation/SetOrigin

  9. Posted by jnwhiteh on Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:22:47

    Does it take the TIME for the rotation, i.e. something is just not set right or is it just completely ignoring it?

  10. Posted by tisaidivan on Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:02:26

    Yes, it still plays through everything. Like, it takes the 5 seconds before the alpha part, but it doesn't rotate. I can't get to a computer right now, or I'd test the set origin.