F-Curve Actuator play_type

Game Engine Game Engine Support and Discussion
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I thought I’d try them out and see what they do. I assumed either the flipper or the ping pong would play to the end frame, then “bounce back” (play in reverse back to frame 1) but neither seems to do that. I cant quite figure out what they do. And the documentation doesnt seem to say. Does anyone know what they do? I’m trying to get the functionality I mentioned above. How do you guy go about finding out what all the settings mean?

http://www.blender.org/documentation/blender_python_api_2_59_release/bge.logic.html#ipo-actuator

Edit: My Always Sensor wasnt in pulse mode. I got the ping pong type to work as I had assumed. I still dont know what the flipper or the property does though.

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Flipper seams to mean:

When activated - play forward and stay at the end.

When deactivated: play backwards ans stay at the beginning.

Edit: Possibly You have to make a animation that go forth and back and then loop it

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The Flipper plays so long the key is pressed the animation forward and backward after releasing the key.
The Ping Pong plays the animation after a short key press to the end frame. If the animation has reached the end frame a second key press plays the animaition backward.
With the Property you can set the frame with a property.

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Oh I see. Thanks guys!