Animations and ini file.

azz3317 · Post by **azz3317** » June 22nd, 2012, 4:11 pm

I have 3 questions:

1. Like the tutorial says this is a basic code for an animated gif in rainmeter:

[rainmeter]
update=100

[ImageMeter]
Meter=Image
ImageName=[ImageNumberCalc].png
DynamicVariables=1

[ImageNumberCalc]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Counter % 13
Substitute=".00000":""

However, the update=100 part affect the whole skin. Is there a way i can only make the update=100 affect only the animation part?

2. Is there a way to put more than 1 animation (not bitmap) in 1 ini?

I have tried these but none work (except the first one that puts the second animation exactly where the first animation is, because both have the "DynamicVariables=1", the other 2 don't work):

3. Is there a way to make 1 ini file execute more inis?

If can't execute more than 1 animation per ini then it would be nice to have 1 ini that execute for example 3 inis each with 1 animation.

Mordasius · Post by **Mordasius** » June 25th, 2012, 3:16 pm

azz3317 wrote:Is there a way i can only make the update=100 affect only the animation part?

1) Yes there is indeed. You can use UpdateDivider to modify the update rate of any measure or meter. So what you would do is leave the animation parts of your skin alone and just add something like UpdateDivider=10 to all the other measures/meters which will make them update every 10 x (update=100 in the [Rainmeter] Section) = every 1000 ms or once per second.

azz3317 wrote:2. Is there a way to put more than 1 animation (not bitmap) in 1 ini?

2) I don't think there is any reason why you can't have more than one animation sequence in a single .ini file. I think your problem may be in the way you are specifying the image name for the different animations. As general rule, try to put your Calc measures before / above the meters that use them and don't forget that you can use variables in the ImageName e.g.

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[Variables]
FirstAnimationSet=1
SecondAnimationSet=2

[ImageNumberCalc]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Counter % 13
Substitute=".00000":""

[ImageMeter]
Meter=Image
ImageName= #FirstAnimationSet#[ImageNumberCalc].png 
DynamicVariables=1

[ImageMeter2]
Meter=Image
ImageName= #SecondAnimationSet#[ImageNumberCalc].png 
DynamicVariables=1

With these, [ImageMeter] would use 11.png, 12.png, 13.png, etc. while [ImageMeter2] would use 21.png, 22.png, 23.png, etc.

azz3317 · Post by **azz3317** » June 25th, 2012, 5:16 pm

It worked fine, thanks for answer.

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