Sorry for the thread bump, but I was wondering if it’s possible to have the nested composition’s time jump to 0 instead of the main-comp’s current time.

var t = 0;

var f = timeToFrames(time);
  t = time;
  while (f >= 0)
  {
	if ( checker() == 0 )
    {
	  t = time - framesToTime(f);
	  break;
    }
	else
	{
	  f--;
	}
  }
t

I’d like to get something like if t >…

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I see!

A friend reduced the expression down quite a bit:

time - (function(f){
    while(f-- >= 0) if(!thisComp.layer("MasterEvalFunction").text.sourceText.valueAtTime(framesToTime(f+1)).includes("P2_Being_Hit: 1")) return framesToTime(f+1);
})(timeToFrames(time))

The two master-variables are being calculated every frame, so I was wondering how I would re-write the script to use them somehow. I just need for the comp’s timeRemap to jump and play from 0:00 while the value is true…Something like this:

Edit, I figured it out but I was wondering if someone could please break down the way the while-loop works.…

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Well, valueAtTime() doesn’t work with strings or ints. IIRC, it has to be done on a property. My initial text layer is a whole paragraph which I truncate using REGEX — once I do that, valueAtTime() doesn’t work on the reference anymore.

I’m trying to initialize a pre-comp’s animation whenever this text layer is ‘`1’, otherwise, freeze the…

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Hi,

I know that valueAtTime only works on Properties, but I was wondering if there was a way to use Dan Ebbert’s timeRemap expression to trigger animations using a TextLayer which has undergone REGEX editing?

The idea is that the Text Layer in question is ‘1’ only a few frames (it gets checked each frame).

...
var P2Output = P2Str.replace(Px_ValueExp…

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I hope it’s not rude to tack on a question concerning the toComp function:

I’ve noticed that it requires two points. So when you want to use just one (x or y) point, you have to evaluate both, then pick one using the array syntax, right?

I realized I could have just done this to create the 2 lists.

text = "";
for (i = 1; i < 50; i++) {
text +=
labelName${[i]} = thisComp.layer("Checker").effect(${[i]}).name;</p><p>labelValue${[i]} = thisComp.layer("Checker").effect(${[i]})("Checkbox");</p><p>
}
text2 = "";
for( j = 1; j < 50; j++){
	text2 += 
	labelName${[j]} + ":" + "" + labelValue${[j]}…

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I have one Guide Layer with 20+ effects that I want to monitor using using a Text Layer. This might have been an ExtendScript issue because I used three expressions on three layers to write myself all the code for all of the steps required.

One for-loop to write a variable name for each Effect Name and Effect Value (“Checkbox”). Another for-loop…

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Actually, the first one is what I wanted. I should have mentioned it, but it’s just going to be a simple animation like a strobe that blinks on and off while the text is “On”, and then resets or disappears when it’s “Off”.

In this new case, it holds it in its last position from before. I added an “else {n =0}” to your if-statement to reset it back…

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Thanks!

I applied the expression to a pre-compsed layer’s Time Remapping expression. My pre-composed layer’s animation begins at 0 and whenever my Text Layer reads “On”, it begins to play the animation as long as the Text Layer says “On”. When the Text Layer goes to “Off”, the Time Remapping value goes back to 0.

I believe I get most of it until…

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Hello,

I have a series of if-else statements whose results are written in a Text Layer. For instance “On” / “Off”.

I was wondering if I could use “On” to initiate and trigger an animation to play in its entirety (either on the same layer or a different one).

Thank you