CompuServe Messages

Mike, sorry about the confusion regarding your earlier post. I'll download the file and see if I can figure anything out. Remember, with the PC, there are so many possible configurations out there that debugging a particular problem requires a fair amount of patience. Your path consists of X number of units. If you tell an object to follow that path, the program divides that total number of units per the total number of frames to calculate a constant speed for the object to travel. In other words, distance divided by frames = rate of speed. The acceleration/deceleration commands can only modify speed given the aforementioned parameters. Assuming you have a path of 1000 units in length and a 20 frame animation, the constant traveling speed would be 50. If you tell the object to begin at rest (0) and end at a complete stop (0), the program must now compensate and the object will be traveling at a much higher rate of speed at the animation's midpoint (frame 10). If you only wish the object to complete half the trip in a 20 frame animation, one option is to set up the animation as a 40 frame scene and only render frames 1 to 20. Hope this helps. –Rick Rodriguez