Abacus API Notes

abacus-api-notes.js

var mainLoop = Abacus.timer({
  callback: function( data ) {
    data.delta // time since the last tick
    data.ticks // zero indexed number of ticks
  }
});

// Start the timer with an optional kill time in miliseconds
// if no miliseconds are passed in, it wil run FOR EV AR, until you pause it
mainLoop.start( 10000 )

// Stop the timer
mainLoop.pause()

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var animation = Abacus.animation({
  rate: 60, // number of indices per second
  timer: mainLoop,
  tween: function (){} || 'tweenName', // name of the tween to use, default is 'numeric', 'null runs no tween'
})

var layer = animation.layer( 0 || {
  index: 0,
  tween: function() {} || 'tweenName', // name of the tween to use, default is 'numeric', 'null runs no tween'
});

layer.addFrame({
  index: 3,
  value: [] || [[], [], []] || {}, {{},{}},
  tween: function (){} || 'tweenName', // name of the tween to use, default is 'numeric', 'null runs no tween'
  beforeTween: 'method' || function(){
    // function to run before tween
    this.tween // name of tween
    this.value // the keyframe value
  },
  afterTween: 'method' || function(){
    // function to run after tween
    this.tween // name of tween
    this.value // the keyframe value
  }
});

animation.layer( index ).removeFrame( index )
animation.start( target )
animation.stop()