Idea For Members - Alternating Avatars

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TAFJonathan

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Make your avatar an animation with a really long time in between frames (~2-4 minutes). Since only one version of the avatar as saved on GTP's server, they'll all rotate together. This will allow you, in effect, to have like 8 different avatars!
 
Dayumn, that actually sounds like a pretty cool idea!💡 Now, if only I knew how to make one for myself...:P
 
Sorry, I'm a man of animation, 2-4 min is not a smooth animation...

.07sec per frame is better for me...
 
It doesn't really work the way you want it to anyway, because the cycle would reset to zero every time you load a page, so only incredibly slow readers would ever see the different frames.
 
That's what I was going to point out, Tome. The animation cycle doesn't continue on the user's computer while they weren't viewing the animation - it starts from frame 1 every time it is loaded.
 
Originally posted by Jordan
That's what I was going to point out, Tome. The animation cycle doesn't continue on the user's computer while they weren't viewing the animation - it starts from frame 1 every time it is loaded.
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Really? I thought there was one just constantly running on GTP's server. :confused:
 
Originally posted by Stealth Viper


Really? I thought there was one just constantly running on GTP's server. :confused:
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The avatar is downloaded from GTP's server, and cached to your HD. This is where the file is then run from, as Jordan said, setting the timer to 0 every time a page loads.
Servers aren't quite virtual worlds that are constantly in motion, they are just a storage area (for the most part) with tons of files that are available for access with the proper instructions (ie webpages, etc etc...)
 

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