fast forward / reverse a .W3d animation? 1

[digitalbyzantium]

I have an animation I created in 3ds max 6 and exported as a .W3d file. It has several human figures acting out a play in an architectual enviroment. I play and pause the whole animation in Director 8.5 using the .animationEnabled = true /false commands. Is there a way to give the user the option of backing up or fast fowarding the whole animation (not just one model)? In other words, I would like to provide video style buttons for skip forward and reverse and not just play, pause, rewind.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

You can control the speed of animation by changing playRate. Access playRate using this format:
--
member("some_w3d_member").model("some_model").keyframePlayer.playRate
--
The normal playRate is 1.000. More than 1.000 means faster and less than 1.000 means slower animation. If it is set to below 0 then the animation will be reversed.