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IDLE ANIMATION / POSE

​The Idle Pose features requires Performance Director 2.0 or Higher.

The Idle Pose feature allows you to optionally set a default animation for a group in your routine. This default animation will be played when the routine notecard is loaded, until the routine is started. When the routine timeline is completed, the Idle Pose will resume playing.

To configure an animation or pose as an idle dance, add the exact animation name after the dancer numbers in the @group statement of your notecard.
​Example of Idle Pose configuration:
​
@group lead|1|pose_name1
@group backup|2,3,4,5|animation2
​This means that the dancer designated as Dancer 1 in the Mover and in the "lead" group will do pose_name1 when he or she sits on the mover.  The "backup" dancers, numbered 2 through 5, will do animation2 when they sit on their movers and accept the animation invitation.

​Make sure to use the STOP statement in your timeline, when using idle poses.
​Example of using STOP in your timeline:

@group example|1|my_pose

example=
0|dance1
10|dance2
20|STOP
This routine would play out like this:
  • When the dancer sits on the mover the my_pose animation would play, since it is the idle pose for the group.
  • When the routine starts, the dance would move into the dance1 animation
  • 10 seconds into the routine, the routine would play the dance2 animation
  • 20 seconds into the routine, the STOP command will stop any active animations on the dancer. The dancer will then resume the idle pose defined for the group (the my_pose animation).