making two animations at once in A-frame

For example, by using camera rig, I want to move from A to B then B to C in just one single click. I normally write “to 0 0 0” in the event “onclick”.

I want trigger both animations “1” and “1_1”. At the moment it is only the “1_1” that is triggered by a click. I’m using a timeline from https://www.npmjs.com/package/aframe-animation-timeline-component

My code can be found in https://glitch.com/edit/#!/winter-deserted-topaz

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The topic is general, so I’ll split it into separate cases:

Firing two simultaneous animations

If the animation components within an entity share an event ( defined in startEvents ) they will all fire at once:

    <script src="https://aframe.io/releases/1.2.0/aframe.min.js"></script>
    <a-scene cursor="rayOrigin: mouse">
      <a-box position="0 1 -3" rotation="0 45 0" scale="0.25 0.25 0.25" color="#4CC3D9" 

      animation__rotation="property: rotation; from: 0 45 0; to: 0 405 0; dur: 4000; 
      easing: linear; startEvents: click" 

      animation__scale="property: scale; from: 0.25 0.25 0.25; to: 1.5 1.5 1.5; dur: 2000; 
      dir: alternate; easing: linear; loop: 2; startEvents: click">
      </a-box>
    </a-scene>

Starting an animation after another one is finished

You can wait for one animation to finish and start another one with a bit of javascript.

You can determine if an animation has ended with the animationcomplete__(ID is the ‘name’ string after the animation__ bit) event.

Then you can emit a signal, which starts the second animation:

    <script src="https://aframe.io/releases/1.2.0/aframe.min.js"></script>
    <script>
      AFRAME.registerComponent("animation-manager", {
        init: function() {
          // wait for the first animation to finish
          this.el.addEventListener("animationcomplete__first", e => {
            // start the second animation
            this.el.emit("second")
          })
        }
      })
    </script>
    <a-scene cursor="rayOrigin: mouse">
      <a-box position="0 1 -3" rotation="0 45 0" scale="0.25 0.25 0.25" animation-manager color="#4CC3D9" 
      animation__first="property: rotation; from: 0 45 0; to: 0 405 0; dur: 2000; 
      easing: linear; startEvents: click" 
      animation__second="property: scale; from: 0.25 0.25 0.25; to: 1.5 1.5 1.5; dur: 2000; 
      dir: alternate; easing: linear; loop: 2; startEvents: second">
      </a-box>
    </a-scene>

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