Time Control Examples¶

time_control1 — Global Pause, Slow-Motion, and Time Scaling¶

This example demonstrates TimeController as a single control point for all animation in a scene. A wave-deformed ocean plane and nine orbiting coloured cubes all derive their motion from TimeController::elapsed(). Pausing, slowing, or resetting time affects every element simultaneously.

Scene setup:

• DeformablePrimitive<Plane> with two WaveDeformer instances (different directions and speeds)
• 9 Box objects orbiting at evenly-spaced angular offsets with vertical oscillation
• TimeControlPanel for interactive control

Keyboard controls:

The key pattern to observe: every animation reads TimeController::instance()->elapsed() rather than elapsedTime(). No special pause logic is needed anywhere else — the single call to togglePause() freezes everything.

time_control1.cpp¶