What do you think about timelines?

[shipster]

Hi,

just a question about timelines per se.
I think I heard/read once that they should be avoided.
I have seen projects where animations curves are used (instead of timelines I guess)?

Would you try to avoid them as much as possible?
I mean are they as evil as using tick?

just want to get some opinions here…

cheers
shipster

[Everynone]

Tick is not evil. Timelines are not evil.

It’s all about what you do during the update.

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• are you updating something more often than you should? Don’t.
• do you need to update something every frame? Use Tick or a Timeline.
• would you like to arrive at a value over a curve / linearly and you do not know how much time it’s going to take? Use Tick.
• would you like something to update every frame for the next X seconds? Use a Timeline.
• would you like to fire events at specific times during X seconds? Use a Timeline.
• do you need to fire something repeatedly at the same time interval or after X time has passed? Use a Timer.

Why do stuff 60 times per second when there’s no need. Choose the right tool for the job.

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Also, each blueprint can run its tick as slow as you want: