Set First Vertex - After Effects feature

[nuxttux]

Hi - I recently came across the Set First Vertex feature in After Effects and that seems to be a great way to manage and modify the Node Sequence in Friction.

This would be useful for a number of reasons, including ease of morphing shapes and when using the Shift key to snap nodes from one shape to an other.

Assuming I understood correctly how the Set first vertex works

[pgilfernandez]

I agree that it is handy as I also needed this feature in the past. I solved it by editing my paths with Inkscape and using the trick to break path at selected node and back again join selected nodes that results in the path reordering.

I implemented the missing split node and set first node in the following PR #622 . There is a related PR for the new icons used at friction2d/friction-icon-theme#33

The result will be like the following (with the icons built in the buttons indeed):

You may be able to test the feature (without the final icons) at the named PR 😉

I hope this is right what you were looking for 😄

[rodlie]

I also tried the Parent influence sliders and they aren't working in this build. Is that normal?

Yes, that build is the main branch + the PR changes by @pgilfernandez . Parent influence has not been merged into the main branch yet.

[nuxttux]

All right. What does PR stand for?

[pgilfernandez]

PR = Pull Request, it is the patch that applied to the regular or main version fixes something or adds a new feature (like it does in here).

When we propose a PR, new Friction builds are created including the fix/feature so that users or devs can try it out, @rodlie shared with you the Linux one so that you could test it: https://github.com/friction2d/friction/actions/runs/18631846252?pr=622

[pgilfernandez]

If the feature or fix gets merged then it becomes part of the last Friction version, that is what is so called main.

At the time being none of the "parent influence" one or this one are merged but you can test them inside the PR, looking for the "Actions" related with it...

[nuxttux]

Understood. Thank you.