Reverse

Plays the animation from its loop end back down toward its start frame.

Specification

Applies to: AnimType
File: art.ini
Section: [<ObjectType ID>]
Value: boolean
When omitted: no

A reversed animation plays its frames backward. It opens on frame LoopEnd and steps down one frame at a time. The pass ends when it steps to frame 0, so frame 0 is never shown. Every further pass begins on LoopEnd again, so LoopStart has no effect.

These frame numbers assume Start is 0, the usual case. A non-zero Start shifts both ends of a reversed pass, as that page explains.

[MYREFN_AR] ; MYREFN_A played backwards, over a six frame shape
Image=MYREFN_A
LoopStart=0
LoopEnd=5   ; the last frame, so the animation opens on artwork
LoopCount=1
Reverse=yes
Rate=200
Surface=yes

The direction is set only when the animation is created. An animation that changes into this type through Next= keeps the direction it already had, so Reverse=yes does not turn it around.

See also — LoopEnd, Start, LoopCount, PingPong