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Hello,
I am trying to make a publication where I want to show incremental increase in temperature.

Lets say I want a text or button to display 25 deg Celcius. I want this number to increment by +1 until it reaches say 80 deg celcius.

What is the best elegant way to achieve this? I am guessing using a script, but any pointers would be helpful.

I have been able to make it work by creating a variable inside a text box and then using +1 function consectively to actions.

I am sure there is a better and more efficient way to do this.
Thanks for any help in advance

There can be many different ways of achieving the same result in Opus. It won't surprise me to see that you receive 5+ different techniques as suggested alternatives. I can see at least 3 ways of doing this, but as I'm flying off for a break in a few hours, I haven't time to outline them for you -- but I'm sure others will help you out.

Long ago I found that searching for the best and most efficient way of doing something could be (and I'm generalising here) a bit like a dog chasing its tail -- and overall, in practical terms a waste of time.

Let me ask 3 questions:

1. If multiple methods produce the same result, how do you judge which is the best? And, does it matter?

2. How are you going to measure the degree of effectiveness of the different methods?

3. Why does it matter? Opus is designed in such a way that the end user is not likely to be concerned with the methodology you choose. In fact, you are likely to be the only person who will appreciate the elegance of the solution, and like I said at the start, does this really matter?

I'm not meaning to be negative here -- I find that I prefer to find practical solutions which slot easily into my projects.

All that said, I expect you to be inundated with lots to choose from.

Lots of luck.

Welcome New York (gotham) --

Please go to your Profile, and in the Signature add info on your computer hardware, software, and what version of OPUS you are using. That stuff helps when you have a question.

1) I created a Text Object, then added a Variable called "Trucks."
2) Under the "Actions" tab, I created a Trigger of "On Show"
3) Under the Trigger, I created five Actions:
Trucks = 25 // This sets "Trucks" to "25" when first viewed
Delay 4.00 // This is how long my sample waits before starting to increment
Loop while Trucks < 80 // Under Programming is the "Loop" function. I could have used Loop 55 times, but decided to use "Loop while condition is true"
Delay 2.00 // This makes each increment wait 2 seconds before the next one occurs
Add 1.00 to Trucks // Under Programming Variables I selected "+ Add" then used "1" as the amount to increase Trucks each time.

Click on the attachment to see it better. You don't always have to use Scripts.

The "Consecutive Action Group" I believe you referred to causes Actions to occur one at a time, while "Simulaneous Action Group" makes Actions happen all together. These are NOT what you want to use for this effect.

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