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Alpha Animation Script Issue

In my code, I have created a animation for a frame to fade in. (Alpha: 0 ----> Alpha: 1)
However when I set a script to set the alpha to 1 when the animation finishes (keep the frame shown),the SetAlpha on the frame does not stay.

Does anyone know what is going wrong?

Code:

local menuFrame = CreateFrame("Frame", "SAO_MainMenu", UIParent)

menuFrame:SetSize(120,300)

menuFrame:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "CENTER")

menuFrame:SetAlpha(0)



-- Lock1

menuFrame.playerLock = CreateFrame("Button", "$parentLock1", menuFrame)

menuFrame.playerLock:SetSize(42,42)

menuFrame.playerLock:SetPoint("CENTER", "$parent", "TOP")

menuFrame.playerLock.text = menuFrame.playerLock:CreateTexture("bg_test", "ARTWORK")

menuFrame.playerLock.text:SetTexture("Interface\\AddOns\\sao\\media\\inventoryequipmentlock")

menuFrame.playerLock.text:SetSize(42,42)

menuFrame.playerLock.text:SetPoint("CENTER", "$parent", "CENTER")



-- Lock2

menuFrame.friendsLock = CreateFrame("Button", "$parentLock2", menuFrame)

menuFrame.friendsLock:SetSize(42,42)

menuFrame.friendsLock:SetPoint("TOP", "$parentLock1", "BOTTOM", 0, -5)

menuFrame.friendsLock.text = menuFrame.friendsLock:CreateTexture("bg_test2", "ARTWORK")

menuFrame.friendsLock.text:SetTexture("Interface\\AddOns\\sao\\media\\friendguildlock")

menuFrame.friendsLock.text:SetSize(42,42)

menuFrame.friendsLock.text:SetPoint("CENTER", "$parent", "CENTER")



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menuFrame.animation = menuFrame:CreateAnimationGroup()



local a1 = menuFrame.animation:CreateAnimation("Alpha")

a1:SetChange(1)

a1:SetDuration(1)

a1:SetScript("OnFinished", function(self) 

        print("Inside")

        menuFrame:SetAlpha(1)

end)

you need to add a1:Pause() in the onfinish function

SetChange has been removed in legion so it's probably best not to use it.

You can replace it with a1:SetFromAlpha(0) and a1:SetToAlpha(1), and add menuFrame.animation:SetToFinalAlpha(true) to keep its new value.

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I will note this for legion, but I'm trying to get this work on live (wod 6.2).

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you need to add a1:Pause() in the onfinish function

This doesn't really work with what I'm trying to do. I still won't be able to change alpha of the actual frame while in the animation.

Still haven't found a solution.

SetTo/FromAlpha are available on Live already, no reason to not use them.

I tried using the SetTo/SetFrom and didn't work, maybe I will re try and see if I did something wrong.

However I did manage to fix the issue by using

Code:

UIFrameFadeIn(frame, timeToFade, startAlpha, endAlpha)

function for the frame.

Did you try the second part of what I wrote, which is what actually tells the animation group to keep the final alpha that it's set to?