Rate

On Animations

Flag:	Rate
File(s):	Art(md).ini
Values:	Signed integers: All whole numbers from -2147483648 to 2147483647; in rare cases, only from -32768 to 32767.
Special Values:	-1
Default:	900
Applicable to:	Animations

Determines the speed of this animation by specifying the amount of animation frames to play relative to 900 time frames or 'ticks'. Larger values mean faster animation.

Note: The animation playback rate is determined by dividing 900 with Rate and truncating the result to the nearest integer. For example, an animation with Rate=500 and another with Rate=800 will have the same rate, 1, meaning they will both play at maximum speed (1 animation frame per tick).

900 / 500 = 1.8   → 1
900 / 800 = 1.125 → 1

Some further examples:

Rate=900 → 900 / 900 =   1 → advance the animation by 1 frame at every     tick.
Rate=350 → 900 / 360 = 2.5 → advance the animation by 1 frame    every   2 ticks.
Rate= 60 → 900 /  60 =  15 → advance the animation by 1 frame    every  15 ticks.
Rate=  1 → 900 /   1 = 900 → advance the animation by 1 frame    every 900 ticks.  

and so on.

int(900/Rate) or Rate=0 means no playback; the animation will be frozen in its start frame.

See Also

• RandomRate
• Normalized
• AnimRate

On Mission Control

Flag:	Rate
File(s):	Rules(md).ini
Values:	Floating point values: Any decimal number (clearer range should be added in Template:Values).
Applicable to:	Mission Control

Specifies the delay, in minutes, between processing this mission. Larger values mean a faster game but less responsiveness from the object while it is carrying out this mission.

See Also

• AARate