Tutorial Details:
Difficulty Level: Basic
Topics Covered: Using in in-built arc light animations using NQC.
Assumed Knowledge: The Basics, My first program, Using Include, Lighting Up (Parts 1 & 2)
Written By: BILL LANE

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So far we've looked at different ways to manually turns the ARC lights on and off. But that's not the only option. The Spybot comes pre-programmed with 8 different animation sequences and there is a very good chance that one of these will be ideal for use in your mission.

Names for these animations are defined in spy.nqh along with the function that runs them so you'll need to include that file at the top of your program. But you don't need the names to make them work, although they make a lot more sense that way. I'll list them here so we know what we're talking about:

//LED display effects (0 to 7)

0 ANIMATION_SCAN
1 ANIMATION_SPARKLE
2 ANIMATION_FLASH
3 ANIMATION_RED_TO_GREEN
4 ANIMATION_GREEN_TO_RED
5 ANIMATION_POINT_FORWARD
6 ANIMATION_ALARM
7 ANIMATION_THINKING

We run these animations using SetAnimation(nDisplay). It looks like this:

#include "spy.nqh"

task main()
{
SetAnimation(0);
Wait(400);
}

The number in the brackets tells the Spybot which animation to run. As always we use wait so we get a chance to see the fireworks before the program ends.

Just change the nDisplay number to change the animation. You can even call them by name if you prefer.