bevy/examples/animation/eased_motion.rs
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Simplified easing curves (#15711)
# Objective

Simplify the API surrounding easing curves. Broaden the base of types
that support easing.

## Solution

There is now a single library function, `easing_curve`, which constructs
a unit-parametrized easing curve between two values based on an
`EaseFunction`:
```rust
/// Given a `start` and `end` value, create a curve parametrized over [the unit interval]
/// that connects them, using the given [ease function] to determine the form of the
/// curve in between.
///
/// [the unit interval]: Interval::UNIT
/// [ease function]: EaseFunction
pub fn easing_curve<T: Ease>(start: T, end: T, ease_fn: EaseFunction) -> EasingCurve<T> { //... }
```

As this shows, the type of the output curve is generic only in `T`. In
particular, as long as `T` is `Reflect` (and `FromReflect` etc. — i.e.,
a standard "well-behaved" reflectable type), `EasingCurve<T>` is also
`Reflect`, and there is no special field handling nonsense. Therefore,
`EasingCurve` is the kind of thing that would be able to be easily
changed in an editor. This is made possible by storing the actual
`EaseFunction` on `EasingCurve<T>` instead of indirecting through some
kind of function type (which generally leads to issues with reflection).

The types that can be eased are those that implement a trait `Ease`:
```rust
/// A type whose values can be eased between.
///
/// This requires the construction of an interpolation curve that actually extends
/// beyond the curve segment that connects two values, because an easing curve may
/// extrapolate before the starting value and after the ending value. This is
/// especially common in easing functions that mimic elastic or springlike behavior.
pub trait Ease: Sized {
    /// Given `start` and `end` values, produce a curve with [unlimited domain]
    /// that:
    /// - takes a value equivalent to `start` at `t = 0`
    /// - takes a value equivalent to `end` at `t = 1`
    /// - has constant speed everywhere, including outside of `[0, 1]`
    ///
    /// [unlimited domain]: Interval::EVERYWHERE
    fn interpolating_curve_unbounded(start: &Self, end: &Self) -> impl Curve<Self>;
}
```

(I know, I know, yet *another* interpolation trait. See 'Future
direction'.)

The other existing easing functions from the previous version of this
module have also become new members of `EaseFunction`: `Linear`,
`Steps`, and `Elastic` (which maybe needs a different name). The latter
two are parametrized.

## Testing

Tested using the `easing_functions` example. I also axed the
`cubic_curve` example which was of questionable value and replaced it
with `eased_motion`, which uses this API in the context of animation:


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3c802992-6b9b-4b56-aeb1-a47501c29ce2


---

## Future direction

Morally speaking, `Ease` is incredibly similar to `StableInterpolate`.
Probably, we should just merge `StableInterpolate` into `Ease`, and then
make `SmoothNudge` an automatic extension trait of `Ease`. The reason I
didn't do that is that `StableInterpolate` is not implemented for
`VectorSpace` because of concerns about the `Color` types, and I wanted
to avoid controversy. I think that may be a good idea though.

As Alice mentioned before, we should also probably get rid of the
`interpolation` dependency.

The parametrized `Elastic` variant probably also needs some additional
work (e.g. renaming, in/out/in-out variants, etc.) if we want to keep
it.
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//! Demonstrates the application of easing curves to animate a transition.
use std::f32::consts::FRAC_PI_2;
use bevy::{
animation::{AnimationTarget, AnimationTargetId},
color::palettes::css::{ORANGE, SILVER},
math::vec3,
prelude::*,
};
fn main() {
App::new()
.add_plugins(DefaultPlugins)
.add_systems(Startup, setup)
.run();
}
fn setup(
mut commands: Commands,
mut meshes: ResMut<Assets<Mesh>>,
mut materials: ResMut<Assets<StandardMaterial>>,
mut animation_graphs: ResMut<Assets<AnimationGraph>>,
mut animation_clips: ResMut<Assets<AnimationClip>>,
) {
// Create the animation:
let AnimationInfo {
target_name: animation_target_name,
target_id: animation_target_id,
graph: animation_graph,
node_index: animation_node_index,
} = AnimationInfo::create(&mut animation_graphs, &mut animation_clips);
// Build an animation player that automatically plays the animation.
let mut animation_player = AnimationPlayer::default();
animation_player.play(animation_node_index).repeat();
// A cube together with the components needed to animate it
let cube_entity = commands
.spawn((
Mesh3d(meshes.add(Cuboid::from_length(2.0))),
MeshMaterial3d(materials.add(Color::from(ORANGE))),
Transform::from_translation(vec3(-6., 2., 0.)),
animation_target_name,
animation_player,
animation_graph,
))
.id();
commands.entity(cube_entity).insert(AnimationTarget {
id: animation_target_id,
player: cube_entity,
});
// Some light to see something
commands.spawn((
PointLight {
shadows_enabled: true,
intensity: 10_000_000.,
range: 100.0,
..default()
},
Transform::from_xyz(8., 16., 8.),
));
// Ground plane
commands.spawn((
Mesh3d(meshes.add(Plane3d::default().mesh().size(50., 50.))),
MeshMaterial3d(materials.add(Color::from(SILVER))),
));
// The camera
commands.spawn((
Camera3d::default(),
Transform::from_xyz(0., 6., 12.).looking_at(Vec3::new(0., 1.5, 0.), Vec3::Y),
));
}
// Holds information about the animation we programmatically create.
struct AnimationInfo {
// The name of the animation target (in this case, the text).
target_name: Name,
// The ID of the animation target, derived from the name.
target_id: AnimationTargetId,
// The animation graph asset.
graph: Handle<AnimationGraph>,
// The index of the node within that graph.
node_index: AnimationNodeIndex,
}
impl AnimationInfo {
// Programmatically creates the UI animation.
fn create(
animation_graphs: &mut Assets<AnimationGraph>,
animation_clips: &mut Assets<AnimationClip>,
) -> AnimationInfo {
// Create an ID that identifies the text node we're going to animate.
let animation_target_name = Name::new("Cube");
let animation_target_id = AnimationTargetId::from_name(&animation_target_name);
// Allocate an animation clip.
let mut animation_clip = AnimationClip::default();
// Each leg of the translation motion should take 3 seconds.
let animation_domain = interval(0.0, 3.0).unwrap();
// The easing curve is parametrized over [0, 1], so we reparametrize it and
// then ping-pong, which makes it spend another 3 seconds on the return journey.
let translation_curve = easing_curve(
vec3(-6., 2., 0.),
vec3(6., 2., 0.),
EaseFunction::CubicInOut,
)
.reparametrize_linear(animation_domain)
.expect("this curve has bounded domain, so this should never fail")
.ping_pong()
.expect("this curve has bounded domain, so this should never fail");
// Something similar for rotation. The repetition here is an illusion caused
// by the symmetry of the cube; it rotates on the forward journey and never
// rotates back.
let rotation_curve = easing_curve(
Quat::IDENTITY,
Quat::from_rotation_y(FRAC_PI_2),
EaseFunction::ElasticInOut,
)
.reparametrize_linear(interval(0.0, 4.0).unwrap())
.expect("this curve has bounded domain, so this should never fail");
animation_clip
.add_curve_to_target(animation_target_id, TranslationCurve(translation_curve));
animation_clip.add_curve_to_target(animation_target_id, RotationCurve(rotation_curve));
// Save our animation clip as an asset.
let animation_clip_handle = animation_clips.add(animation_clip);
// Create an animation graph with that clip.
let (animation_graph, animation_node_index) =
AnimationGraph::from_clip(animation_clip_handle);
let animation_graph_handle = animation_graphs.add(animation_graph);
AnimationInfo {
target_name: animation_target_name,
target_id: animation_target_id,
graph: animation_graph_handle,
node_index: animation_node_index,
}
}
}