@needle-tools/engine 4.5.0-alpha.6 → 4.5.0

package/src/engine-components/timeline/TimelineTracks.ts

@@ -1,968 +1,968 @@
-import { AnimationAction, AnimationClip, AnimationMixer, Audio, AudioListener, AudioLoader, Euler, Object3D, Quaternion, QuaternionKeyframeTrack, Vector3, VectorKeyframeTrack } from "three";
-
-import { isDevEnvironment } from "../../engine/debug/index.js";
-import { Context } from "../../engine/engine_setup.js";
-import { getParam, resolveUrl } from "../../engine/engine_utils.js";
-import { setObjectAnimated } from "../AnimationUtils.js";
-import { Animator } from "../Animator.js"
-import { AudioSource } from "../AudioSource.js";
-import { GameObject } from "../Component.js";
-import { PlayableDirector } from "./PlayableDirector.js";
-import { SignalReceiver } from "./SignalAsset.js";
-import * as Models from "./TimelineModels.js";
-
-const debug = getParam("debugtimeline");
-
-/**
- * A TrackHandler is responsible for evaluating a specific type of timeline track.  
- * A timeline track can be an animation track, audio track, signal track, control track etc and is controlled by a {@link PlayableDirector}.
- */
-export abstract class TrackHandler {
-    director!: PlayableDirector;
-    track!: Models.TrackModel;
-
-    get muted(): boolean { return this.track.muted; }
-    set muted(val: boolean) {
-        if (val !== this.track.muted) {
-            this.track.muted = val;
-            this.onMuteChanged?.call(this);
-        }
-    }
-
-    *forEachClip(backwards: boolean = false): IterableIterator<Models.ClipModel> {
-        if (!this.track?.clips) return;
-        if (backwards) {
-            for (let i = this.track.clips.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-                yield this.track.clips[i];
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            for (const clip of this.track.clips) {
-                yield clip;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    onEnable?();
-    onDisable?();
-    onDestroy?();
-    abstract evaluate(time: number);
-    onMuteChanged?();
-    onPauseChanged?();
-    /** invoked when PlayableDirectory playmode state changes (paused, playing, stopped) */
-    onStateChanged?(isPlaying: boolean);
-
-    getClipTime(time: number, model: Models.ClipModel) {
-        return model.clipIn + (time - model.start) * model.timeScale;
-    }
-
-    getClipTimeNormalized(time: number, model: Models.ClipModel) {
-        return (time - model.start) / model.duration;
-    }
-
-    evaluateWeight(time: number, index: number, models: Array<Models.ClipModel>, isActive: boolean = true) {
-        if (index < 0 || index >= models.length) return 0;
-        const model = models[index];
-        if (isActive || time >= model.start && time <= model.end) {
-            let weight = 1;
-            const isBlendingWithNext = false;
-
-            // this blending with next clips is already baked into easeIn/easeOut
-            // if (allowBlendWithNext && index + 1 < models.length) {
-            //     const next = models[index + 1];
-            //     const nextWeight = (time - next.start) / (model.end - next.start);
-            //     isBlendingWithNext = nextWeight > 0;
-            //     weight = 1 - nextWeight;
-            // }
-
-            if (model.easeInDuration > 0) {
-                const easeIn = Math.min((time - model.start) / model.easeInDuration, 1);
-                weight *= easeIn;
-            }
-            if (model.easeOutDuration > 0 && !isBlendingWithNext) {
-                const easeOut = Math.min((model.end - time) / model.easeOutDuration, 1);
-                weight *= easeOut;
-            }
-            return weight;
-        }
-        return 0;
-    }
-}
-
-
-class AnimationClipOffsetData {
-    clip: AnimationClip;
-    rootPositionOffset?: Vector3;
-    rootQuaternionOffset?: Quaternion;
-    get hasOffsets(): boolean { return this.rootPositionOffset !== undefined || this.rootQuaternionOffset !== undefined; }
-
-    // not necessary
-    rootStartPosition?: Vector3;
-    rootEndPosition?: Vector3;
-    rootStartQuaternion?: Quaternion;
-    rootEndQuaternion?: Quaternion;
-
-    constructor(action: AnimationAction) {
-        const clip = action.getClip();
-        this.clip = clip;
-        const root = action.getRoot();
-        const rootPositionTrackName = root.name + ".position";
-        const rootRotationTrackName = root.name + ".quaternion";
-        if (debug)
-            console.log(clip.name, clip.tracks, rootPositionTrackName);
-        for (const track of clip.tracks) {
-            if (track.times.length <= 0) continue;
-            if (track.name.endsWith(rootPositionTrackName)) {
-                this.rootStartPosition = new Vector3().fromArray(track.values, 0);
-                this.rootEndPosition = new Vector3().fromArray(track.values, track.values.length - 3);
-                this.rootPositionOffset = this.rootEndPosition.clone().sub(this.rootStartPosition);
-                if (debug)
-                    console.log(this.rootPositionOffset);
-                // this.rootPositionOffset.set(0, 0, 0);
-            }
-            else if (track.name.endsWith(rootRotationTrackName)) {
-                this.rootStartQuaternion = new Quaternion().fromArray(track.values, 0);
-                this.rootEndQuaternion = new Quaternion().fromArray(track.values, track.values.length - 4);
-                this.rootQuaternionOffset = this.rootEndQuaternion.clone().multiply(this.rootStartQuaternion);
-
-                if (debug) {
-                    const euler = new Euler().setFromQuaternion(this.rootQuaternionOffset);
-                    console.log("ROT", euler);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-// TODO: add support for clip clamp modes (loop, pingpong, clamp)
-export class AnimationTrackHandler extends TrackHandler {
-    /** @internal */
-    models: Array<Models.ClipModel> = [];
-    /** @internal */
-    trackOffset?: Models.TrackOffset;
-
-    /** The object that is being animated. */
-    target?: Object3D;
-    /** The AnimationMixer, should be shared with the animator if an animator is bound */
-    mixer?: AnimationMixer;
-    clips: Array<AnimationClip> = [];
-    actions: Array<AnimationAction> = [];
-
-    /**
-     * You can use the weight to blend the timeline animation tracks with multiple animation tracks on the same object.
-     * @default 1
-     */
-    weight: number = 1;
-
-    /** holds data/info about clips differences */
-    private _actionOffsets: Array<AnimationClipOffsetData> = [];
-    private _didBind: boolean = false;
-    private _animator: Animator | null = null;
-
-
-    onDisable() {
-        // if this track is disabled we need to stop the currently active actions
-        this.mixer?.stopAllAction();
-    }
-
-    onDestroy() {
-        this.director.context.animations.unregisterAnimationMixer(this.mixer);
-    }
-
-    // Using this callback instead of onEnable etc 
-    // because we want to re-enable the animator when the director is at the end and wrap mode is set to none
-    // in which case the director is stopped (but not disabled)
-    // which means we want to notify the object that it's not animated anymore
-    // and the animator can then take over
-    onStateChanged() {
-        if (this._animator)
-            setObjectAnimated(this._animator.gameObject, this, this.director.isPlaying);
-    }
-
-    createHooks(clipModel: Models.AnimationClipModel, clip) {
-        if (clip.tracks?.length <= 0) {
-            console.warn("No tracks in AnimationClip", clip);
-            return;
-        }
-        // we only want to hook into the binding of the root object
-        // TODO: test with a clip with multiple roots
-        const parts = clip.tracks[0].name.split(".");
-        const rootName = parts[parts.length - 2];
-        const positionTrackName = rootName + ".position";
-        const rotationTrackName = rootName + ".quaternion";
-        let foundPositionTrack: boolean = false;
-        let foundRotationTrack: boolean = false;
-        for (const t of clip.tracks) {
-            if (t.name.endsWith(positionTrackName)) {
-                foundPositionTrack = true;
-                this.createPositionInterpolant(clip, clipModel, t);
-            }
-            else if (t.name.endsWith(rotationTrackName)) {
-                foundRotationTrack = true;
-                this.createRotationInterpolant(clip, clipModel, t);
-            }
-        }
-
-
-        // ensure we always have a position and rotation track so we can apply offsets in interpolator
-        // TODO: this currently assumes that there is only one root always that has offsets so it only does create the interpolator for the first track which might be incorrect. In general it would probably be better if we would not create additional tracks but apply the offsets for these objects elsewhere!?
-
-        if (!foundPositionTrack || !foundRotationTrack) {
-            const root = this.mixer?.getRoot() as Object3D;
-            const track = clip.tracks[0];
-            const indexOfProperty = track.name.lastIndexOf(".");
-            const baseName = track.name.substring(0, indexOfProperty);
-            const objName = baseName.substring(baseName.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
-            const targetObj = root.getObjectByName(objName);
-            // TODO can't animate unnamed objects which use GUID as name this way, need scene.getObjectByProperty('uuid', objectName);
-            // This should be right but needs testing:
-            // const parsedPath = PropertyBinding.parseTrackName(track.name);
-            // const targetObj = PropertyBinding.findNode(root, parsedPath.nodeName);
-
-            if (targetObj) {
-                if (!foundPositionTrack) {
-                    const trackName = baseName + ".position";
-                    if (debug) console.warn("Create position track", objName, targetObj);
-                    // apply initial local position so it doesnt get flipped or otherwise changed
-                    const pos = targetObj.position;
-                    const track = new VectorKeyframeTrack(trackName, [0, clip.duration], [pos.x, pos.y, pos.z, pos.x, pos.y, pos.z]);
-                    clip.tracks.push(track);
-                    this.createPositionInterpolant(clip, clipModel, track);
-                }
-                else if (!foundRotationTrack) {
-                    const trackName = clip.tracks[0].name.substring(0, indexOfProperty) + ".quaternion";
-                    if (debug) console.warn("Create quaternion track", objName, targetObj);
-                    const rot = targetObj.quaternion;
-                    const track = new QuaternionKeyframeTrack(trackName, [0, clip.duration], [rot.x, rot.y, rot.z, rot.w, rot.x, rot.y, rot.z, rot.w]);
-                    clip.tracks.push(track);
-                    this.createRotationInterpolant(clip, clipModel, track);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    bind() {
-        if (this._didBind) return;
-        this._didBind = true;
-        if (debug) console.log(this.models);
-
-        // the object being animated
-        if (this.mixer) this.target = this.mixer.getRoot() as Object3D;
-        else console.warn("No mixer was assigned to animation track")
-
-        for (const action of this.actions) {
-            const off = new AnimationClipOffsetData(action);
-            this._actionOffsets.push(off);
-        }
-
-        if (this.target) {
-            // We need to disable the animator component in case it also animates
-            // which overrides the timeline
-            this._animator = GameObject.getComponent(this.target, Animator) ?? null;
-            if (this._animator) {
-                setObjectAnimated(this._animator.gameObject, this, true);
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Clip Offsets
-        for (const model of this.models) {
-            const clipData = model.asset as Models.AnimationClipModel;
-            const pos = clipData.position as any;
-            const rot = clipData.rotation as any;
-            if (pos && pos.x !== undefined) {
-                if (!pos.isVector3) {
-                    clipData.position = new Vector3(pos.x, pos.y, pos.z);
-                }
-                if (!rot.isQuaternion) {
-                    clipData.rotation = new Quaternion(rot.x, rot.y, rot.z, rot.w);
-                }
-            }
-
-        }
-
-        this.ensureTrackOffsets();
-    }
-
-    private ensureTrackOffsets() {
-        if (this.trackOffset) {
-            const pos = this.trackOffset.position as any;
-            if (pos) {
-                if (!pos.isVector3) {
-                    this.trackOffset.position = new Vector3(pos.x, pos.y, pos.z);
-                }
-            }
-            const rot = this.trackOffset.rotation as any;
-            if (rot) {
-                if (!rot.isQuaternion) {
-                    this.trackOffset.rotation = new Quaternion(rot.x, rot.y, rot.z, rot.w);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private _useclipOffsets: boolean = true;
-
-    private _totalOffsetPosition: Vector3 = new Vector3();
-    private _totalOffsetRotation: Quaternion = new Quaternion();
-    private _totalOffsetPosition2: Vector3 = new Vector3();
-    private _totalOffsetRotation2: Quaternion = new Quaternion();
-    private _summedPos = new Vector3();
-    private _tempPos = new Vector3();
-    private _summedRot = new Quaternion();
-    private _tempRot = new Quaternion();
-    private _clipRotQuat = new Quaternion();
-
-    evaluate(time: number) {
-        if (this.track.muted) return;
-        if (!this.mixer) return;
-
-        this.bind();
-
-        // if (this._animator && this.director.isPlaying && this.director.weight > 0) this._animator.enabled = false;
-
-        this._totalOffsetPosition.set(0, 0, 0);
-        this._totalOffsetRotation.set(0, 0, 0, 1);
-        this._totalOffsetPosition2.set(0, 0, 0);
-        this._totalOffsetRotation2.set(0, 0, 0, 1);
-        let activeClips = 0;
-        let blend: number = 0;
-        let didPostExtrapolate = false;
-        let didPreExtrapolate = false;
-        // The total weight is used to blend with the animator controller active states
-        let totalWeight = 0;
-        for (let i = 0; i < this.clips.length; i++) {
-            const model = this.models[i];
-            const action = this.actions[i];
-            const clipModel = model.asset as Models.AnimationClipModel;
-            action.weight = 0;
-
-            const isInTimeRange = time >= model.start && time <= model.end;
-            const preExtrapolation: Models.ClipExtrapolation = model.preExtrapolationMode;
-            const postExtrapolation: Models.ClipExtrapolation = model.postExtrapolationMode;
-            const nextClip = i < this.clips.length - 1 ? this.models[i + 1] : null;
-            let isActive = isInTimeRange;
-            let doPreExtrapolate = false;
-
-            if (!isActive && !didPostExtrapolate && model.end < time && postExtrapolation !== Models.ClipExtrapolation.None) {
-                // use post extrapolate if its the last clip of the next clip has not yet started
-                if (!nextClip || nextClip.start > time) {
-                    isActive = true;
-                    didPostExtrapolate = true;
-                }
-            }
-            else if (i == 0 && !isActive && !didPreExtrapolate && model.start > time && preExtrapolation !== Models.ClipExtrapolation.None) {
-                if (!nextClip || nextClip.start < time) {
-                    isActive = true;
-                    doPreExtrapolate = true;
-                    didPreExtrapolate = true;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (isActive) {
-                // const clip = this.clips[i];
-                let weight = this.weight;
-                weight *= this.evaluateWeight(time, i, this.models, isActive);
-                weight *= this.director.weight;
-
-                let handleLoop = isInTimeRange;
-                if (doPreExtrapolate) {
-                    switch (preExtrapolation) {
-                        case Models.ClipExtrapolation.Hold:
-                            // Nothing to do
-                            break;
-                        case Models.ClipExtrapolation.Loop:
-                            // TODO: this is not correct yet
-                            time += model.start;
-                            handleLoop = true;
-                            break;
-                        default:
-                            time += model.start;
-                            handleLoop = true;
-                            break;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                // TODO: handle clipIn again
-                let t = this.getClipTime(time, model);
-                let loops = 0;
-                const duration = clipModel.duration;
-                // This is the actual duration of the clip in the timeline (with clipping and scale)
-                // const clipDuration = (model.end - model.start) * model.timeScale;
-
-                if (doPreExtrapolate) {
-                    if (preExtrapolation === Models.ClipExtrapolation.Hold) {
-                        t = 0;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if (handleLoop) {
-                    if (clipModel.loop) {
-                        // const t0 = t - .001;
-                        loops += Math.floor(t / (duration + .000001));
-                        while (t > duration) {
-                            t -= duration;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                else if (!isInTimeRange) {
-                    if (didPostExtrapolate) {
-                        switch (postExtrapolation) {
-                            case Models.ClipExtrapolation.Hold:
-                                t = this.getClipTime(model.end, model);
-                                break;
-                            case Models.ClipExtrapolation.Loop:
-                                t %= duration;
-                                break;
-                            case Models.ClipExtrapolation.PingPong:
-                                const loops = Math.floor(t / duration);
-                                const invert = loops % 2 !== 0;
-                                t %= duration;
-                                if (invert) t = duration - t;
-                                break;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if (model.reversed === true) action.time = action.getClip().duration - t;
-                else action.time = t;
-
-
-                action.timeScale = 0;
-                const effectiveWeight = Math.max(0, weight);
-                action.weight = effectiveWeight;
-                totalWeight += effectiveWeight;
-                action.clampWhenFinished = false;
-                if (!action.isRunning())
-                    action.play();
-                // console.log(action.time, action.weight);
-
-                if (this._useclipOffsets) {
-                    const totalPosition = activeClips == 0 ? this._totalOffsetPosition : this._totalOffsetPosition2;
-                    const totalRotation = activeClips == 0 ? this._totalOffsetRotation : this._totalOffsetRotation2;
-                    if (activeClips < 1) blend = 1 - weight;
-                    activeClips += 1;
-
-                    const summedPos = this._summedPos.set(0, 0, 0);
-                    const tempPos = this._tempPos.set(0, 0, 0);
-                    const summedRot = this._summedRot.identity();
-                    const tempRot = this._tempRot.identity();
-
-                    const clipOffsetRot = clipModel.rotation as Quaternion;
-                    if (clipOffsetRot) {
-                        this._clipRotQuat.identity();
-                        this._clipRotQuat.slerp(clipOffsetRot, weight);
-                    }
-
-                    const offsets = this._actionOffsets[i];
-                    if (offsets.hasOffsets) {
-                        for (let i = 0; i < loops; i++) {
-                            if (offsets.rootPositionOffset)
-                                tempPos.copy(offsets.rootPositionOffset);
-                            else tempPos.set(0, 0, 0);
-
-                            tempPos.applyQuaternion(summedRot);
-                            if (this._clipRotQuat)
-                                tempPos.applyQuaternion(this._clipRotQuat);
-
-                            if (offsets.rootQuaternionOffset) {
-                                // console.log(new Euler().setFromQuaternion(offsets.rootQuaternionOffset).y.toFixed(2));
-                                tempRot.copy(offsets.rootQuaternionOffset);
-                                summedRot.multiply(tempRot);
-                            }
-                            summedPos.add(tempPos);
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    if (this._clipRotQuat)
-                        totalRotation.multiply(this._clipRotQuat);
-                    totalRotation.multiply(summedRot);
-
-                    if (clipModel.position)
-                        summedPos.add(clipModel.position as Vector3);
-                    totalPosition.add(summedPos);
-                }
-
-            }
-        }
-        if (this._useclipOffsets) {
-            this._totalOffsetPosition.lerp(this._totalOffsetPosition2, blend);
-            this._totalOffsetRotation.slerp(this._totalOffsetRotation2, blend);
-        }
-
-        if (this["__mixerError"] === undefined && (debug || isDevEnvironment()) && this._animator?.runtimeAnimatorController?.mixer && this.mixer !== this._animator?.runtimeAnimatorController?.mixer) {
-            this["__mixerError"] = true;
-            console.error("AnimationTrack mixer is not shared with the animator controller - this might result in the timeline to not animate properly. Please report a bug to the Needle Engine team!", this);
-        }
-
-        if (this._animator?.runtimeAnimatorController) {
-            // If the Timeline is running then the timeline track takes control over the animatorcontroller
-            // we calculate the weight left for the animatorcontroller actions
-            const weightLeft = Math.max(0, 1 - totalWeight);
-            this._animator?.runtimeAnimatorController?.update(weightLeft);
-        }
-        else {
-            this.mixer.update(time);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private createRotationInterpolant(_clip: AnimationClip, _clipModel: Models.AnimationClipModel, track: any) {
-        const createInterpolantOriginal = track.createInterpolant.bind(track);
-        const quat: Quaternion = new Quaternion();
-        this.ensureTrackOffsets();
-        const trackOffsetRot: Quaternion | null = this.trackOffset?.rotation as Quaternion;
-        track.createInterpolant = () => {
-            const createdInterpolant: any = createInterpolantOriginal();
-            const interpolate = createdInterpolant.evaluate.bind(createdInterpolant);
-            // console.log(interpolate);
-            createdInterpolant.evaluate = (time) => {
-                const res = interpolate(time);
-                quat.set(res[0], res[1], res[2], res[3]);
-                quat.premultiply(this._totalOffsetRotation);
-                // console.log(new Euler().setFromQuaternion(quat).y.toFixed(2));
-                if (trackOffsetRot) quat.premultiply(trackOffsetRot);
-
-                if (this.director.animationCallbackReceivers) {
-                    for (const rec of this.director.animationCallbackReceivers) {
-                        rec?.onTimelineRotation?.call(rec, this.director, this.target!, time, quat);
-                    }
-                }
-
-                res[0] = quat.x;
-                res[1] = quat.y;
-                res[2] = quat.z;
-                res[3] = quat.w;
-                return res;
-            };
-            return createdInterpolant;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private createPositionInterpolant(clip: AnimationClip, clipModel: Models.AnimationClipModel, track: any) {
-        const createInterpolantOriginal = track.createInterpolant.bind(track);
-        const currentPosition: Vector3 = new Vector3();
-        this.ensureTrackOffsets();
-        const trackOffsetRot: Quaternion | null = this.trackOffset?.rotation as Quaternion;
-        const trackOffsetPos: Vector3 | null = this.trackOffset?.position as Vector3;
-        let startOffset: Vector3 | null | undefined = undefined;
-        track.createInterpolant = () => {
-            const createdInterpolant: any = createInterpolantOriginal();
-            const evaluate = createdInterpolant.evaluate.bind(createdInterpolant);
-            createdInterpolant.evaluate = (time) => {
-                const res = evaluate(time);
-                currentPosition.set(res[0], res[1], res[2]);
-                if (clipModel.removeStartOffset) {
-                    if (startOffset === undefined) {
-                        startOffset = null;
-                        startOffset = this._actionOffsets.find(a => a.clip === clip)?.rootStartPosition?.clone();
-                    }
-                    else if (startOffset?.isVector3) {
-                        currentPosition.sub(startOffset);
-                    }
-                }
-                currentPosition.applyQuaternion(this._totalOffsetRotation);
-                currentPosition.add(this._totalOffsetPosition);
-                // apply track offset
-                if (trackOffsetRot) currentPosition.applyQuaternion(trackOffsetRot);
-                if (trackOffsetPos) {
-                    // flipped unity X
-                    currentPosition.x -= trackOffsetPos.x;
-                    currentPosition.y += trackOffsetPos.y;
-                    currentPosition.z += trackOffsetPos.z;
-                }
-                if (this.director.animationCallbackReceivers) {
-                    for (const rec of this.director.animationCallbackReceivers) {
-                        rec?.onTimelinePosition?.call(rec, this.director, this.target!, time, currentPosition);
-                    }
-                }
-                res[0] = currentPosition.x;
-                res[1] = currentPosition.y;
-                res[2] = currentPosition.z;
-                return res;
-            };
-            return createdInterpolant;
-        }
-    }
-
-}
-
-const muteAudioTracks = getParam("mutetimeline");
-
-declare type AudioClipModel = Models.ClipModel & { _didTriggerPlay: boolean };
-
-export class AudioTrackHandler extends TrackHandler {
-
-    models: Array<AudioClipModel> = [];
-    listener!: AudioListener;
-    audio: Array<Audio> = [];
-    audioContextTimeOffset: Array<number> = [];
-    lastTime: number = 0;
-    audioSource?: AudioSource;
-
-    private _audioLoader: AudioLoader | null = null;
-
-    private getAudioFilePath(path: string) {
-        // TODO: this should be the timeline asset location probably which MIGHT be different
-        const glbLocation = this.director.sourceId;
-        return resolveUrl(glbLocation, path);
-    }
-
-    onAllowAudioChanged(allow: boolean) {
-        for (let i = 0; i < this.models.length; i++) {
-            const model = this.models[i];
-            const audio = this.audio[i];
-            audio.setVolume(allow ? model.asset.volume : 0);
-        }
-    }
-
-    addModel(model: Models.ClipModel) {
-        const audio = new Audio(this.listener as any);
-        this.audio.push(audio);
-        const audioClipModel = model as AudioClipModel;
-        audioClipModel._didTriggerPlay = false;
-        this.models.push(audioClipModel);
-    }
-
-    onDisable() {
-        for (const audio of this.audio) {
-            if (audio.isPlaying)
-                audio.stop();
-        }
-        for (const model of this.models) {
-            model._didTriggerPlay = false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    onDestroy() {
-        for (const audio of this.audio) {
-            if (audio.source)
-                audio?.disconnect();
-        }
-        this.audio.length = 0;
-        // TODO: dispose loaded audio buffers by this track
-    }
-
-    onMuteChanged() {
-        if (this.muted) {
-            for (let i = 0; i < this.audio.length; i++) {
-                const audio = this.audio[i];
-                if (audio?.isPlaying)
-                    audio.stop();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    stop() {
-        for (let i = 0; i < this.audio.length; i++) {
-            const audio = this.audio[i];
-            if (audio?.isPlaying)
-                audio.stop();
-        }
-        for (const model of this.models) {
-            model._didTriggerPlay = false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private _playableDirectorResumed = false;
-    onPauseChanged() {
-        // if the timeline gets paused we stop all audio clips
-        // we dont reset the triggerPlay here (this will automatically reset when the timeline start evaluating again)
-        for (let i = 0; i < this.audio.length; i++) {
-            const audio = this.audio[i];
-            if (audio?.isPlaying)
-                audio.stop();
-        }
-        this._playableDirectorResumed = this.director.isPlaying;
-    }
-
-    evaluate(time: number) {
-        if (muteAudioTracks) return;
-        if (this.track.muted) return;
-        if (this.director.speed < 0) {
-            // Reversed audio playback is currently not supported
-            return;
-        }
-        const isMuted = this.director.context.application.muted;
-        const resumePlay = this._playableDirectorResumed;
-        this._playableDirectorResumed = false;
-        // this is just so that we dont hear the very first beat when the audio starts but is muted
-        // if we dont add a delay we hear a little bit of the audio before it shuts down
-        // MAYBE instead of doing it like this we should connect a custom audio node (or disconnect the output node?)
-        const playTimeOffset = isMuted ? .1 : 0;
-        for (let i = 0; i < this.models.length; i++) {
-            const model = this.models[i];
-            const audio = this.audio[i];
-            const asset = model.asset as Models.AudioClipModel;
-            // only trigger loading for tracks that are CLOSE to being played
-            if ((!audio || !audio.buffer) && this.isInTimeRange(model, time - 1, time + 1)) {
-                this.handleAudioLoading(model, audio);
-            }
-            if (AudioSource.userInteractionRegistered === false) continue;
-            if (audio === null || !audio.buffer) continue;
-            audio.playbackRate = this.director.context.time.timeScale * this.director.speed;
-            audio.loop = asset.loop;
-            if (time >= model.start && time <= model.end && time < this.director.duration) {
-                if (!audio.isPlaying || !this.director.isPlaying) {
-                    // if the timeline is paused we trigger the audio clip once when the model is entered
-                    // we dont playback the audio clip if we scroll back in time
-                    // this is to support audioclip playback when using timeline with manual scrolling (scrollytelling)
-                    if (resumePlay || (!model._didTriggerPlay && this.lastTime < time)) {
-                        // we don't want to clip in the audio if it's a very short clip
-                        const clipDuration = model.duration * model.timeScale;
-                        if (clipDuration > .3)
-                            audio.offset = model.clipIn + (time - model.start) * model.timeScale;
-                        else audio.offset = 0;
-                        if (debug) console.log("Timeline Audio (" + this.track.name + ") play with offset " + audio.offset + " - " + model.asset.clip);
-                        audio.play(playTimeOffset);
-                        model._didTriggerPlay = true;
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        // do nothing...
-                    }
-                }
-                else {
-                    const targetOffset = model.clipIn + (time - model.start) * model.timeScale;
-                    // seems it's non-trivial to get the right time from audio sources;
-                    // https://github.com/mrdoob/js/blob/master/src/audio/Audio.js#L170
-                    const currentTime = audio.context.currentTime - audio["_startedAt"] + audio.offset;
-                    const diff = Math.abs(targetOffset - currentTime);
-
-                    if (diff > 0.3) {
-                        audio.offset = targetOffset;
-                        audio.stop();
-                        audio.play(playTimeOffset);
-                    }
-                }
-                let vol = asset.volume as number;
-
-                if (this.track.volume !== undefined)
-                    vol *= this.track.volume;
-
-                if (isMuted) vol = 0;
-                if (model.easeInDuration > 0) {
-                    const easeIn = Math.min((time - model.start) / model.easeInDuration, 1);
-                    vol *= easeIn;
-                }
-                if (model.easeOutDuration > 0) {
-                    const easeOut = Math.min((model.end - time) / model.easeOutDuration, 1);
-                    vol *= easeOut;
-                }
-                audio.setVolume(vol * this.director.weight);
-            }
-            else {
-                model._didTriggerPlay = false;
-                if (this.director.isPlaying) {
-                    if (audio.isPlaying) {
-                        audio.stop();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        this.lastTime = time;
-    }
-
-    /** Call to load audio buffer for a specific time in the track. Can be used to preload the timeline audio */
-    loadAudio(time: number, lookAhead: number = 0, lookBehind: number = 0) {
-        let promises: Array<Promise<AudioBuffer | null>> | null = null;
-        const rangeStart = time - lookBehind;
-        const rangeEnd = time + lookAhead;
-        for (const model of this.models) {
-            if (this.isInTimeRange(model, rangeStart, rangeEnd)) {
-                const audio = this.audio[this.models.indexOf(model)];
-                const promise = this.handleAudioLoading(model, audio);
-                if (promise !== null) {
-                    if (promises === null) promises = [];
-                    promises.push(promise);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if (promises !== null) {
-            return Promise.all(promises);
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    private isInTimeRange(model: Models.ClipModel, start: number, end: number) {
-        // Range surrounds clip range
-        if (start <= model.start && end >= model.end) return true;
-        // Range start is in clip range
-        if (start >= model.start && start <= model.end) return true;
-        // Range end is in clip range
-        if (end >= model.start && end <= model.end) return true;
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    private static _audioBuffers: Map<string, Promise<AudioBuffer | null>> = new Map();
-
-    public static dispose() {
-        AudioTrackHandler._audioBuffers.clear();
-    }
-
-    private handleAudioLoading(model: Models.ClipModel, audio: Audio): Promise<AudioBuffer | null> | null {
-        if (!this._audioLoader) {
-            this._audioLoader = new AudioLoader();
-        }
-        // TODO: maybe we should cache the loaders / buffers here by path
-        const path = this.getAudioFilePath(model.asset.clip);
-
-        if (AudioTrackHandler._audioBuffers.get(path)) {
-            const promise = AudioTrackHandler._audioBuffers.get(path)!
-            promise.then((buffer) => {
-                if (buffer) audio.setBuffer(buffer);
-            });
-            return promise;
-        }
-
-        if (debug) console.warn("LOAD audio track", path, this.director.sourceId);
-        const loadingPromise = new Promise<AudioBuffer | null>((resolve, _reject) => {
-            this._audioLoader!.load(path,
-                buffer => {
-                    audio.setBuffer(buffer);
-                    resolve(buffer);
-                },
-                undefined,
-                err => {
-                    console.error("Error loading audio", err);
-                    resolve(null);
-                });
-        });
-        AudioTrackHandler._audioBuffers.set(path, loadingPromise);
-        return loadingPromise;
-    }
-}
-
-export class SignalTrackHandler extends TrackHandler {
-    models: Models.SignalMarkerModel[] = [];
-    didTrigger: boolean[] = [];
-    receivers: Array<SignalReceiver | null> = [];
-
-    // TODO: test when timeline signals are being reset in Unity
-    // onEnable() {
-    //     for (let i = 0; i < this.didTrigger?.length; i++) {
-    //         this.didTrigger[i] = false;
-    //     }
-    // }
-
-    // private _lastTime: number = -1;
-
-    evaluate(time: number) {
-        if (this.track.muted) return;
-
-        // let lastTime = this._lastTime;
-        // if (lastTime === -1) lastTime = time;
-        // this._lastTime = time;
-
-        const estimatedFrameLengthWithPadding = this.director.context.time.deltaTime * 1.5;
-
-        for (let i = 0; i < this.models.length; i++) {
-            const model = this.models[i];
-            const wasTriggered = this.didTrigger[i];
-            const td = model.time - time;
-            let isActive = false;
-            if (model.retroActive) {
-                isActive = td <= 0.000001;
-            }
-            else {
-                const abs = Math.abs(td);
-                // e.g. if the signal is at frame 0 and the timeline duration also 0 (no tracks, just a signal at frame 0)
-                if (abs === 0) {
-                    isActive = true;
-                }
-                else if (abs >= .00001 && abs < estimatedFrameLengthWithPadding) {
-                    isActive = true;
-                }
-            }
-            // console.log(time, td, isActive);
-            if (isActive) {
-                if (!wasTriggered) {
-                    if (debug)
-                        console.log("Trigger signal", time, model.time, model);
-                    this.didTrigger[i] = true;
-                    // If a signal doesnt have any explicit receivers it will invoke the signal globally
-                    if (this.receivers?.length <= 0) {
-                        SignalReceiver.invoke(model.asset);
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        for (const rec of this.receivers) {
-                            if (!rec) continue;
-                            rec.invoke(model.asset);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            else {
-                if (!model.emitOnce)
-                    this.didTrigger[i] = false;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
-export class ControlTrackHandler extends TrackHandler {
-    models: Array<Models.ClipModel> = [];
-    timelines: Array<PlayableDirector | null> = [];
-
-    resolveSourceObjects(_context: Context) {
-        for (let i = this.models.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-            const model = this.models[i];
-            const asset = model.asset as Models.ControlClipModel;
-
-            if (!asset.sourceObject || typeof asset.sourceObject !== "object") {
-                console.log("no source object, removing model", i, asset);
-                this.models.splice(i, 1);
-                continue;
-            }
-            else {
-                const timeline = GameObject.getComponent(asset.sourceObject, PlayableDirector)!;
-                // always add it to keep size of timelines and models in sync (index of model is index of timeline)
-                this.timelines.push(timeline);
-                if (timeline) {
-                    if (asset.updateDirector) {
-                        timeline.playOnAwake = false;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private _previousActiveModel: Models.ClipModel | null = null;
-
-    evaluate(time: number) {
-        this._previousActiveModel = null;
-        for (let i = 0; i < this.models.length; i++) {
-            const model = this.models[i];
-            const asset = model.asset as Models.ControlClipModel;
-
-            if (time >= model.start && time <= model.end) {
-                this._previousActiveModel = model;
-                const clipTime = this.getClipTime(time, model);
-
-                if (asset.controlActivation) {
-                    const obj = asset.sourceObject as Object3D;
-                    obj.visible = true;
-                }
-
-                if (asset.updateDirector) {
-                    const timeline = this.timelines[i];
-                    if (timeline) {
-                        if (timeline.isPlaying) {
-                            timeline.pause();
-                        }
-                        timeline.time = clipTime;
-                        timeline.evaluate();
-                    }
-                }
-                // control tracks can not overlap/blend
-                // break;
-            }
-            else {
-                const previousActiveAsset = this._previousActiveModel?.asset as Models.ControlClipModel;
-                if (asset.controlActivation) {
-                    const obj = asset.sourceObject as Object3D;
-                    if (previousActiveAsset?.sourceObject !== obj)
-                        obj.visible = false;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
+import { AnimationAction, AnimationClip, AnimationMixer, Audio, AudioListener, AudioLoader, Euler, Object3D, Quaternion, QuaternionKeyframeTrack, Vector3, VectorKeyframeTrack } from "three";
+
+import { isDevEnvironment } from "../../engine/debug/index.js";
+import { Context } from "../../engine/engine_setup.js";
+import { getParam, resolveUrl } from "../../engine/engine_utils.js";
+import { setObjectAnimated } from "../AnimationUtils.js";
+import { Animator } from "../Animator.js"
+import { AudioSource } from "../AudioSource.js";
+import { GameObject } from "../Component.js";
+import { PlayableDirector } from "./PlayableDirector.js";
+import { SignalReceiver } from "./SignalAsset.js";
+import * as Models from "./TimelineModels.js";
+
+const debug = getParam("debugtimeline");
+
+/**
+ * A TrackHandler is responsible for evaluating a specific type of timeline track.  
+ * A timeline track can be an animation track, audio track, signal track, control track etc and is controlled by a {@link PlayableDirector}.
+ */
+export abstract class TrackHandler {
+    director!: PlayableDirector;
+    track!: Models.TrackModel;
+
+    get muted(): boolean { return this.track.muted; }
+    set muted(val: boolean) {
+        if (val !== this.track.muted) {
+            this.track.muted = val;
+            this.onMuteChanged?.call(this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    *forEachClip(backwards: boolean = false): IterableIterator<Models.ClipModel> {
+        if (!this.track?.clips) return;
+        if (backwards) {
+            for (let i = this.track.clips.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                yield this.track.clips[i];
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            for (const clip of this.track.clips) {
+                yield clip;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    onEnable?();
+    onDisable?();
+    onDestroy?();
+    abstract evaluate(time: number);
+    onMuteChanged?();
+    onPauseChanged?();
+    /** invoked when PlayableDirectory playmode state changes (paused, playing, stopped) */
+    onStateChanged?(isPlaying: boolean);
+
+    getClipTime(time: number, model: Models.ClipModel) {
+        return model.clipIn + (time - model.start) * model.timeScale;
+    }
+
+    getClipTimeNormalized(time: number, model: Models.ClipModel) {
+        return (time - model.start) / model.duration;
+    }
+
+    evaluateWeight(time: number, index: number, models: Array<Models.ClipModel>, isActive: boolean = true) {
+        if (index < 0 || index >= models.length) return 0;
+        const model = models[index];
+        if (isActive || time >= model.start && time <= model.end) {
+            let weight = 1;
+            const isBlendingWithNext = false;
+
+            // this blending with next clips is already baked into easeIn/easeOut
+            // if (allowBlendWithNext && index + 1 < models.length) {
+            //     const next = models[index + 1];
+            //     const nextWeight = (time - next.start) / (model.end - next.start);
+            //     isBlendingWithNext = nextWeight > 0;
+            //     weight = 1 - nextWeight;
+            // }
+
+            if (model.easeInDuration > 0) {
+                const easeIn = Math.min((time - model.start) / model.easeInDuration, 1);
+                weight *= easeIn;
+            }
+            if (model.easeOutDuration > 0 && !isBlendingWithNext) {
+                const easeOut = Math.min((model.end - time) / model.easeOutDuration, 1);
+                weight *= easeOut;
+            }
+            return weight;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+
+class AnimationClipOffsetData {
+    clip: AnimationClip;
+    rootPositionOffset?: Vector3;
+    rootQuaternionOffset?: Quaternion;
+    get hasOffsets(): boolean { return this.rootPositionOffset !== undefined || this.rootQuaternionOffset !== undefined; }
+
+    // not necessary
+    rootStartPosition?: Vector3;
+    rootEndPosition?: Vector3;
+    rootStartQuaternion?: Quaternion;
+    rootEndQuaternion?: Quaternion;
+
+    constructor(action: AnimationAction) {
+        const clip = action.getClip();
+        this.clip = clip;
+        const root = action.getRoot();
+        const rootPositionTrackName = root.name + ".position";
+        const rootRotationTrackName = root.name + ".quaternion";
+        if (debug)
+            console.log(clip.name, clip.tracks, rootPositionTrackName);
+        for (const track of clip.tracks) {
+            if (track.times.length <= 0) continue;
+            if (track.name.endsWith(rootPositionTrackName)) {
+                this.rootStartPosition = new Vector3().fromArray(track.values, 0);
+                this.rootEndPosition = new Vector3().fromArray(track.values, track.values.length - 3);
+                this.rootPositionOffset = this.rootEndPosition.clone().sub(this.rootStartPosition);
+                if (debug)
+                    console.log(this.rootPositionOffset);
+                // this.rootPositionOffset.set(0, 0, 0);
+            }
+            else if (track.name.endsWith(rootRotationTrackName)) {
+                this.rootStartQuaternion = new Quaternion().fromArray(track.values, 0);
+                this.rootEndQuaternion = new Quaternion().fromArray(track.values, track.values.length - 4);
+                this.rootQuaternionOffset = this.rootEndQuaternion.clone().multiply(this.rootStartQuaternion);
+
+                if (debug) {
+                    const euler = new Euler().setFromQuaternion(this.rootQuaternionOffset);
+                    console.log("ROT", euler);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// TODO: add support for clip clamp modes (loop, pingpong, clamp)
+export class AnimationTrackHandler extends TrackHandler {
+    /** @internal */
+    models: Array<Models.ClipModel> = [];
+    /** @internal */
+    trackOffset?: Models.TrackOffset;
+
+    /** The object that is being animated. */
+    target?: Object3D;
+    /** The AnimationMixer, should be shared with the animator if an animator is bound */
+    mixer?: AnimationMixer;
+    clips: Array<AnimationClip> = [];
+    actions: Array<AnimationAction> = [];
+
+    /**
+     * You can use the weight to blend the timeline animation tracks with multiple animation tracks on the same object.
+     * @default 1
+     */
+    weight: number = 1;
+
+    /** holds data/info about clips differences */
+    private _actionOffsets: Array<AnimationClipOffsetData> = [];
+    private _didBind: boolean = false;
+    private _animator: Animator | null = null;
+
+
+    onDisable() {
+        // if this track is disabled we need to stop the currently active actions
+        this.mixer?.stopAllAction();
+    }
+
+    onDestroy() {
+        this.director.context.animations.unregisterAnimationMixer(this.mixer);
+    }
+
+    // Using this callback instead of onEnable etc 
+    // because we want to re-enable the animator when the director is at the end and wrap mode is set to none
+    // in which case the director is stopped (but not disabled)
+    // which means we want to notify the object that it's not animated anymore
+    // and the animator can then take over
+    onStateChanged() {
+        if (this._animator)
+            setObjectAnimated(this._animator.gameObject, this, this.director.isPlaying);
+    }
+
+    createHooks(clipModel: Models.AnimationClipModel, clip) {
+        if (clip.tracks?.length <= 0) {
+            console.warn("No tracks in AnimationClip", clip);
+            return;
+        }
+        // we only want to hook into the binding of the root object
+        // TODO: test with a clip with multiple roots
+        const parts = clip.tracks[0].name.split(".");
+        const rootName = parts[parts.length - 2];
+        const positionTrackName = rootName + ".position";
+        const rotationTrackName = rootName + ".quaternion";
+        let foundPositionTrack: boolean = false;
+        let foundRotationTrack: boolean = false;
+        for (const t of clip.tracks) {
+            if (t.name.endsWith(positionTrackName)) {
+                foundPositionTrack = true;
+                this.createPositionInterpolant(clip, clipModel, t);
+            }
+            else if (t.name.endsWith(rotationTrackName)) {
+                foundRotationTrack = true;
+                this.createRotationInterpolant(clip, clipModel, t);
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        // ensure we always have a position and rotation track so we can apply offsets in interpolator
+        // TODO: this currently assumes that there is only one root always that has offsets so it only does create the interpolator for the first track which might be incorrect. In general it would probably be better if we would not create additional tracks but apply the offsets for these objects elsewhere!?
+
+        if (!foundPositionTrack || !foundRotationTrack) {
+            const root = this.mixer?.getRoot() as Object3D;
+            const track = clip.tracks[0];
+            const indexOfProperty = track.name.lastIndexOf(".");
+            const baseName = track.name.substring(0, indexOfProperty);
+            const objName = baseName.substring(baseName.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
+            const targetObj = root.getObjectByName(objName);
+            // TODO can't animate unnamed objects which use GUID as name this way, need scene.getObjectByProperty('uuid', objectName);
+            // This should be right but needs testing:
+            // const parsedPath = PropertyBinding.parseTrackName(track.name);
+            // const targetObj = PropertyBinding.findNode(root, parsedPath.nodeName);
+
+            if (targetObj) {
+                if (!foundPositionTrack) {
+                    const trackName = baseName + ".position";
+                    if (debug) console.warn("Create position track", objName, targetObj);
+                    // apply initial local position so it doesnt get flipped or otherwise changed
+                    const pos = targetObj.position;
+                    const track = new VectorKeyframeTrack(trackName, [0, clip.duration], [pos.x, pos.y, pos.z, pos.x, pos.y, pos.z]);
+                    clip.tracks.push(track);
+                    this.createPositionInterpolant(clip, clipModel, track);
+                }
+                else if (!foundRotationTrack) {
+                    const trackName = clip.tracks[0].name.substring(0, indexOfProperty) + ".quaternion";
+                    if (debug) console.warn("Create quaternion track", objName, targetObj);
+                    const rot = targetObj.quaternion;
+                    const track = new QuaternionKeyframeTrack(trackName, [0, clip.duration], [rot.x, rot.y, rot.z, rot.w, rot.x, rot.y, rot.z, rot.w]);
+                    clip.tracks.push(track);
+                    this.createRotationInterpolant(clip, clipModel, track);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    bind() {
+        if (this._didBind) return;
+        this._didBind = true;
+        if (debug) console.log(this.models);
+
+        // the object being animated
+        if (this.mixer) this.target = this.mixer.getRoot() as Object3D;
+        else console.warn("No mixer was assigned to animation track")
+
+        for (const action of this.actions) {
+            const off = new AnimationClipOffsetData(action);
+            this._actionOffsets.push(off);
+        }
+
+        if (this.target) {
+            // We need to disable the animator component in case it also animates
+            // which overrides the timeline
+            this._animator = GameObject.getComponent(this.target, Animator) ?? null;
+            if (this._animator) {
+                setObjectAnimated(this._animator.gameObject, this, true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Clip Offsets
+        for (const model of this.models) {
+            const clipData = model.asset as Models.AnimationClipModel;
+            const pos = clipData.position as any;
+            const rot = clipData.rotation as any;
+            if (pos && pos.x !== undefined) {
+                if (!pos.isVector3) {
+                    clipData.position = new Vector3(pos.x, pos.y, pos.z);
+                }
+                if (!rot.isQuaternion) {
+                    clipData.rotation = new Quaternion(rot.x, rot.y, rot.z, rot.w);
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        this.ensureTrackOffsets();
+    }
+
+    private ensureTrackOffsets() {
+        if (this.trackOffset) {
+            const pos = this.trackOffset.position as any;
+            if (pos) {
+                if (!pos.isVector3) {
+                    this.trackOffset.position = new Vector3(pos.x, pos.y, pos.z);
+                }
+            }
+            const rot = this.trackOffset.rotation as any;
+            if (rot) {
+                if (!rot.isQuaternion) {
+                    this.trackOffset.rotation = new Quaternion(rot.x, rot.y, rot.z, rot.w);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private _useclipOffsets: boolean = true;
+
+    private _totalOffsetPosition: Vector3 = new Vector3();
+    private _totalOffsetRotation: Quaternion = new Quaternion();
+    private _totalOffsetPosition2: Vector3 = new Vector3();
+    private _totalOffsetRotation2: Quaternion = new Quaternion();
+    private _summedPos = new Vector3();
+    private _tempPos = new Vector3();
+    private _summedRot = new Quaternion();
+    private _tempRot = new Quaternion();
+    private _clipRotQuat = new Quaternion();
+
+    evaluate(time: number) {
+        if (this.track.muted) return;
+        if (!this.mixer) return;
+
+        this.bind();
+
+        // if (this._animator && this.director.isPlaying && this.director.weight > 0) this._animator.enabled = false;
+
+        this._totalOffsetPosition.set(0, 0, 0);
+        this._totalOffsetRotation.set(0, 0, 0, 1);
+        this._totalOffsetPosition2.set(0, 0, 0);
+        this._totalOffsetRotation2.set(0, 0, 0, 1);
+        let activeClips = 0;
+        let blend: number = 0;
+        let didPostExtrapolate = false;
+        let didPreExtrapolate = false;
+        // The total weight is used to blend with the animator controller active states
+        let totalWeight = 0;
+        for (let i = 0; i < this.clips.length; i++) {
+            const model = this.models[i];
+            const action = this.actions[i];
+            const clipModel = model.asset as Models.AnimationClipModel;
+            action.weight = 0;
+
+            const isInTimeRange = time >= model.start && time <= model.end;
+            const preExtrapolation: Models.ClipExtrapolation = model.preExtrapolationMode;
+            const postExtrapolation: Models.ClipExtrapolation = model.postExtrapolationMode;
+            const nextClip = i < this.clips.length - 1 ? this.models[i + 1] : null;
+            let isActive = isInTimeRange;
+            let doPreExtrapolate = false;
+
+            if (!isActive && !didPostExtrapolate && model.end < time && postExtrapolation !== Models.ClipExtrapolation.None) {
+                // use post extrapolate if its the last clip of the next clip has not yet started
+                if (!nextClip || nextClip.start > time) {
+                    isActive = true;
+                    didPostExtrapolate = true;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (i == 0 && !isActive && !didPreExtrapolate && model.start > time && preExtrapolation !== Models.ClipExtrapolation.None) {
+                if (!nextClip || nextClip.start < time) {
+                    isActive = true;
+                    doPreExtrapolate = true;
+                    didPreExtrapolate = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (isActive) {
+                // const clip = this.clips[i];
+                let weight = this.weight;
+                weight *= this.evaluateWeight(time, i, this.models, isActive);
+                weight *= this.director.weight;
+
+                let handleLoop = isInTimeRange;
+                if (doPreExtrapolate) {
+                    switch (preExtrapolation) {
+                        case Models.ClipExtrapolation.Hold:
+                            // Nothing to do
+                            break;
+                        case Models.ClipExtrapolation.Loop:
+                            // TODO: this is not correct yet
+                            time += model.start;
+                            handleLoop = true;
+                            break;
+                        default:
+                            time += model.start;
+                            handleLoop = true;
+                            break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // TODO: handle clipIn again
+                let t = this.getClipTime(time, model);
+                let loops = 0;
+                const duration = clipModel.duration;
+                // This is the actual duration of the clip in the timeline (with clipping and scale)
+                // const clipDuration = (model.end - model.start) * model.timeScale;
+
+                if (doPreExtrapolate) {
+                    if (preExtrapolation === Models.ClipExtrapolation.Hold) {
+                        t = 0;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (handleLoop) {
+                    if (clipModel.loop) {
+                        // const t0 = t - .001;
+                        loops += Math.floor(t / (duration + .000001));
+                        while (t > duration) {
+                            t -= duration;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                else if (!isInTimeRange) {
+                    if (didPostExtrapolate) {
+                        switch (postExtrapolation) {
+                            case Models.ClipExtrapolation.Hold:
+                                t = this.getClipTime(model.end, model);
+                                break;
+                            case Models.ClipExtrapolation.Loop:
+                                t %= duration;
+                                break;
+                            case Models.ClipExtrapolation.PingPong:
+                                const loops = Math.floor(t / duration);
+                                const invert = loops % 2 !== 0;
+                                t %= duration;
+                                if (invert) t = duration - t;
+                                break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (model.reversed === true) action.time = action.getClip().duration - t;
+                else action.time = t;
+
+
+                action.timeScale = 0;
+                const effectiveWeight = Math.max(0, weight);
+                action.weight = effectiveWeight;
+                totalWeight += effectiveWeight;
+                action.clampWhenFinished = false;
+                if (!action.isRunning())
+                    action.play();
+                // console.log(action.time, action.weight);
+
+                if (this._useclipOffsets) {
+                    const totalPosition = activeClips == 0 ? this._totalOffsetPosition : this._totalOffsetPosition2;
+                    const totalRotation = activeClips == 0 ? this._totalOffsetRotation : this._totalOffsetRotation2;
+                    if (activeClips < 1) blend = 1 - weight;
+                    activeClips += 1;
+
+                    const summedPos = this._summedPos.set(0, 0, 0);
+                    const tempPos = this._tempPos.set(0, 0, 0);
+                    const summedRot = this._summedRot.identity();
+                    const tempRot = this._tempRot.identity();
+
+                    const clipOffsetRot = clipModel.rotation as Quaternion;
+                    if (clipOffsetRot) {
+                        this._clipRotQuat.identity();
+                        this._clipRotQuat.slerp(clipOffsetRot, weight);
+                    }
+
+                    const offsets = this._actionOffsets[i];
+                    if (offsets.hasOffsets) {
+                        for (let i = 0; i < loops; i++) {
+                            if (offsets.rootPositionOffset)
+                                tempPos.copy(offsets.rootPositionOffset);
+                            else tempPos.set(0, 0, 0);
+
+                            tempPos.applyQuaternion(summedRot);
+                            if (this._clipRotQuat)
+                                tempPos.applyQuaternion(this._clipRotQuat);
+
+                            if (offsets.rootQuaternionOffset) {
+                                // console.log(new Euler().setFromQuaternion(offsets.rootQuaternionOffset).y.toFixed(2));
+                                tempRot.copy(offsets.rootQuaternionOffset);
+                                summedRot.multiply(tempRot);
+                            }
+                            summedPos.add(tempPos);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    if (this._clipRotQuat)
+                        totalRotation.multiply(this._clipRotQuat);
+                    totalRotation.multiply(summedRot);
+
+                    if (clipModel.position)
+                        summedPos.add(clipModel.position as Vector3);
+                    totalPosition.add(summedPos);
+                }
+
+            }
+        }
+        if (this._useclipOffsets) {
+            this._totalOffsetPosition.lerp(this._totalOffsetPosition2, blend);
+            this._totalOffsetRotation.slerp(this._totalOffsetRotation2, blend);
+        }
+
+        if (this["__mixerError"] === undefined && (debug || isDevEnvironment()) && this._animator?.runtimeAnimatorController?.mixer && this.mixer !== this._animator?.runtimeAnimatorController?.mixer) {
+            this["__mixerError"] = true;
+            console.error("AnimationTrack mixer is not shared with the animator controller - this might result in the timeline to not animate properly. Please report a bug to the Needle Engine team!", this);
+        }
+
+        if (this._animator?.runtimeAnimatorController) {
+            // If the Timeline is running then the timeline track takes control over the animatorcontroller
+            // we calculate the weight left for the animatorcontroller actions
+            const weightLeft = Math.max(0, 1 - totalWeight);
+            this._animator?.runtimeAnimatorController?.update(weightLeft);
+        }
+        else {
+            this.mixer.update(time);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private createRotationInterpolant(_clip: AnimationClip, _clipModel: Models.AnimationClipModel, track: any) {
+        const createInterpolantOriginal = track.createInterpolant.bind(track);
+        const quat: Quaternion = new Quaternion();
+        this.ensureTrackOffsets();
+        const trackOffsetRot: Quaternion | null = this.trackOffset?.rotation as Quaternion;
+        track.createInterpolant = () => {
+            const createdInterpolant: any = createInterpolantOriginal();
+            const interpolate = createdInterpolant.evaluate.bind(createdInterpolant);
+            // console.log(interpolate);
+            createdInterpolant.evaluate = (time) => {
+                const res = interpolate(time);
+                quat.set(res[0], res[1], res[2], res[3]);
+                quat.premultiply(this._totalOffsetRotation);
+                // console.log(new Euler().setFromQuaternion(quat).y.toFixed(2));
+                if (trackOffsetRot) quat.premultiply(trackOffsetRot);
+
+                if (this.director.animationCallbackReceivers) {
+                    for (const rec of this.director.animationCallbackReceivers) {
+                        rec?.onTimelineRotation?.call(rec, this.director, this.target!, time, quat);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                res[0] = quat.x;
+                res[1] = quat.y;
+                res[2] = quat.z;
+                res[3] = quat.w;
+                return res;
+            };
+            return createdInterpolant;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private createPositionInterpolant(clip: AnimationClip, clipModel: Models.AnimationClipModel, track: any) {
+        const createInterpolantOriginal = track.createInterpolant.bind(track);
+        const currentPosition: Vector3 = new Vector3();
+        this.ensureTrackOffsets();
+        const trackOffsetRot: Quaternion | null = this.trackOffset?.rotation as Quaternion;
+        const trackOffsetPos: Vector3 | null = this.trackOffset?.position as Vector3;
+        let startOffset: Vector3 | null | undefined = undefined;
+        track.createInterpolant = () => {
+            const createdInterpolant: any = createInterpolantOriginal();
+            const evaluate = createdInterpolant.evaluate.bind(createdInterpolant);
+            createdInterpolant.evaluate = (time) => {
+                const res = evaluate(time);
+                currentPosition.set(res[0], res[1], res[2]);
+                if (clipModel.removeStartOffset) {
+                    if (startOffset === undefined) {
+                        startOffset = null;
+                        startOffset = this._actionOffsets.find(a => a.clip === clip)?.rootStartPosition?.clone();
+                    }
+                    else if (startOffset?.isVector3) {
+                        currentPosition.sub(startOffset);
+                    }
+                }
+                currentPosition.applyQuaternion(this._totalOffsetRotation);
+                currentPosition.add(this._totalOffsetPosition);
+                // apply track offset
+                if (trackOffsetRot) currentPosition.applyQuaternion(trackOffsetRot);
+                if (trackOffsetPos) {
+                    // flipped unity X
+                    currentPosition.x -= trackOffsetPos.x;
+                    currentPosition.y += trackOffsetPos.y;
+                    currentPosition.z += trackOffsetPos.z;
+                }
+                if (this.director.animationCallbackReceivers) {
+                    for (const rec of this.director.animationCallbackReceivers) {
+                        rec?.onTimelinePosition?.call(rec, this.director, this.target!, time, currentPosition);
+                    }
+                }
+                res[0] = currentPosition.x;
+                res[1] = currentPosition.y;
+                res[2] = currentPosition.z;
+                return res;
+            };
+            return createdInterpolant;
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+const muteAudioTracks = getParam("mutetimeline");
+
+declare type AudioClipModel = Models.ClipModel & { _didTriggerPlay: boolean };
+
+export class AudioTrackHandler extends TrackHandler {
+
+    models: Array<AudioClipModel> = [];
+    listener!: AudioListener;
+    audio: Array<Audio> = [];
+    audioContextTimeOffset: Array<number> = [];
+    lastTime: number = 0;
+    audioSource?: AudioSource;
+
+    private _audioLoader: AudioLoader | null = null;
+
+    private getAudioFilePath(path: string) {
+        // TODO: this should be the timeline asset location probably which MIGHT be different
+        const glbLocation = this.director.sourceId;
+        return resolveUrl(glbLocation, path);
+    }
+
+    onAllowAudioChanged(allow: boolean) {
+        for (let i = 0; i < this.models.length; i++) {
+            const model = this.models[i];
+            const audio = this.audio[i];
+            audio.setVolume(allow ? model.asset.volume : 0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    addModel(model: Models.ClipModel) {
+        const audio = new Audio(this.listener as any);
+        this.audio.push(audio);
+        const audioClipModel = model as AudioClipModel;
+        audioClipModel._didTriggerPlay = false;
+        this.models.push(audioClipModel);
+    }
+
+    onDisable() {
+        for (const audio of this.audio) {
+            if (audio.isPlaying)
+                audio.stop();
+        }
+        for (const model of this.models) {
+            model._didTriggerPlay = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    onDestroy() {
+        for (const audio of this.audio) {
+            if (audio.source)
+                audio?.disconnect();
+        }
+        this.audio.length = 0;
+        // TODO: dispose loaded audio buffers by this track
+    }
+
+    onMuteChanged() {
+        if (this.muted) {
+            for (let i = 0; i < this.audio.length; i++) {
+                const audio = this.audio[i];
+                if (audio?.isPlaying)
+                    audio.stop();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    stop() {
+        for (let i = 0; i < this.audio.length; i++) {
+            const audio = this.audio[i];
+            if (audio?.isPlaying)
+                audio.stop();
+        }
+        for (const model of this.models) {
+            model._didTriggerPlay = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private _playableDirectorResumed = false;
+    onPauseChanged() {
+        // if the timeline gets paused we stop all audio clips
+        // we dont reset the triggerPlay here (this will automatically reset when the timeline start evaluating again)
+        for (let i = 0; i < this.audio.length; i++) {
+            const audio = this.audio[i];
+            if (audio?.isPlaying)
+                audio.stop();
+        }
+        this._playableDirectorResumed = this.director.isPlaying;
+    }
+
+    evaluate(time: number) {
+        if (muteAudioTracks) return;
+        if (this.track.muted) return;
+        if (this.director.speed < 0) {
+            // Reversed audio playback is currently not supported
+            return;
+        }
+        const isMuted = this.director.context.application.muted;
+        const resumePlay = this._playableDirectorResumed;
+        this._playableDirectorResumed = false;
+        // this is just so that we dont hear the very first beat when the audio starts but is muted
+        // if we dont add a delay we hear a little bit of the audio before it shuts down
+        // MAYBE instead of doing it like this we should connect a custom audio node (or disconnect the output node?)
+        const playTimeOffset = isMuted ? .1 : 0;
+        for (let i = 0; i < this.models.length; i++) {
+            const model = this.models[i];
+            const audio = this.audio[i];
+            const asset = model.asset as Models.AudioClipModel;
+            // only trigger loading for tracks that are CLOSE to being played
+            if ((!audio || !audio.buffer) && this.isInTimeRange(model, time - 1, time + 1)) {
+                this.handleAudioLoading(model, audio);
+            }
+            if (AudioSource.userInteractionRegistered === false) continue;
+            if (audio === null || !audio.buffer) continue;
+            audio.playbackRate = this.director.context.time.timeScale * this.director.speed;
+            audio.loop = asset.loop;
+            if (time >= model.start && time <= model.end && time < this.director.duration) {
+                if (!audio.isPlaying || !this.director.isPlaying) {
+                    // if the timeline is paused we trigger the audio clip once when the model is entered
+                    // we dont playback the audio clip if we scroll back in time
+                    // this is to support audioclip playback when using timeline with manual scrolling (scrollytelling)
+                    if (resumePlay || (!model._didTriggerPlay && this.lastTime < time)) {
+                        // we don't want to clip in the audio if it's a very short clip
+                        const clipDuration = model.duration * model.timeScale;
+                        if (clipDuration > .3)
+                            audio.offset = model.clipIn + (time - model.start) * model.timeScale;
+                        else audio.offset = 0;
+                        if (debug) console.log("Timeline Audio (" + this.track.name + ") play with offset " + audio.offset + " - " + model.asset.clip);
+                        audio.play(playTimeOffset);
+                        model._didTriggerPlay = true;
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        // do nothing...
+                    }
+                }
+                else {
+                    const targetOffset = model.clipIn + (time - model.start) * model.timeScale;
+                    // seems it's non-trivial to get the right time from audio sources;
+                    // https://github.com/mrdoob/js/blob/master/src/audio/Audio.js#L170
+                    const currentTime = audio.context.currentTime - audio["_startedAt"] + audio.offset;
+                    const diff = Math.abs(targetOffset - currentTime);
+
+                    if (diff > 0.3) {
+                        audio.offset = targetOffset;
+                        audio.stop();
+                        audio.play(playTimeOffset);
+                    }
+                }
+                let vol = asset.volume as number;
+
+                if (this.track.volume !== undefined)
+                    vol *= this.track.volume;
+
+                if (isMuted) vol = 0;
+                if (model.easeInDuration > 0) {
+                    const easeIn = Math.min((time - model.start) / model.easeInDuration, 1);
+                    vol *= easeIn;
+                }
+                if (model.easeOutDuration > 0) {
+                    const easeOut = Math.min((model.end - time) / model.easeOutDuration, 1);
+                    vol *= easeOut;
+                }
+                audio.setVolume(vol * this.director.weight);
+            }
+            else {
+                model._didTriggerPlay = false;
+                if (this.director.isPlaying) {
+                    if (audio.isPlaying) {
+                        audio.stop();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        this.lastTime = time;
+    }
+
+    /** Call to load audio buffer for a specific time in the track. Can be used to preload the timeline audio */
+    loadAudio(time: number, lookAhead: number = 0, lookBehind: number = 0) {
+        let promises: Array<Promise<AudioBuffer | null>> | null = null;
+        const rangeStart = time - lookBehind;
+        const rangeEnd = time + lookAhead;
+        for (const model of this.models) {
+            if (this.isInTimeRange(model, rangeStart, rangeEnd)) {
+                const audio = this.audio[this.models.indexOf(model)];
+                const promise = this.handleAudioLoading(model, audio);
+                if (promise !== null) {
+                    if (promises === null) promises = [];
+                    promises.push(promise);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (promises !== null) {
+            return Promise.all(promises);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private isInTimeRange(model: Models.ClipModel, start: number, end: number) {
+        // Range surrounds clip range
+        if (start <= model.start && end >= model.end) return true;
+        // Range start is in clip range
+        if (start >= model.start && start <= model.end) return true;
+        // Range end is in clip range
+        if (end >= model.start && end <= model.end) return true;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static _audioBuffers: Map<string, Promise<AudioBuffer | null>> = new Map();
+
+    public static dispose() {
+        AudioTrackHandler._audioBuffers.clear();
+    }
+
+    private handleAudioLoading(model: Models.ClipModel, audio: Audio): Promise<AudioBuffer | null> | null {
+        if (!this._audioLoader) {
+            this._audioLoader = new AudioLoader();
+        }
+        // TODO: maybe we should cache the loaders / buffers here by path
+        const path = this.getAudioFilePath(model.asset.clip);
+
+        if (AudioTrackHandler._audioBuffers.get(path)) {
+            const promise = AudioTrackHandler._audioBuffers.get(path)!
+            promise.then((buffer) => {
+                if (buffer) audio.setBuffer(buffer);
+            });
+            return promise;
+        }
+
+        if (debug) console.warn("LOAD audio track", path, this.director.sourceId);
+        const loadingPromise = new Promise<AudioBuffer | null>((resolve, _reject) => {
+            this._audioLoader!.load(path,
+                buffer => {
+                    audio.setBuffer(buffer);
+                    resolve(buffer);
+                },
+                undefined,
+                err => {
+                    console.error("Error loading audio", err);
+                    resolve(null);
+                });
+        });
+        AudioTrackHandler._audioBuffers.set(path, loadingPromise);
+        return loadingPromise;
+    }
+}
+
+export class SignalTrackHandler extends TrackHandler {
+    models: Models.SignalMarkerModel[] = [];
+    didTrigger: boolean[] = [];
+    receivers: Array<SignalReceiver | null> = [];
+
+    // TODO: test when timeline signals are being reset in Unity
+    // onEnable() {
+    //     for (let i = 0; i < this.didTrigger?.length; i++) {
+    //         this.didTrigger[i] = false;
+    //     }
+    // }
+
+    // private _lastTime: number = -1;
+
+    evaluate(time: number) {
+        if (this.track.muted) return;
+
+        // let lastTime = this._lastTime;
+        // if (lastTime === -1) lastTime = time;
+        // this._lastTime = time;
+
+        const estimatedFrameLengthWithPadding = this.director.context.time.deltaTime * 1.5;
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < this.models.length; i++) {
+            const model = this.models[i];
+            const wasTriggered = this.didTrigger[i];
+            const td = model.time - time;
+            let isActive = false;
+            if (model.retroActive) {
+                isActive = td <= 0.000001;
+            }
+            else {
+                const abs = Math.abs(td);
+                // e.g. if the signal is at frame 0 and the timeline duration also 0 (no tracks, just a signal at frame 0)
+                if (abs === 0) {
+                    isActive = true;
+                }
+                else if (abs >= .00001 && abs < estimatedFrameLengthWithPadding) {
+                    isActive = true;
+                }
+            }
+            // console.log(time, td, isActive);
+            if (isActive) {
+                if (!wasTriggered) {
+                    if (debug)
+                        console.log("Trigger signal", time, model.time, model);
+                    this.didTrigger[i] = true;
+                    // If a signal doesnt have any explicit receivers it will invoke the signal globally
+                    if (this.receivers?.length <= 0) {
+                        SignalReceiver.invoke(model.asset);
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        for (const rec of this.receivers) {
+                            if (!rec) continue;
+                            rec.invoke(model.asset);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                if (!model.emitOnce)
+                    this.didTrigger[i] = false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+export class ControlTrackHandler extends TrackHandler {
+    models: Array<Models.ClipModel> = [];
+    timelines: Array<PlayableDirector | null> = [];
+
+    resolveSourceObjects(_context: Context) {
+        for (let i = this.models.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            const model = this.models[i];
+            const asset = model.asset as Models.ControlClipModel;
+
+            if (!asset.sourceObject || typeof asset.sourceObject !== "object") {
+                console.log("no source object, removing model", i, asset);
+                this.models.splice(i, 1);
+                continue;
+            }
+            else {
+                const timeline = GameObject.getComponent(asset.sourceObject, PlayableDirector)!;
+                // always add it to keep size of timelines and models in sync (index of model is index of timeline)
+                this.timelines.push(timeline);
+                if (timeline) {
+                    if (asset.updateDirector) {
+                        timeline.playOnAwake = false;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private _previousActiveModel: Models.ClipModel | null = null;
+
+    evaluate(time: number) {
+        this._previousActiveModel = null;
+        for (let i = 0; i < this.models.length; i++) {
+            const model = this.models[i];
+            const asset = model.asset as Models.ControlClipModel;
+
+            if (time >= model.start && time <= model.end) {
+                this._previousActiveModel = model;
+                const clipTime = this.getClipTime(time, model);
+
+                if (asset.controlActivation) {
+                    const obj = asset.sourceObject as Object3D;
+                    obj.visible = true;
+                }
+
+                if (asset.updateDirector) {
+                    const timeline = this.timelines[i];
+                    if (timeline) {
+                        if (timeline.isPlaying) {
+                            timeline.pause();
+                        }
+                        timeline.time = clipTime;
+                        timeline.evaluate();
+                    }
+                }
+                // control tracks can not overlap/blend
+                // break;
+            }
+            else {
+                const previousActiveAsset = this._previousActiveModel?.asset as Models.ControlClipModel;
+                if (asset.controlActivation) {
+                    const obj = asset.sourceObject as Object3D;
+                    if (previousActiveAsset?.sourceObject !== obj)
+                        obj.visible = false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }