Smooth transition between frames

Hi. Say If I have an animation which runs to frame 80 and the loops. On a button press, it goes to frame 81 and continues from there. Currently, when the button is pressed, there is a very noticable jump from the current frame to frame 81. The lower the frame number in the loop, the more noticable the jump. Is there anyway I can say something in my button press like if current frame is less than 80, wait until it hits frame 80 until you go to 81? Hopefully, this would make the transition smoother.
cheers

You can put a conditional on frame 80 that tests a boolean variable. If the variable is true (or false, you decide) you loop, if it is falue (or true) you continue on to frame 81. Whatever button you are talking about sets the value of that variable.

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