Bug? Skippable interaction does not complete if skipped

spacewizerd

If the users skips the action pictured below, the 'Rattle' bool does not turn back off per the last node of the action.

If the user does not skip this works perfectly. Any ideas?

ChrisIceBox

When an ActionList is skipped, all Actions inside it are re-run instantly.  I suspect that what is happening is that Unity's Animator system doesn't like changing a parameter's value twice in the same frame.

To get around that, you can use the ActionList: Check running Action to determine if the ActionList is currently being skipped - and if it is, bypass the first Character: Animate Action so that only the second one is run.

spacewizerd

Wow thanks Chris! 

spacewizerd

Hmm...Unfortunately this didn't work. 

Is this correct?

spacewizerd

Interesting. If the transition from the 'rattle' animation has an exit time, this doesn't work. If it has no exit time it works. 

EDIT: Nevermind it still doesn't work.

spacewizerd

What's strange is it seems to get stuck on the Engine: Wait action when skipping during it.

ChrisIceBox

I'm afraid I can't recreate that - this is in the latest AC?

A similar issue was actually encountered when I was making the 3D tutorial.  The solution I used there was to simply add another Character: Animate Action on the end of the ActionList with a Method of Play Custom, and forcing the animation I wanted to play directly.  Give that a go instead.

spacewizerd

This is in 1.54b (latest) Unfortunately that doesn't solve it.  This is definitely a bug in AC.

In the image below, I set a break point(9). During the action, I hit the skip button during 7 (Engine: Wait.) As expected, while skipping, the breakpoint paused the game. However, AC seems to get stuck on 7: Engine: Wait. When I un-pause the game, the action is still stuck, and my bool is still not set to false.

spacewizerd

I'm able to re-create the bug in your 2D example.

The issue happens anytime you skip during an Engine: Wait after checking to see if we're skipping. In this example I'm running the actionlist with your 'Run' button after the game has started, If you run the action, it works as expected: 3 second pause, then he speaks. If you skip during the 3 seconds, it freezes on the Engine: Wait action forever.

ChrisIceBox

Thank you - I recreated it from that image, and will work on a fix.

spacewizerd

You're amazing Chris thanks for all your hard work! Do you have venmo or square cash? Let me buy you a beer.

ChrisIceBox

Sorry, neither - but it's fine, bugs need to be fixed for everyone, not just those who find them.