Run a character animation from script.

Excadrix

Hello,
I'm using Animation engine for my character : Sprites Unity
What I'm trying to do is to trigger an animation from script using the Animate Action.

I do the following

actionCharAnim = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<ActionCharAnim>();
actionCharAnim.isPlayer = true;
actionCharAnim.method = ActionCharAnim.AnimMethodChar.PlayCustom;
actionCharAnim.clip2D = "MyAnimationName";
actionCharAnim.willWait = true;
actionCharAnim.Run();

But this on execution gives me an error : Could not create animation engine!

What Am I missing?

Thank you!


p.s. sorry I accidentally posted it on wrong forum...

ChrisIceBox

An Action without an ActionList won't work as you intend - the "willWait" bool will have no effect, for one thing.

To avoid the error, replace:
actionCharAnim.isPlayer = true;

with:
actionCharAnim.animChar = KickStarter.player;

To be able to make use of "willWait", you should instead just make an ActionList asset with the Action as normal, and then call it via script:

myActionListAsset.Interact ();

Excadrix

Ok! that worked!
So I create an actionList seting up the action as I wish and run it through script with interact..
Thank you very much

Excadrix

@ChrisIceBox ;Following this post I have this strange issue.. When I run an Actionlist with object: animate using myActionListAsset.Interact (); , all the menus configured as appear type : during gameplay are hidden... any idea what happens?

ChrisIceBox

If the ActionList is set to block gameplay, then gameplay menus will hide while it runs.

You can prevent an ActionList asset from blocking gameplay by changing its When running field to Run In Background.

Excadrix

Perfect! Thank you very much!